Handbook of Asian Education: A Cultural Perspective - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0805864458 ISBN 13: 9780805864458

Publisher: Routledge, 2010

Synopsis

Comprehensive and authoritative, this Handbook provides a nuanced description and analysis of educational systems, practices, and policies in Asian countries and explains and interprets these practices from cultural, social, historical, and economic perspectives.

Using a culture-based framework, the volume is organized in five sections, each devoted to educational practices in one civilization in Asia: Sinic, Japanese, Islamic, Buddhist, and Hindu. Culture and culture identities essentially are civilization identities; the major differences among civilizations are rooted in their different cultures. This framework offers a novel approach to capturing the essence of the diverse educational systems and practices in Asia.

Uniquely combining description and interpretation of educational practices in Asia, this Handbook is a must-have resource for education researchers and graduate students in international and comparative education, globalization and education, multicultural education, sociocultural foundations of education, and Asian studies, and for educational administrators and education policy makers.

About this title

About the Author

Yong Zhao is University Distinguished Professor at the College of Education, Michigan State University, where he also serves as the founding director of the Center for Teaching and Technology, and executive director of the Confucius Institute and the US-China Center for Research on Educational Excellence. He is a fellow of the International Academy for Education.

Edition details

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 2010
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0805864458
• ISBN 13: 9780805864458
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 584
• Editor: Zhao Yong, Lei Jing, Li Guofang, He Ming Fang, Okano Kaori, Megahed Nagwa, Gamage David, Ramanathan Hema