By Ting-Hong Wong
April 27, 2016
This book explores the impact of cultural identity, the internal configurations of the educational field, and the struggles both inside and outside the educational systems of post-World War II Singapore and Hong Kong. By comparing the school politics of these two nations, Wong generates a theory ...
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By Nelly P. Stromquist, Nelly P. Stromquist, Michael L. Basile, Michael L. Basile
April 27, 2016
In the educational arena, new ideas often compete as solutions to recurrent problems, making the concept of "innovations" a widespread discursive term. While expectations are substantial for each innovation, implementation of ideas has shown them to be more modest in practice. This book examines ...
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By Angela W. Little, Fiona E. Leach
February 29, 2016
This edited volume reviews the conflict between economic prescriptions for improved education in the developing world and local cultures. Among the issues reviewed are: conceptions of culture and economics in development and education literature, economic considerations of school systems to promote...
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By Nobuo K. Shimahara
February 29, 2016
The growing economic competition among the world's industrialized and developing nations has spurred comparisons and examinations of national school systems. An important aspect of any school system is school and classroom management, which is an indicator of the ultimate goals that a nation has ...
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By Heidi Ross, Judith Liu, Donald P. Kelly
January 20, 2016
First Published in 2000. This book, a collection of ethnographic studies of Chinese schooling, aims to take the reader into Chinese schools and provide a picture of students and teachers as actors who practice culture. The case studies also provide a means by which ethnography is explored as a ...
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By Edward Vickers
December 18, 2015
Visions of the past are crucual to the way that any community imagines itself and constructs its identity. This edited volume contains the first significant studies of the politics of history education in East Asian societies....
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By Robin J. Burns, Robin J. Burns, Robert Aspeslagh, Robert Aspeslagh
December 18, 2015
First Published in 1996. The current world order poses new challenges to the theory and practice of peace education. Drawing on data gathered from around the world, Burns and Aspeslagh focus on how peace is presented in formal and informal educational settings and what effects ideologies have in ...
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By Gerard A. Postiglione
December 07, 2015
This volume focuses on policies and practices in the education of China's national minorities with the purpose of assessing the goals and impact of state sponsored education for China's non-Han people's. The essays in the four sections of this book examine cultural challenges to state schooling, ...
By Ryoko Tsuneyoshi
November 27, 2015
In this book, Dr. Tsuneyoshi observes the educational approach of two nations, one most often cited as being the home of rugged individualism, and the champion of the free market, the other more often cited as being the most groupist amongst the industrialized societies, known for strong central ...
By Nancy Sato
May 07, 2015
This detailed ethnographic study of fifth- and sixth-grade classrooms offers new insights into Japanese culture, as many aspects of daily social life are embedded in the educational system. Additionally, this book provides new perspectives on educational reform in the U.S., since many current ...
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By Timothy J. Scrase
December 01, 1996
First Published in 1997. The impact of international social change is already having a marked effect on the Third World in their internal policies, budgets, and development programs. This collection of original articles addresses the importance of education in the creation of social and ...
By John T. Zepper, William W. Brickman
March 01, 1992
Volume 9 in the series of Reference Books in International Education. This bibliography is intended to provide a reference aid to mature Russian-Soviet scholars, to those beginning a life-long study of this field, and to students in Russian-Soviet Studies and allied fields. This title provides a ...