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

• Pubblicazione: Albany : , : State University of New York Press, , 1997
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (216 pages)
• Disciplina: 370/.95
• Soggetto topico: 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
• Altri autori: CummingsWilliam K AltbachPhilip G
• 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
• Titolo autorizzato: The challenge of eastern Asian education
• ISBN: 1-4384-0018-7
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910777079003321
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