Creative Arts in Education and Culture: Perspectives from Greater China [Paperback]

This book offers insights into the exciting dynamics permeating creative arts education in the Greater China region, focusing on the challenges of forging a future that would not reject, but be enriched by its Confucian and colonial past. Todays Greater China  comprising China, Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan  has grown into a vibrant and rapidly transforming region characterized by rich historical legacies, enormous dynamism and exciting cultural metamorphosis. Concomitant with the economic rise of China and widespread calls for more creative and liberal education, the educational and cultural sectors in the region have witnessed significant reforms in recent years. Other factors that will influence the future of arts education are the emergence of a new awareness of Chinese cultural values and the uniqueness of being Chinese.

Preface.- Acknowledgements.- Contributors.- Part I: Overview. 1. Creative Arts, Education, and Culture in a Global Perspective. 2. National Acts for Transmission of Chinese Culture and Heritage in Arts Education. 3. Cultural Policy and the Development of Local Cultures in Hong Kong.- Part II: The Arts and Culture in Education. 4. Aesthetic Creativity: Bridging Arts, Culture and Education. 5. Theoretical Foundation for Spirituality Oriented Holistic Art Education: Integration of Eastern and Western Aesthetics. 6. The New Awareness of Canto-jazz in the Jazz Arrangement Project. 7. Popular Visual Culture in Art Education: A Group Creativity Perspective. 8. Music Composition Education in Hong Kong. 9. Transmission of Xibo Music Culture in Northwest China: Development of School-based Curriculum. 10. Teaching Traditional Music Teaching in Mainland China.- Part III: Issues of Cultural Transmission and Transformation. 11. Transmission and Transformation ofCantonese opera in Hong Kong: From School Education to Professional Training. 12. Sun Tlã;