Nirmala Rao, Emma Pearson, Kai-Ming Cheng

Teaching in Primary Schools in China and India

Contexts of learning

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Produktbeschreibung

This book compares primary education in urban and rural China and India, focusing on how the sociocultural context such as policy, educators' and parents' beliefs, and teaching and learning conditions shape classroom pedagogy and achievement.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)
• Seitenzahl: 224
• Erscheinungstermin: 31. Januar 2013
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 490g
• ISBN-13: 9780415815529
• ISBN-10: 0415815525
• Artikelnr.: 36332659

Autorenporträt

Nirmala Rao is a Professor, Faculty of Education, the University of Hong Kong. Emma Pearson is a Senior Lecturer at Universiti Brunei Darussalam. Kai-ming Cheng is a Professor and Chair of Education, the University of Hong Kong. Margaret Taplin is an Independent Educational Consultant based in Australia and Hong Kong.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction 2. The National Context: Educational Policy and
Implementation 3. The Local Contexts 4. The Classroom Context: Teaching and
Learning Mathematics 5. The Classroom Context: Teaching and Learning
Language 6. Policy Makers', Principals' and Teachers' Views on Teaching and
Learning 7. Parents' and Students' Views on Schooling and Achievement 8.
Teaching and Learning in Chinese and Indian Primary Schools