Teaching in Primary Schools in China and India
This book compares primary education in urban and rural China and India. It focuses on how the sociocultural context including educational policy, educators and parentsa beliefs, and the conditions under which teaching and learning occur shape classroom pedagogy and determine childrenas attainment. This in-depth, authentic, comparative analysis of the two largest educational systems in the world is a must-read for scholars interested in the teaching and learning in these two rapidly developing Asian cultures. A common set of questions has been addressed in diverse contexts. The empirical work on which this book is based is most impressive a videotaping of mathematics and language lessons, interviews with parents and educators questionnaires with parents, teachers and children and tests of childrenas mathematics attainment a and this done in 3 locations in China, 3 in India and 12 schools in total.For the Ministry of Education, the goals of the reform are to a#39;bring forth a new generation of highacaliber citizens, people who are ... to provide feedback on studentsa#39; learning needs, to improve teaching, and to promote student development (Zhu, 2007). ... For example, an emphasis on a#39;problem solvinga#39; in mathematics was evident (Zhang, 2005) and new teaching ... advocate a shift from knowledge transmission to developing learning ability and the capacity for lifealong learning.
| Title | : | Teaching in Primary Schools in China and India |
| Author | : | Nirmala Rao, Emma Pearson, Kai-ming Cheng |
| Publisher | : | Routledge - 2013 |
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