The Central Plains Region is located at the Central China, generally referred to the lower reaches of the Yellow River and the south of the North China Plain. It encompasses the whole of Henan and its adjacent provinces including the southeast part of Shanxi, the south part of Hebei, the southwest part of Shandong and the northwest part of Anhui, thus covering 5 provinces, 30 prefecture-level cities, and 3 municipal districts and counties. This region was designated as China’s the fourth economic zone in 2010 by the National People’s Congress.
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Heritage Education in Central China: Agendas for Cultural and Inter-Cultural Citizenship Education
Wing On Lee (Institute for Adult Learning, Singapore University of Social Sciences, Singapore), Nan Hao (School of Education, Zhengzhou University, China), and Qian Zhou (Zhengzhou University, China)
Copyright: © 2020
|Pages: 20
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-7998-1978-3.ch011
Abstract
Based on a review of the linkage between heritage education and citizenship education that includes cultural and inter-cultural education, this chapter provides a case study of heritage education in the Central Plains of China, which is one of the most important cradles of Chinese civilization with a splendid cultural heritage. Heritage education in this region helped youngsters to construct characters and qualities to be citizens. Even though heritage education is mainly a study of the past, Central China's past is not only “cultural” but also “inter-cultural” as it has been the traffic hub in history, and thus the growth of Chinese culture through the Central Plains is characterized by the absorption of diverse cultures passing through the hub. Its positioning is important for both teachers and students to reflect upon what we should be and how China can interact with other parts of the world in this age of globalization.