Educating young giants : what kids learn (and don't learn) in China and America / Nancy Pine.
Material type: TextPublisher: New York, NY : Palgrave Macmillan, 2012Description: 187 pages : illustrations ; 24 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 0230339069
- 9780230339064
- 0230339077
- 9780230339071
- What kids learn (and don't learn) in China and America
- 370.973 23
- LA
- LB1027 .P56 2012
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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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