Routledge Studies in Education and Society in Asia

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1. Re-Evaluating Education in Japan and Korea

   De-mystifying Stereotypes

   By Hyunjoon Park

   Series: Routledge Studies in Education and Society in Asia

   International comparisons of student achievement in mathematics, science, and reading have consistently shown that Japanese and Korean students outperform their peers in other parts of world. Understandably, this has attracted many policymakers and researchers seeking to emulate this success, but...

   Published May 14th 2013 by Routledge
2. Globalisation, Employment and Education in Sri Lanka

   Opportunity and Division

   By Angela W. Little, Siri T. Hettige

   Series: Routledge Studies in Education and Society in Asia

   Since the late 1970s, Sri Lanka has undergone a socio-economic transformation, from protectionism towards economic liberalisation and increasing integration into the world economy. Through a systematic comparison of these periods of economic change (1956–1977, and 1977 to the present), Angela W....

   Published April 24th 2013 by Routledge
3. Designing History in East Asian Textbooks

   Identity Politics and Transnational Aspirations

   Edited by Gotelind Müller

   Series: Routledge Studies in Education and Society in Asia

   This book analyses the efforts throughout East Asia to deploy education for purposes of political socialization, and in particular in order to shape notions of identity. The chapters also examine the trend of ‘common textbook initiatives’, which have recently emerged in East Asia with the aim of...

   Published April 14th 2013 by Routledge