1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910458249103321

Titolo

Globalization, changing demographics, and educational challenges in East Asia [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Emily Hannum, Hyunjoon Park, Yuko Goto Butler

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Bingley, UK, : Emerald, 2010

ISBN

1-282-61323-5

9786612613234

1-84950-977-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (319 p.)

Collana

Research in sociology of education, , 1479-3539 ; ; v. 17

Altri autori (Persone)

ButlerYuko Goto

HannumEmily

ParkHyunjoon

Disciplina

370.95

Soggetti

Education - China - Hong Kong

Education - China

Education - Japan

Education - Korea (South)

Education - Singapore

Globalization - Social aspects

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographies.

Nota di contenuto

Front cover; Globalization, Changing Demographics, and Educational Challenges in East Asia; Copyright page; Contents; List of contributors; Editors' introduction: Emerging issues for educational research in East Asia; Background; Diversification of student populations; Policy adaptations to globalization; Students and families crossing borders; Discussion; Acknowledgments; References; Part I: Globalization and Educational Response in Japan; Chapter 1. The twisted, unintended impacts of globalization on Japanese education

Chapter 2. Educational reform, academic intensity, and educational opportunity in JapanPart II: Curricular Innovation and the Evolution of Inequality in China; Chapter 3. State-sponsored knowledge for the



global age: global and traditional values in the Chinese language arts curriculum; Chapter 4. Changes in educational inequality in China, 1990-2005: Evidence from the population census data; Part III: Educational Disparities and Multicultural Education Policy in Korea; Chapter 5. Educational inequality in South Korea: The widening socioeconomic gap in student achievement

Chapter 6. Policy note: Diversification of the student population and multicultural educational policies in KoreaPart IV: Migration and Education in the City-States of East Asia; Chapter 7. The educational progress of Mainland Chinese immigrant students in Hong Kong; Chapter 8. Postsecondary educational expansion and social integration in Hong Kong; Chapter 9. 'Downed' and stuck in Singapore: Lower/middle class South Korean wild geese (kirogi) children in Singapore

Sommario/riassunto

Globalization and regional integration have brought significant economic and demographic changes in East Asia. This title covers the educational stratification issues in East Asian nations, and their evolution in conjunction with the student populations. It investigates the national responses to critical regional trends



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910706189603321

Autore

Collier Charles R.

Titolo

Influences of strip mining on the hydrologic environment of parts of Beaver Creek Basin, Kentucky, 1955-59 / / by Charles R. Collier [and others]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington : , : United States Department of the Interior, Geological Survey, , 1964

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (x, B85 pages) : illustrations, maps + + 2 plates

Collana

Geological Survey professional paper ; ; 427-B

Hydrologic influences of strip mining

Soggetti

Coal mines and mining - Kentucky - Beaver Creek Watershed (McCreary County)

Freshwater biology - Kentucky - Beaver Creek Watershed (McCreary County)

Hydrology - Kentucky - Beaver Creek Watershed (McCreary County)

Strip mining - Kentucky - Beaver Creek Watershed (McCreary County)

Coal mines and mining

Freshwater biology

Hydrology

Strip mining

Kentucky Beaver Creek Watershed (McCreary County)

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Title from title screen (viewed September 29, 2014).

"Prepared in collaboration with the U.S. Dept. of Interior, Bureau of Sport Fisheries and Wildlife and Bureau of Mines; U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service and Soil Conservation Services; Department of the Army, Corps of Engineers; and the Commonwealth of Kentucky, University of Kentucky, Geological Survey, Department of Conservation, and the Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources."

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.