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Record Nr.

UNINA9910777079003321

Titolo

The challenge of eastern Asian education / / editors, William K. Cummings, Philip G. Altbach

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Albany : , : State University of New York Press, , 1997

ISBN

1-4384-0018-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (216 pages)

Collana

SUNY series, frontiers in education The challenge of Eastern Asian education

Altri autori (Persone)

CummingsWilliam K

AltbachPhilip G

Disciplina

370/.95

Soggetti

Education - Cross-cultural studies - East Asia

Education - Cross-cultural studies - United States

Education and state - Cross-cultural studies - East Asia

Education and state - Cross-cultural studies - United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di contenuto

CONTENTS; LIST OF TABLES; LIST OF FIGURES; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; INTRODUCTION by William K. Cummings and Philip G. Altbach; I. BASIC EDUCATION; 1. The Roots of Japanese Educational Achievement: Helping Children Develop Bonds to School by CATHERINE C. LEWIS; 2. The East Asian Version of Whole-Class Teaching by HAROLD W. STEVENSON and SHINYING LEE; 3. Looking in the Chinese Mirror: Reflecting on Moral-Political Education in the United States by GAY GARLAND REED; 4. Chinese Teachers as Mirrors of Reform Possibilities by LYNN PAINE; II. SECONDARY EDUCATION

5. Restructuring Japanese High Schools: Reforms for Diversity by NOBUO K. SHIMAHARA 6. Disruption and Reconnection: Counseling Young Adolescents in Japanese Schools by GERALD K. LeTENDRE; 7. Human Capital Formation and School Expansion in Asia: Does a Unique Regional Model Exist? by DAVID P. BAKER and DONALD B. HOLSINGER; III. THE PRIVATE SECTOR; 8. Private Education in Eastern Asia by WILLIAM K. CUMMINGS; 9. Lessons from Japanese Cram Schools by NANCY UKAI RUSSELL; IV. LINKING EDUCATION TO SOCIETY; 10. Education and Work in Japan: Implications for Policy by SAM STERN



11. Education Policies in Taiwan (China) and Hong Kong by KIN BING WU 12. Improving School-Community Relations in Thailand by CHRISTOPHER W. WHEELER, JAMES GALLAGHER, MAUREEN McDONOUGH, and BENJALUG SOOKPOKAKIT-NAMFA; V. THE RELEVANCE OF ASIAN EDUCATION; 13. Differences that Make a Difference: Explaining Japan's Success by THOMAS P. ROHLEN; 14. Education and State Development: Lessons for the United States? by S. GOPINATHAN; 15. The Role of the State in Educational Reform in the People's Republic of China by NINA Y. BOREVSKAYA; 16. Human Resource Development: The J-Model by WILLIAM K. CUMMINGS; Notes; Contributors, Index