Handbook of Asian Education: A Cultural Perspective (Paperback)

Preface AcknowledgementsPart I: Sinic Education Chapter 1: Cultural Overview of Education in Sinic Civilization GUOFANG LI AND MING FANG HEChapter 2: Education Governance and Management in Sinic Societies NICHOLAS SUN-KEUNG PANGChapter 3: Curriculum and Assessment JOHN CHI-KIN LEE, NGUYEN LOC, KYUNGHEE SO, RAMANATHAN SUBRAMANISM, PEYREU YEN AND HONGBIAO YINChapter 4: Teachers and Teaching in Sinic Education GUOFANG LI, MING FANG HE, WENLI TSOU, WONG PYO HONG, XIAOLAN CURDT-CHRISTIANSEN, AND PHAM LAN HUONGChapter 5: Learners and Learning in Sinic Societies MING FANG HE, JOHN CHI-KIN LEE, JIAYI WANG, LE VAN CANH, PHYLLIS CHEW, KYUNGHEE SO, BETTY CHRISTINE ENG, AND MIN-CHUAN SUNGChapter 6: Home and Community in Sinic Education GUOFANG LI, LIANG DU, I-WAH PANG, SHIH-PEI CHANG, HYUNHEE CHO, AND LANA KHONGChapter 7: Challenges and Future Directions in Sinic Education JING LEI AND JIANWEI ZHANGChapter 8: Education of Immigrants from Sinic Civilization DESIREE BAOLIAN QIN, GUOFANG LI, MEENAL RANA, AND EUN-JIN KIMHAN Part II: Japanese EducationChapter 9: Cultural Overview of Education in Japanese Civilization: Adaptive Learning at the Global Periphery KAORI H. OKANOChapter 10: Who Runs Japan's Schools?: Education Governance and Management ROBERT ASPINALLChapter 11: The Politics of School Curriculum and Assessment in Japan RYUKO KUBOTAChapter 12: Teachers and Teaching in Japan: Professional Mecca or Pressure Cooker?CATHERINE LEWISChapter 13: Learners and Learning: Structures, Practices and Purposes PETER CAVEChapter 14: The Changing Relationship Between the Home and School in Japan RYOKO TSUNEYOSHI Chapter 15: A Nation's School Unhinged?: Challenges and Future Directions For Japanese Education JUNE A. GORDONChapter 16: Japanese Immigrant and Transient Students in the United States YOSHIKO NOZAKI Part III: Islamic EducationChapter 17: Cultural Overviewof Islamand Education NAGWA M. MEGAHEDChapter 18: Education in the United Arab Emirates: A Socio-cultural Analysis ALI S. IBRAHIMChapter 19: Education in the Sultanate of Oman: The Conflict and the Harmony of Modernity and Traditions HAMOOD AL-HARTHIChapter 20: Malaysian Education System: A Cultural Perspective T. SUBAHAN MOHD, MEERAH, LILIA HALIM , AND NIK RAHIMI NIK YUSOFChapter 21: Education of Immigrant Children from Islamic Cultures JING LEI Part IV: Buddhist EducationChapter 22: Cultural Overview of the Education Systems in Buddhist Countries DAVID T. GAMAGEChapter 23: Developments in Sri Lankan System of Education: 3rd Century BC to the 21st Century DAVID T. GAMAGE AND PRASAD SETUNGAChapter 24: Thailand:Development of Education System Since 1220 PACHRAPIMON SOOKSOMCHITRA FOX AND DAVID T. GAMAGEChapter 25: Education System in Bhutan since 747 AD to the First Decade of the 21st Century TANDIN WANGMO PHUENTSHOLIAG AND KINGA CHODENChapter 26: Immigrant Children from Asian Buddhist Countries: Issues in Education and Adjustment WEI QIU, NAIYI XIE, AND YONG ZHAO Part V: Hindu EducationChapter 27: Cultural Overview of Education in Hindu Civilization SHESHAGIRI K.MChapter 28: Colonialism, Modernism, Neo-Liberalism: Problematizing Education in India GAYSU R. ARVINDChapter 29: Learners and Learning in India: History, Perspectives and Contexts DISHA NAWANI AND MANISH JAINChapter 30: Indian Americans and the Social-Cultural Context of Education KHYATI Y. JOSHI