How the World Learns: Comparative Educational Systems

Compare global teaching methods and student achievement; consider culture and context to see how success in education can be measured - and improved. 2 volumes, 24 lectures, 30 minutes per lecture (on 12 discs): - The Global Challenge to Educate - Sputnik Launches the Science-Math Race - Education Is Life - Evidence-Based Policy Making in Education - What Should We Compare about Education? - The World Learns from Horace Mann - When Culture Invades the Classroom - Germany and Japan's Shattered Expectations - Borrowing Foreign School Cultures - The Value in Linking School to Jobs - Why Blame the Teacher? - Gender Pipeline Lifts Equality Dream - Gulf Schools: The Non-National Advantage - Who Is Accountable for Education? - How Parents Shape Student Outcomes - Reading, Writing, and Religion - International Text Scores: All and Nothing - Turning a Good Teacher into a Great One - The Foundations of Civil Society - From National Student to Global Citizen - The Problem with Teaching's Best Practices - A School inside Your Phone? - The Rich-and-Poor Learning Cycle - How to Fix Education: Heart, Head, Hands