This article focuses on the development of, and new theorising about, a strong democracy education intervention, the Just Community approach. Three questions frame the discussion: (1) Does democracy education change children and adolescents or do students in these programs change their schools, or is there a dynamic interaction over time? (2) How…

During its evolution Chinese moral education has developed pronounced ideological aspects. This stems from traditions of first equating politics with morality, phrasing them both in the same language, and then of encouraging correct moral and political relations and behaviours through education. This trend dates back three thousand years to Zhou…

Reviews the return of Hong Kong to Chinese sovereignty and considers the implications for Hong Kong civic education. Describes the negligible attention given to civic education previously and discusses some of the reasons for this. Outlines the "Guidelines for Civic Education" introduced in 1984. (MJP)