Western psychological and educational theory in diverse contexts / 
 Western psychological & educational theory in diverse contexts 
edited by Julian Elliott and Elena Grigorenko. 
 - 194 pages ;  26 cm 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>Are Western educational theories and practices truly universal? / Julian Elliott, Elena Grigorenko -- Culture, instruction, and assessment / Robert J. Sternberg -- Bridging between orthodox Western higher educational practices and an African sociocultural context / Robert Serpell -- Orthodoxy, cultural compatibility, and universals in education / Roland G. Tharp, Stephanie Stoll Dalton -- Western influences on Chinese educational testing / Weihua Niu -- The impact of the West on Chinese educational testing / Weihua Niu -- The impact of the West on post-Soviet Russian education : change and resistance to change / Julian Elliott, Jonathan Tudge -- Teachers' ethnotheories of the "ideal student" in five Western cultures / Sara Harkness ... [et al.] -- Schooling's contribution to social capital : study from a native Amazonian society in Bolivia / Ricardo Godoy ... [et al.] -- Hitting, missing, and in between : a typology of the impact of Western education on the non-Western world / Elena L. Grigorenko. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0415418526 9780415418522 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Educational psychology--Cross-cultural studies
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>LB1051  / .W47 2008 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>370.15