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A mirror for Americans : what the East Asian experience tells us about teaching students who excel / Cornelius N. Grove.

By: Publisher: Lanham, Maryland : Rowman & Littlefield, an imprint of The Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group, Inc., [2020]Description: xxxv, 138 pages : illustrations ; 23 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 1475844603
  • 1475844611
  • 9781475844603
  • 9781475844610
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: Online version:: Mirror for Americans.DDC classification:
  • 370.973 23
LOC classification:
  • LA217.2 .G77 2020
Contents:
Introduction -- Common Beliefs About Learning In East Asian Classrooms -- East Asian Preschools, Part I -- East Asian Preschools, Part II -- Foundations Of East Asian Schooling, Part I -- Foundations Of East Asian Schooling, Part II -- East Asian Primary Schools, Part I -- East Asian Primary Schools, Part II -- East Asian Primary Schools, Part III -- Knowledge-Centered Lessons -- Postscript.
Summary: "What is the explanation for American students' comparatively mediocre academic performance? A Mirror for Americans finds part of it in how they are taught in primary schools. Comparisons with East Asian teaching are supplied by 50 years of research findings. Grove asks not that we copy East Asian teaching approaches, but that we use them as a mirror to gain insights into typically American approaches and their underlying values, which are handicapping our children's learning. "-- Provided by publisher.
List(s) this item appears in: Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month
Holdings
Item type Current library Shelving location Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode
Book Book NMC Library Stacks LA217.2 .G77 2020 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Item is in display case (ask at desk to check out) 33039001499325

Includes bibliographical references.

Introduction -- Common Beliefs About Learning In East Asian Classrooms -- East Asian Preschools, Part I -- East Asian Preschools, Part II -- Foundations Of East Asian Schooling, Part I -- Foundations Of East Asian Schooling, Part II -- East Asian Primary Schools, Part I -- East Asian Primary Schools, Part II -- East Asian Primary Schools, Part III -- Knowledge-Centered Lessons -- Postscript.

"What is the explanation for American students' comparatively mediocre academic performance? A Mirror for Americans finds part of it in how they are taught in primary schools. Comparisons with East Asian teaching are supplied by 50 years of research findings. Grove asks not that we copy East Asian teaching approaches, but that we use them as a mirror to gain insights into typically American approaches and their underlying values, which are handicapping our children's learning. "-- Provided by publisher.

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