Contradictions, Ambivalence, and Promises in Post-Socialist Citizenship Education in Vietnam Hang Bich Duong Lehigh University
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Lehigh University Lehigh Preserve Theses and Dissertations 2019 What Citizenship for What Transition?: Contradictions, Ambivalence, and Promises in Post-Socialist Citizenship Education in Vietnam Hang Bich Duong Lehigh University Follow this and additional works at: https://preserve.lehigh.edu/etd Part of the International and Comparative Education Commons Recommended Citation Duong, Hang Bich, "What Citizenship for What Transition?: Contradictions, Ambivalence, and Promises in Post-Socialist Citizenship Education in Vietnam" (2019). Theses and Dissertations. 5556. https://preserve.lehigh.edu/etd/5556 This Dissertation is brought to you for free and open access by Lehigh Preserve. It has been accepted for inclusion in Theses and Dissertations by an authorized administrator of Lehigh Preserve. For more information, please contact [email protected]. What Citizenship for What Transition?: Contradictions, Ambivalence, and Promises in Post-Socialist Citizenship Education in Vietnam By Hang Bich Duong A Dissertation Presented to the Graduate and Research Committee of Lehigh University in Candidacy for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Comparative and International Education Lehigh University May 2019 Copyright by Hang Bich Duong 2019 ii Certificate of Approval This dissertation of Hang Bich Duong is approved and recommended for acceptance as a dissertation in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy. ______________________ Date Approved _____________________________ Dr. Peggy A. Kong Committee Chair _____________________________ Dr. Iveta Silova Dissertation Advisor _____________________________ Dr. Janet Laible Committee Member _____________________________ Dr. Thomas Hammond Committee Member iii To those who were brave to choose the teaching profession and to do differently. iv ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS This research was completed with the support of numerous people. First, I would like to express my gratitude to my dissertation committee who guided me through the long research process. I thank my academic advisor, Iveta Silova who, despite her new position at another university, spent countless hours talking with me about my research and reading many of my drafts. She has provided invaluable support in various ways, by not only helping me survive the harsh winters in Bethlehem, but also persistently guiding me to work through the project to its completion. She was the one who first introduced me to the field of Comparative Education and made me realize my passion for it. My approaches to research, as well as to life, have been profoundly influenced by her humane philosophy. I would like to also thank Janet Laible, who always patiently listened and provided me with important advice about my research and how to tackle unexpected situations in my studies. I appreciate her great teaching, insightful perspectives and encouragement that pushed me to think differently and dream big. I am also grateful for Alex Wiseman, whose teaching and inputs helped broaden my views of the issues I studied. I thank Peggy Kong, who shared with me insights into doing qualitative research, as well as, her parenting experience, which is so important for me as a mother/graduate student. Joan DeJaeghere, although no longer being a member of my committee, dedicated time to discussing and reading multiple drafts of my research. I genuinely appreciate her unswerving support. Thomas Hammond started serving as a member of my committee about two months before my dissertation defense. With his commitment and guidance, I was able to focus on finishing my dissertation in a timely manner, as well as learn a great deal from working with him, albeit for a very short time. v I am deeply grateful to the faculty and staff at Lehigh University who helped me grow both professionally and personally. My PhD years at Lehigh have been the most significant stage in my career and life. I valued their inspiring teaching, wholehearted support and enthusiastic assistance. I am truly thankful to many wonderful international friends at Lehigh, especially Marina Kudasova, Anu Sachdev, Fatih Aktas, Fauzia Graham, Sam Hop, Budi Waluyo, Damian Wyman, Angel Oi Ye Cheng, Kelly Grace, Cici Lesomar, among others who gave me sincere advice, feedback, motivation, and especially companionship anytime and anywhere I needed it. My thanks go to Nguyen Hong Phuc, Le Huyen, Tran Minh, Nguyen Luong Hai Khoi, Ngan-Eric, other individuals, and agencies in Vietnam and America, that assisted in my data collection, translation, and field research. I thank many of my friends particularly Phuong To Tam, Pham Ly, and Phan Le-Ha, who were always willing to discuss my work and listen to my (rambling) thinking-aloud. I greatly appreciate Benedict Kerkviet, Vu Duc Liem, Will Brehm, Jonathan London, and Tran Hoang Nhi, who read my dissertation or various sections of it and provided me with valuable feedback and thoughtful criticisms. I am, however, responsible for the content of this dissertation. I also thank the educators, who participated in my study and sincerely shared their stories with me, as if I were their long-time colleague. Personal communications with Vietnamese scholars, policy makers, and teacher educators during my research also helped me better formulate and articulate my ideas about the issues I studied. I greatly appreciate their assistance with my research. During my years in the States, I have been very fortunate to know the Gabrielles. Stacy Gabrielle taught me many things about the American life through International Friendship Program trips, visits to her home, and interesting conversations. She is always supportive and ready with advice. I am forever thankful to Stacy, Steve and David for their generous love, prayers, care and support. Being with them makes us feel like being with our family members; the ones who are so close to us that we may sometimes forget to express our gratitude enough. vi This is also one of a few opportunities in my life to write an official ‘thank you’ to my own family. I am very lucky to have a family in which my father is very supportive of my studies and always encourages me to see the bright side of an issue. Unconditional love, sacrifices and support from parents on both sides of my family including Diep, my sister, are the firm foundation for me to go bold and far. My study dreams could also have never been fulfilled without Bang, my husband. His patience and tolerance have helped me overcome challenges during my academic journey. He is also the one who helps me see the meaning of life through deeds rather than words. And my special thanks go to Quang, my son, who knows to hold me tight, as much as he can, so that the gloom of my research process could be dissolved in laughter. This research received financial support from Lehigh University’s International Travel Award (2017), CIES-New Scholars’ Mentoring Workshop Award (2017), SEAREG-Luce Foundation Travel Grant (2017). vii Table of Contents ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ................................................................................................................ v Abbreviations .................................................................................................................................. xi List of Tables, Figures and Boxes ..................................................................................................xii Notes on Citations, Quotations, and Vietnamese terms .............................................................. xiii ABSTRACT .................................................................................................................................. - 1 - CHAPTER 1. INTRODUCTION .................................................................................................. - 3 - 1.1. Background ................................................................................................................................... - 3 - 1.2. Research Questions ..................................................................................................................... - 5 - 1.3. Theoretical Framework .............................................................................................................. - 6 - 1.4. Research Design ........................................................................................................................ - 13 - 1.5. Overview of the Dissertation.................................................................................................... - 15 - CHAPTER 2. CITIZENSHIP AND PEOPLE-BUILDING IN VIETNAM: HISTORICAL BACKGROUND ........................................................................................................................ - 19 - 2.1. Early Conceptions of Citizenship and Citizenship Teaching (before 1945) ...................... - 19 - 2.2. The Making of New Socialist Citizens Post-independence (1945-1985) ........................... - 24 - 2.3. Doi moi and Associated Impacts: An Overview.................................................................... - 28 - 2.5. Chapter Summary ..................................................................................................................... - 41 - CHAPTER 3. LITERATURE REVIEW ..................................................................................... - 42 - 3.1. Citizens, Citizenship, and Peoplehood ................................................................................... - 42 - 3.1.1. Basic Definitions ................................................................................................................