Preserving national identity and fostering happiness in an era of globalization. A comparative exploration of values and moral education in Bhutan and Japan.

Autor/in	Sakurai, Riho
Titel	Preserving national identity and fostering happiness in an era of globalization. A comparative exploration of values and moral education in Bhutan and Japan.
Quelle	In: Journal of international cooperation in education, 14 (2011) 2, S. 169-188 PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Link als defekt meldenVerfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1344-2996
Schlagwörter	Vergleich; Lehrplan; Ethische Erziehung; Glück; Nationalbewusstsein; Völkerverständigung; Globalisierung; Bhutan; Japan
Abstract	The world is witnessing an increased interest in the pursuit of psychological well-being or happiness as opposed to economic well-being, as captured by a country's gross national product. Bhutan is at the center of this drive. Despite this ideological fervor in the pursuit of happiness, few studies have explored the role of the school and the curriculum in this process. This study compares values education in Bhutan and moral education in Japan and explores how happiness is being instilled through the school curriculum. Although the histories of values and moral education in the two countries are dissimilar, both have recently carried out important political and legislative reforms with implications for education of this type. This study finds that there are similar dynamics in fortifying national identity through values or moral education in both countries, but that core concepts such as "love for family," "love for hometown," and "love for country," or "patriotism" as well as "international understanding and amity" are taught differently in each context.
Erfasst von	Leibniz-Institut für Bildungsmedien \| Georg-Eckert-Institut (GEI), Braunschweig
Update	2023/1