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1 online resource (216 pages) |
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SUNY series, frontiers in education The challenge of Eastern Asian education |
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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 |
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5. Restructuring Japanese High Schools: Reforms for Diversity by NOBUO K. SHIMAHARA6. 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 |
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10. Education and Work in Japan: Implications for Policy by SAM STERN11. 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 |
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Chapter 15Chapter 16 -- CONTRIBUTORS -- INDEX -- A -- B -- C -- E -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- M -- N -- O -- P -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W |
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English |
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Print version record |
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Education -- East Asia -- Cross-cultural studies
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Education -- United States -- Cross-cultural studies
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Education and state -- East Asia -- Cross-cultural studies
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Education and state -- United States -- Cross-cultural studies
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Education
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Education and state
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East Asia
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United States
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| Genre/Form |
Cross-cultural studies
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Electronic book
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| Author |
Altbach, Philip G
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| ISBN |
9780791432839 |
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0791432831 |
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1438400187 |
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9781438400181 |
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