Cornelius N. Grove

A Mirror for Americans

What the East Asian Experience Tells Us about Teaching Students Who Excel

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Produktbeschreibung

Grove asks not that we copy East Asian teaching approaches, but that we use them as a mirror to gain insights into typically American approaches and their underlying values, which are handicapping our children's learning.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Globe Pequot Publishing Group Inc/Bloomsbury
• Seitenzahl: 176
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. September 2020
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 415g
• ISBN-13: 9781475844603
• ISBN-10: 1475844603
• Artikelnr.: 58815124

Autorenporträt

Cornelius N. Grove's mission has been to explain to Americans the historical and cultural reasons for their children's comparatively mediocre performance in schools; his books The Aptitude Myth (2013) and The Drive to Learn (2017) are now followed by A Mirror for Americans. With a doctorate in education from Columbia University, he is the author of entries on pedagogy across cultures in two new encyclopedias, and founder of the intercultural consulting firm Grovewell LLC.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
Introduction
Chapter One: Common Beliefs about Learning in East Asian Classrooms
Chapter Two: East Asian Preschools, Part I
Chapter Three: East Asian Preschools, Part II
Chapter Four: Foundations of East Asian Schooling, Part I
Chapter Five: Foundations of East Asian Schooling, Part II
Chapter Six: East Asian Primary Schools, Part I
Chapter Seven: East Asian Primary Schools, Part II
Chapter Eight: East Asian Primary Schools, Part III
Chapter Nine: Knowledge-Centered Lessons
Postscript
Bibliography