Ideology and politics in junior-secondary Chinese history textbooks

Comparing two versions published in the 21 st century

Datos Bibliográficos

ID11920697
AutoresShuqin Xu (0000-0003-1648-9042, Sun Yat-sen University, autor de correspondencia)
Año2019
Volumen51
Número3
Páginas448-468
Fecha de publicación2019-07-08
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaCompare A Journal of Comparative and International Education (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0305-7925 • E-ISSN: 1469-3623
EditorialTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/03057925.2019.1633513
OpenAlexW2957077210
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas9
Referencias citadas50

Guided with an integrated theoretical framework of textbook and ideology, this study compares two versions of Chinese history textbooks published by one publisher in two different publication systems which were enacted immediately before and soon after President Xi Jinping’s 2012 ascendancy. Critical discourse analysis shows that, despite seeking to balance differ groups’ histories, sharing a desire of consolidating the Communist Party of China’s (CPC’s) domination, and supposedly following curriculum standards made before 2012, the new version of textbooks greatly differed from the old version, reflected Xi’s formal ideology and authority, and updated his informal ideology while following established guidelines for conveying historical materialism. This study concludes that knowledge in Chinese history textbooks serves the CPC’s political needs, and especially reflects the-then top leader’s efforts at consolidating Party dominance, signifying his power, and cultivating nationalism

Ideology · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Educator Training and Historical Pedagogy · Global Education and Multiculturalism · History · Law · Multilingual Education and Policy