Changing Role of Schools in Asian Societies Schools for the Knowledge Society

Name: Changing Role of Schools in Asian Societies Schools for the Knowledge Society
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ISBN: 9780415586887

ISBN-10: 0415586887

ISBN-13: 9780415586887

Edition: 2007

Authors: Kerry J. Kennedy, John Chi-Kin Lee

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Walk into a classroom in Tokyo, New York, London or Rotterdam, and the similarities in structure, activity, purpose and style will outweigh differences in language, dress and ethnic characteristics. Learning is regulated and rationed, teaching is a process or one-way transmission of knowledge, students need to be docile and conformist, assessment needs to sift and sort the bright from the not-so-bright, and rewards will be given to those who successfully negotiate this regime. But are these the kinds of places that can meet the needs of the ânet generationâ?The Changing Role of Schools in Asian Societiesis concerned with the debate about the nature of modern schooling in Asia.…

Book details

List price: $62.95
Copyright year: 2007
Publisher: Routledge
Publication date: 2/11/2011
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 228
Size: 6.30" wide x 9.21" long x 0.51" tall
Weight: 0.748
Language: English

Kerry J. Kennedy is head of the Department of Curriculum and Instruction at the Hong Kong Institute of Education.