1. Searching for Peace and Harmony in a Troubled World: Life and Values Education in Asia

Introducing the Handbook

Section 1: Asian Contexts for Life and Values Education

2. Section Overview: Asia: Diverse contexts, multiple values

3. Contexts and orientations in life education

4. Virtues in education East and West: Virtue ethics, care ethics and Confucianism

5. A philosophy for children approach to cultivation of humility in Confucian contexts.

6. Responding to diversity: Values and education for a pluralistic state

Section 2: Religions and Religious Education

7. Section Overview: Religious diversity in multiple contexts

8. Conspicuous morality and hidden religiosity of the Confucian education revival in contemporary China

9. Daoist knowledge and ‘perfect-person’ education.

10. Rethinking Islamic education in Muslim modernist discourse

11. Marxism and religious education in China

Section 3: Life and Values Education in Greater China

12. Section Overview: Life and values education in Greater China

13. Life and Values Education in Mainland China

14. Life and Values Education in Taiwan China

15. Life and Values Education in Hong Kong

16. Career and Life Development in Greater China: A Hong Kong Case that Brings East and West Together

Section 4: Moral Education

17. Section Overview: Moral education, ethical principles and character

18. Christianity and moral education in Asia

19. The opportunities and challenges of Chinese ethical criticism and its implications for moral education

20. Integrating law-abiding awareness into moral education in Hong Kong

21. Cultivating moral values in Singapore's early childhood landscape: Who, what and how?

Section 5: Citizenship Education

22. Section Overview:Citizenship education, global citizenship education and multicultural education

23. Citizenship education discourse in Mainland Chinese discourse (2000-2020)

24. Preparing younger generations for a global future: Reorienting citizenship education in Pakistan.

25. Multicultural education in Indonesia ? Reflections, concepts and constructions

26. Schooling and parenting citizenship: Parents’ views on citizenship education in Kazakhstan

Section 6: Global Citizenship Education

27. Section Overview: Global citizenship education: Perspectives from Asia

28. Teaching beyond resilience: Pedagogies for critical global citizenship in the Philippines

29. What kind of global citizenship for Japanese higher education? Five ethical priorities

30. Global citizenship education in Western Asia: The Case of the Gulf Cooperation Council Nations

31.The contested terrain of global citizenship education in postcolonial India

32. Global citizenship education in Indonesia: A millennial volunteerism practice to affirm civic virtue

Section 7: Positive Education

33. Section Overview: Positive education in Asia

34. The influence of gratitude on students’ interpersonal relationships, school resilience, and school well-being: Insights from Asian education contexts.

35. The impact of grit on Chinese students’ achievement motivation, academic achievement, and subjective well-being

36. Positive futures: Locus-of-hope and positive education in Asia

37. Promoting character strengths in the early childhood setting: A scoping review



Section 8: Character Education

39. Section Overview: Framing and reflections on character education in Asia

40. Virtues and the aim of Japanese character education

41. Character education in Taiwan -Transformation of character and moral education during Taiwan’s transition from authoritarianism to democracy: Challenges and possibilities

42. Integrating citizenship education and character education through the framework of global citizenship : The South Korean case

Section 9: Spirituality Education

43. Section Overview: Spirituality education as engagement with life

44. Struggling to fit it all in: Sense of hope, life meaning and satisfaction of low-income single mothers of young children with special needs in New Zealand

45. Spiritual education, local wisdom, and wellbeing in Bhutan - What it means for young people

46. Spiritual education in Islam: An overview of the Isma??li concept of Ta?l?m- The teaching of the infallible Imam

47. Implementing contemplative education for enhancing spirituality in Hong Kong schools

Section 10: Education for Sustainability in Asia

48. Section Overview: Environmental education for schools and beyond

49. Education for sustainability in Japan: Progress and way forward,

50. A case study on the implementation of problem and project-lased Learning (PBL) in Chinese environmental sustainable development curricula

51. An account of environmental education in Hong Kong - The role of non-formal and informal education

Section 11: Intercultural and multicultural education

52. Section Overview: Intercultural and multicultural education policies and praxis in selected Asian countries

53. Multicultural education in Japan: Historical legacies and ongoing challenges

54. Education beyond ethnic and religious divides: A critical analysis of education policies in Bangladeshi primary and secondary education

55. The past, present, and future of multicultural education in Thailand: An intersectionality perspective

56. Multicultural education for “ethnic minorities” or all students? Values and responses to diversity in Hong Kong

57. Unity in Diversity! The problematic of multicultural education in postcolonial India

Section 12: Peace Education

58. Section Overview: Peace education in Asia

59. "No More Wars": Peace education in Japan

60. Peace education in Korea

61. The idea and practice of peace education in China

62. Peace-loving and anti-violence in educational institutions: Character education through peace in Indonesia