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Author
Language
English
Description
Following three teenagers who chose to spend one school year living in Finland, South Korea, and Poland, a literary journalist recounts how attitudes, parenting, and rigorous teaching have revolutionized these countries' education results.
In a handful of nations, virtually all children are learning to make complex arguments and solve problems they've never seen before. They are learning to think, in other words, and to thrive in the modern economy....
Author
Series
ERIC reports volume ED265260
Publisher
Annual Conference of the Australian Comparative and Internatinal Education Society
Pub. Date
1983.
Language
English
Author
Publisher
Summit Books
Pub. Date
[1992]
Language
English
Description
"It is no secret that American education is in crisis. Our children lag behind students in other countries--and they are losing ground. In The Learning Gap, Harold W. Stevenson and James W. Stigler put this crisis in perspective by comparing teachers, parents, children, schools, and educational practices in the United States, Japan, Taiwan, and China." "Based on five major studies, funded by the National Institutes of Health and the National Science...
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Publisher
Distributed by ERIC Clearinghouse
Pub. Date
1996.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 9.2 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
This book examines the cultural universal of education from a multicultural perspective and a time dimension. The text is written for juveniles, and includes many color photographs. Chapters include: (1) "What is Education?"; (2) "The Americas"; (3) "Africa"; (4) "Europe and the Middle East"; (5) "Asia"; and (6) "Australia and the South Pacific." The volume concludes with a glossary and a 10-item list of further reading suggestions. (EH)