Creating a Culture of Social Cohesion: Case Studies of Community Participation Projects at Japanese and Hong Kong Elementary Schools
This article compares two learning units developed by elementary schools in Japan and Hong Kong to engage students in learning about and taking action to promote social cohesion through community participation. We choose two similar learning units for comparison, both focusing on issues related to...
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This article compares two learning units developed by elementary schools in Japan and Hong Kong to engage students in learning about and taking action to promote social cohesion through community participation. We choose two similar learning units for comparison, both focusing on issues related to older people in the community. Based on our analysis of their activity design and practices, we outline five directions for educational practitioners interested in promoting community participation for social cohesion in Hong Kong and Japan: practicing service-learning, promoting social cohesion, learning authentic skills, integrating community participation into the curriculum, and helping students become active members of society. This paper argues for the importance of developing such learning units to foster young citizens’ contribution to their communities in post-industrial, ageing societies.
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| spelling | doaj.art-f805180462a04c428aa2b80dc328fc7c2023-03-23T12:04:42ZengOpenED NetworkJournal of Culture and Values in Education2590-342X2023-02-016110.46303/jcve.2023.3Creating a Culture of Social Cohesion: Case Studies of Community Participation Projects at Japanese and Hong Kong Elementary SchoolsEric King-man Chong0Masumi Tsubota1School of Education and Languages, Hong KongMetropolitan University, Hong Kong, ChinaTohoku Gakuin University This article compares two learning units developed by elementary schools in Japan and Hong Kong to engage students in learning about and taking action to promote social cohesion through community participation. We choose two similar learning units for comparison, both focusing on issues related to older people in the community. Based on our analysis of their activity design and practices, we outline five directions for educational practitioners interested in promoting community participation for social cohesion in Hong Kong and Japan: practicing service-learning, promoting social cohesion, learning authentic skills, integrating community participation into the curriculum, and helping students become active members of society. This paper argues for the importance of developing such learning units to foster young citizens’ contribution to their communities in post-industrial, ageing societies. https://cultureandvalues.org/index.php/JCV/article/view/214social cohesioncommunity participationsocial studiescitizenshipJapanHong Kong |
| spellingShingle | Eric King-man Chong Masumi Tsubota Creating a Culture of Social Cohesion: Case Studies of Community Participation Projects at Japanese and Hong Kong Elementary Schools Journal of Culture and Values in Education social cohesion community participation social studies citizenship Japan Hong Kong |
| title | Creating a Culture of Social Cohesion: Case Studies of Community Participation Projects at Japanese and Hong Kong Elementary Schools |
| title_full | Creating a Culture of Social Cohesion: Case Studies of Community Participation Projects at Japanese and Hong Kong Elementary Schools |
| title_fullStr | Creating a Culture of Social Cohesion: Case Studies of Community Participation Projects at Japanese and Hong Kong Elementary Schools |
| title_full_unstemmed | Creating a Culture of Social Cohesion: Case Studies of Community Participation Projects at Japanese and Hong Kong Elementary Schools |
| title_short | Creating a Culture of Social Cohesion: Case Studies of Community Participation Projects at Japanese and Hong Kong Elementary Schools |
| title_sort | creating a culture of social cohesion case studies of community participation projects at japanese and hong kong elementary schools |
| topic | social cohesion community participation social studies citizenship Japan Hong Kong |
| url | https://cultureandvalues.org/index.php/JCV/article/view/214 |
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