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Educating young giants : what kids learn (and don't learn) in China and America / Nancy Pine.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York, NY : Palgrave Macmillan, 2012Description: 187 pages : illustrations ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 0230339069
  • 9780230339064
  • 0230339077
  • 9780230339071
Other title:
  • What kids learn (and don't learn) in China and America
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 370.973 23
LOC classification:
  • LA
  • LB1027 .P56 2012
Contents:
Hard work or natural ability? -- The teacher's role -- The Confucian thread -- Depth of understanding : mathematics -- Pressure and exams -- The influence of language -- Classroom environment and discipline -- Digging deep -- Performance and improvisation -- Aiming toward college -- Imaginative engagement -- Ready for the future?
Summary: Nancy Pine reveals how reliance on antiquated teaching methods and ineffectual reform efforts has left youth in the United States and China ill-equipped for the demands of modern technology and the global economy. --P. [4] of cover.
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Item type Current library Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode
Book North Campus North Campus Main Collection 370.973 PIN (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available A510759B
Book South Campus South Campus Main Collection 370.973 PIN (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available A510760B

Includes bibliographical references (pages 165-180) and index.

Hard work or natural ability? -- The teacher's role -- The Confucian thread -- Depth of understanding : mathematics -- Pressure and exams -- The influence of language -- Classroom environment and discipline -- Digging deep -- Performance and improvisation -- Aiming toward college -- Imaginative engagement -- Ready for the future?

Nancy Pine reveals how reliance on antiquated teaching methods and ineffectual reform efforts has left youth in the United States and China ill-equipped for the demands of modern technology and the global economy. --P. [4] of cover.

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