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Burch, Stuart; Dongxu, Chen; Jingjing, Fu; Zhiyi, Guan; Yu, Qi; Shuo, Tang; Yi, Tian; Senyang, Xie – Journal of Museum Education, 2019
This article demonstrates how a teaching case study approach can benefit museum studies courses. It takes as its focus the widely reported rescue of a boys' football team from a flooded cave in Thailand (2018). The success of this multinational effort led to immediate calls for the establishment of a "living museum" dedicated to…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Museums, Foreign Countries, Teaching Methods
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Maosen, Li – Journal of Moral Education, 2011
Moral education in the People's Republic of China is dominated by ideological-political orientations. However, in the last 30 years China has experienced extensive economic reform, bringing about many social changes, such as decreasing reliance on the state-owned workplace, increasing private property ownership and enhancement of the rule of law.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Ethical Instruction, Moral Values, Ideology
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Ip, Po-Keung – Social Indicators Research, 2009
The aim of this paper is to construct a notion of well-being in the workplace applicable to Taiwan society as an example of the Chinese cultural communities. The construction involves the following steps. Different domains of the well-being in the workplace are identified based on the results of workplace research. A set of integrative values…
Descriptors: Asian Culture, Cultural Awareness, Foreign Countries, Values
Senser, Robert A. – American Educator, 2002
Notes that about half of U.S. toys are made in China, mainly by young women who work extremely long shifts, 7 days a week, "amid sickening vapors and under draconian rules." Describes corporate codes of conduct, the role consumers can play in changing extremely poor working conditions, and the impact of international trade reforms.…
Descriptors: Assembly (Manufacturing), Corporations, Females, Foreign Countries
Dongfang, Han – American Educator, 2002
Presents comments spoken at a human rights conference by Han Dongfang, a Chinese activist who was jailed after an attempt to organize China's first independent union from a tent in Tiananmen Square during the democracy movement. Today, he is barred from the mainland but works from Hong Kong through Radio Free Asia. Comments focus on foreign…
Descriptors: Activism, Civil Disobedience, Communism, Foreign Countries
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Cartier, Carolyn; Rothenberg-Aalami, Jessica – Journal of Geography, 1999
Explores the origins and significance of the "victim" debate within global feminism. Focuses on the divide produced by the victim debate by examining the evolution of two development planning platforms. Discusses issues facing women in a China under reform and the relevance of the victim debate in the Chinese context. (CMK)
Descriptors: Developing Nations, Empowerment, Females, Feminism
Gray, Charles D. – American Educator: The Professional Journal of the American Federation of Teachers, 1993
This article profiles Han Dongfang of China, winner of the 1993 George Meany Human Rights Award given by the AFL-CIO. An organizer of the first democratic labor organization in the People's Republic of China and advocate of individual freedom, Dongfang has faced persecution in China and remains a stateless person. (SLD)
Descriptors: Activism, Biographies, Civil Liberties, Community Leaders
Bernardez, Mariano – Performance Improvement Quarterly, 2005
Empirical evidence and recent revisions of conventional business doctrine indicate that companies that actively promote social performance and develop their clients' markets and skills as part of business strategy have a better chance of achieving sustainable profitability and growth than those that do not. This article discusses how landmark…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Work Environment, Social Environment, Job Skills