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Genre/Form: | Electronic books Cross-cultural studies |
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Additional Physical Format: | Print version: Handbook of Asian education. New York : Routledge, 2011 (DLC) 2010024116 (OCoLC)644018214 |
Material Type: | Document, Internet resource |
Document Type: | Internet Resource, Computer File |
All Authors / Contributors: |
Yong Zhao |
ISBN: | 9781410618740 1410618749 9781136721298 1136721290 9780203816318 0203816315 1283442159 9781283442152 |
OCLC Number: | 782917762 |
Description: | 1 online resource (xx, 558 pages) |
Contents: | Cultural overview of education in Sinic civilization Guofang / Li And Ming Fang He -- Educational governance and management in Sinic societies / Nicholas Sun-Keung Pang -- Curriculum and assessment / John Chi-Kin Lee [and others] -- Teachers and teaching in Sinic education / Guofang Li [and others] -- Learners and learning in Sinic societies / Ming Fang He [and others] -- Home and community in Sinic education / Guofang Li [and others] -- Challenges and future directions in Sinic education / Jing Lei and Jianwei Zhang -- Education of immigrants from Sinic civilization / Desiree Baolian Qin [and others] -- Cultural overview of education in Japanese civilization: adaptive learning at the global periphery / Kaori H. Okano -- Who runs Japan's schools?: Education governance and management / Robert Aspinall -- The politics of school curriculum and assessment in Japan / Ryuko Kubota -- Teachers and teaching in Japan: professional Mecca or pressure cooker? / Catherine Lewis -- Learners and learning: structures, practices and purposes / Peter Cave -- The changing relationship between the home and school in Japan / Ryoko Tsuneyoshi -- A nation's school unhinged?: Challenges and future directions for Japanese education / June A. Gordon -- Japanese immigrant and transient students in The United States / Yoshiko Nozaki -- Cultural overview of Islam and education / Nagwa M. Megahed -- Education in The United Arab Emirates: a socio-cultural analysis / Ali S. Ibrahim -- Education in the Sultanate of Oman: the conflict and the harmony of modernity and traditions / Hamood Al-Harthi -- Malaysian education system: a cultural perspective / T. Subahan Mohd Meerah [and others] -- Education of immigrant children from Islamic cultures / Jing Lei -- Cultural overview of the education systems in Buddhist countries / David T. Gamage -- Developments in Sri Lankan system of education: third century BC to the twenty first century AD / David T. Gamage and Prasad Setunga -- Thailand: development of education system since 1220 / Pachrapimon Sooksomchitra Fox and David T. Gamage -- Education system in Bhutan since 747 AD to the first decade of the 21st century / Tandin Wangmo Phuentsholiag and Kinga Choden -- Immigrant children from Asian Buddhist countries: issues in education and adjustment / Wei Qiu, Naiyi Xie, and Yong Zhao -- A cultural overview of education in Hindu civilization / Sheshagiri K.M. -- Colonialism, modernism, neo-liberalism: problematizing education in India / Gaysu R. Arvind -- Learners and learning in India: history, perspectives and contexts / Disha Nawani and Manish Jain -- Indian Americans and the social-cultural context of education / Khyati Y. Joshi. |
Responsibility: | editor, Yong Zhao ; co-editors, Jing Lei [and others]. |
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Publisher Synopsis
"This thoroughly researched and well-organized handbook of Asianeducation is a most welcome addition to the literature."--Pacific Affairs Volume 85, Issue 1 "The Handbook of Asian Education is an essential contribution to literature in such fields as international, cross-cultural, and comparative education and is a valuable resource for researchers and educators alike."-International Journal of Multicultural Education"The Handbook of Asian Education is a very exhaustive publication and it provides extremely valuable information as well as insightful analyses of the Asian education systems." - D. Strajn, International Review of Education, October 2011 Read more...

