National Differences, Global Similarities World Culture and the Future of Schooling

Name: National Differences, Global Similarities World Culture and the Future of Schooling
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ISBN: 9780804750219

ISBN-10: 0804750211

ISBN-13: 9780804750219

Edition: 2005

Authors: David P. Baker, Gerald LeTendre

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Using American schools as a reference point, this book provides a comprehensive, comparative description of schooling as a global institution. Each chapter develops a story about a particular global trend: continuing gender differences in achievement, new methods nations employ to govern their schools, the rapidly increasing use of private tutoring, school violence, the development of effective curriculums, and the everyday work of teachers, among other topics. The authors draw on a four-year investigation conducted in forty-seven countries that examined many aspects of K-12 schooling, such as how schools are run, what teachers teach, and what students learn in mathematics and science.…

Book details

List price: $26.00
Copyright year: 2005
Publisher: Stanford University Press
Publication date: 3/8/2005
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 216
Size: 6.02" wide x 8.98" long x 0.67" tall
Weight: 0.484
Language: English




The global environment of national school systems



The declining significance of gender and the rise of egalitarian mathematics education



Symbiotic institutions : changing global dynamics between family and schooling



Demand for achievement : the worldwide growth of shadow education systems



Rich land, poor schools : inequality of national educational resources and achievement of disadvantaged students



Safe schools, dangerous nations : the paradox of school violence



The universal math teacher? : international beliefs, national work roles, and local practice



Schoolwork at home? : low-quality schooling and homework



Slouching toward a global ideology : the devolution revolution in education governance



Nation versus nation : the race to be the first in the world



Conclusion : observing modern schooling as an institution