Handbook of Asian Education (Hardcover)

Preface
Acknowledgements
Part I: Sinic Education
Chapter 1: Cultural Overview of Education in Sinic Civilization GUOFANG LI AND MING FANG HE
Chapter 2: Education Governance and Management in Sinic Societies NICHOLAS SUN-KEUNG PANG
Chapter 3: Curriculum and Assessment JOHN CHI-KIN LEE, NGUYEN LOC, KYUNGHEE SO, RAMANATHAN SUBRAMANISM, PEYREU YEN AND HONGBIAO YIN
Chapter 4: Teachers and Teaching in Sinic Education GUOFANG LI, MING FANG HE, WENLI TSOU, WONG PYO HONG, XIAOLAN CURDT-CHRISTIANSEN, AND PHAM LAN HUONG
Chapter 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 SUNG
Chapter 6: Home and Community in Sinic Education GUOFANG LI, LIANG DU, I-WAH PANG, SHIH-PEI CHANG, HYUNHEE CHO, AND LANA KHONG
Chapter 7: Challenges and Future Directions in Sinic Education JING LEI AND JIANWEI ZHANG
Chapter 8: Education of Immigrants from Sinic Civilization DESIREE BAOLIAN QIN, GUOFANG LI, MEENAL RANA, AND EUN-JIN KIMHAN

Part II: Japanese Education
Chapter 9: Cultural Overview of Education in Japanese Civilization: Adaptive Learning at the Global Periphery KAORI H. OKANO
Chapter 10: Who Runs Japan's Schools?: Education Governance and Management ROBERT ASPINALL
Chapter 11: The Politics of School Curriculum and Assessment in Japan RYUKO KUBOTA
Chapter 12: Teachers and Teaching in Japan: Professional Mecca or Pressure Cooker?CATHERINE LEWIS
Chapter 13: Learners and Learning: Structures, Practices and Purposes PETER CAVE
Chapter 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. GORDON
Chapter 16: Japanese Immigrant and Transient Students in the United States YOSHIKO NOZAKI

Part III: Islamic Education
Chapter 17: Cultural Overview of Islam and Education NAGWA M. MEGAHED
Chapter 18: Education in the United Arab Emirates: A Socio-cultural Analysis ALI S. IBRAHIM
Chapter 19: Education in the Sultanate of Oman: The Conflict and the Harmony of Modernity and Traditions HAMOOD AL-HARTHI
Chapter 20: Malaysian Education System: A Cultural Perspective T. SUBAHAN MOHD, MEERAH, LILIA HALIM , AND NIK RAHIMI NIK YUSOF
Chapter 21: Education of Immigrant Children from Islamic Cultures JING LEI

Part IV: Buddhist Education
Chapter 22: Cultural Overview of the Education Systems in Buddhist Countries DAVID T. GAMAGE
Chapter 23: Developments in Sri Lankan System of Education: 3^rd Century BC to the 21^st Century DAVID T. GAMAGE AND PRASAD SETUNGA
Chapter 24: Thailand: Development of Education System Since 1220 PACHRAPIMON SOOKSOMCHITRA FOX AND DAVID T. GAMAGE
Chapter 25: Education System in Bhutan since 747 AD to the First Decade of the 21^st Century TANDIN WANGMO PHUENTSHOLIAG AND KINGA CHODEN
Chapter 26: Immigrant Children from Asian Buddhist Countries: Issues in Education and Adjustment WEI QIU, NAIYI XIE, AND YONG ZHAO

Part V: Hindu Education
Chapter 27: Cultural Overview of Education in Hindu Civilization SHESHAGIRI K.M
Chapter 28: Colonialism, Modernism, Neo-Liberalism: Problematizing Education in India GAYSU R. ARVIND
Chapter 29: Learners and Learning in India: History, Perspectives and Contexts DISHA NAWANI AND MANISH JAIN
Chapter 30: Indian Americans and the Social-Cultural Context of Education KHYATI Y. JOSHI