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Ngar-Sze Lau; Thomas Kwan Choi Tse – British Journal of Religious Education, 2024
Starting with an initiative called Buddhicised education, there have been calls to reform Chinese Buddhism for a century. Based on documentary research of textbooks and in-depth interviews, this paper examines the reform of Buddhicised education in Hong Kong since 2000. Facilitated by the Hong Kong government's education reform, Buddhicised…
Descriptors: Buddhism, Religious Education, Social Change, Development
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Tse, Thomas Kwan-choi – British Journal of Religious Education, 2017
Plans by the Hong Kong Government to introduce moral and national education (MNE) as a compulsory subject in primary and secondary schools in 2010 encountered strong opposition. The controversy over the plans has lasted for two years, with the government and its supporters claiming that the subject will help to instil a stronger sense of national…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Christianity, Religious Education, Patriotism
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Chia, Yeow Tong – British Journal of Educational Studies, 2011
The term "Asian values" became popular in the political discourse in the 1980s and 1990s. The most vocal proponents of Asian values are Singapore's Lee Kuan Yew and Malaysia's Mahathir and their deputies and government officials, as well as post-Tiananmen Chinese leaders. Most notable of all these three strands of the Asian values debate…
Descriptors: Social Studies, Foreign Countries, Citizenship Education, Ethical Instruction