Full Description
This comprehensive handbook is the ultimate reference work, providing authoritative and international overviews of all aspects of schools and schooling in Asia. Split into 19 sections it covers curriculum, learning and assessment, private supplementary tutoring, special education, gender issues, ethnic minority education and LGBTQI students in Asian schools. The volume displays the current state of the scholarship for schools and schooling in Asia including emerging, controversial and cutting-edge contributions using a thematic approach. The content offers a broad sweep of the region with a focus on theoretical, cultural and political issues as well as identifying educational issues and priorities, such as curriculum, assessment, teacher education, school leadership, etc., all of which impact students and learning in multiple ways.
The Routledge International Handbook of Schools and Schooling in Asia brings together experts in each area to contribute their knowledge, providing a multidimensional and rich view of the issues confronting the region's school and education systems.
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Contents
List of figures and tables Contributors List of abbreviations 1. Schools and Schooling in Asia: Achievements and Challenges for 'Asia Rising': an introduction to the handbook(Kerry J. Kennedyand John Chi-Kin Lee) Section 1: Framing 21st-Century Education in Asia 2. Closing the Gaps: What does an equity agenda look like in Asia-Pacific? (Gwang-Jo Kim and Wesley Teter)3. Notions of equality and fairness in education: The case of meritocracy in Singapore (Jason Tan)4. "Inter-referencing" as methodology: The "emotional contagion" of PISA and the discursive formation of an emergent East Asia policy field (Aaron Koh)5. Looking in from outside: Schools and schooling in Asia from an outside perspective (Christine Halse) Section 2: Curriculum6. Introduction: Reorienting curriculum practices in changing Asian societies (Edmund Hau-fai Law)7. High school mathematics curriculum in East Asia: Design and trends (Wai Hong Chanand Siwan Sum)8. Intended curriculum of nature of science for prospective school science teachers: Scientism in Chinese science teacher educators' conceptions (Zhi Hong Wan)9. K-12 service-based learning in three Chinese societies (Huixuan Xu)10. Issues of educational equity, curriculum and pedagogy in Hong Kong (Benjamin Benji Chang)11. Re-engineering the curricular and pedagogical practices in the Asian region (Edmond Hau-fai Law) Section 3: Learning12.Learning and pedagogy: Asian perspectives(Ronnel B. King)13. Learning primary science by inquiry: What does a technology-enabled curriculum look like? (Daner Sun and Chee-Kit Looi)14. Preparation for future collaboration: An interdisciplinary learning design in a Singaporean primary school (Rachel Lam, Michelle Low, and Jenyi-Li)15. Designing new media for new Literacy in an arts classroom: A lesson
