Educational Foundations

Citizenship Education in China

Preparing Citizens for the "Chinese Century"

Edited by Kerry J. Kennedy, Gregory Fairbrother, Zhenzhou Zhao

Series: Routledge Series on Schools and Schooling in Asia

There is a flourishing literature on citizenship education in China that is mostly unknown in the West. Liberal political theorists often assume that only in democracy should citizens be prepared for their future responsibilities, yet citizenship education in China has undergone a number of...

To Be Published June 30th 2013 by Routledge

Cultural Exclusion in China

State Education, Social Mobility and Cultural Difference

By Lin Yi

Series: Comparative Development and Policy in Asia

Ethnic minorities form a very substantial proportion of the population of China, with over 100 million people in 55 formally designated minority groups inhabiting over 60% of the country’s land area. Poverty and economic inequality of minority groups are widely-recognised problems. However, as this...

Published March 13th 2012 by Routledge

Education and Society in Post-Mao China

Pragmatism and ideology in the quest for modernization

By Edward Vickers, Xiao-dong Zeng

Series: Routledge Studies in Education and Society in Asia

This book provides an overview of the development of China’s education system in the period since the end of the Cultural Revolution by analyzing the shifts in education policy and practice, and in related financial and administrative structures, highlighting the ways in which these have resulted...

To Be Published December 30th 2013 by Routledge

Education Reform and Social Class in Japan

The emerging incentive divide

By Takehiko Kariya

Series: Routledge/University of Tokyo Series

Until the early 1990s, Japanese education was widely commended for achieving outstanding outcomes in global comparison. At the same time, it was frequently criticized for failing to cultivate 'individuality' and 'creativity' in students. Wide-ranging education reforms were enacted during the 1990s...

Published November 15th 2012 by Routledge

Exceptionality in East Asia

Explorations in the Actiotope Model of Giftedness

Edited by Shane N. Phillipson, Heidrun Stoeger, Albert Ziegler

The continual successes of students from East-Asia are confirmed in a variety of international tests of academic achievement and yet, despite this attainment, many scholars have realised that a substantial proportion of these students are also underachieving. Using the actiotope model of...

Published January 9th 2013 by Routledge

Gender and Education in China

Gender Discourses and Women's Schooling in the Early Twentieth Century

By Paul J. Bailey

Series: Routledge Contemporary China Series

Gender and Education in China analyzes the significance, impact and nature of women's public education in China from its beginnings at the turn of the twentieth century. Educational change was an integral aspect of the early twentieth century state-building and modernizing reforms implemented by...

Published March 21st 2012 by Routledge

General Education and the Development of Global Citizenship in Hong Kong, Taiwan and Mainland China

Not Merely Icing on the Cake

Edited by Jun Xing, Pak-Sheung Ng, Chloe Cheng

Series: Routledge Research in Asian Education

General Education has taken center stage in the greater China area (Hong Kong, Taiwan and mainland China) because of a number of important developments. First, globalization has created both opportunities and challenges for college students. When they graduate and enter the real world, they must...

Published October 25th 2012 by Routledge

History and Citizenship Education in Post-Mao China

Politics, Policy, Praxis

By Alisa Jones

Series: Routledge Studies in Education and Society in Asia

This book examines the development of education in China over the past three decades, exploring the ways in which the manifold ‘contradictions’ both within and between policy prescriptions, pedagogical theory and classroom implementation have been handled where issues of political socialisation,...

To Be Published December 30th 2013 by Routledge

How Chinese Teach Mathematics and Improve Teaching

Edited by Yeping Li, Rongjin Huang

Series: Studies in Mathematical Thinking and Learning Series

How Chinese Teach Mathematics and Improve Teaching builds upon existing studies to examine mathematics classroom instruction in China. It combines contributions from Chinese scholars with commentary from key Western scholars to offer multiple perspectives in viewing and learning about some...

Published July 18th 2012 by Routledge

Islam and Higher Education

Concepts, Challenges and Opportunities

By Marodsilton Muborakshoeva

Series: Routledge Contemporary South Asia Series

This book is the first study to qualitatively explore the concepts of higher education in Muslim contexts. It examines the different concepts of ‘a university’ and the way they shape practice in Muslim contexts, with a particular focus on the Islamic republic of Pakistan. Contributing to...

Published August 8th 2012 by Routledge

Language, Education and Citizenship in Japan

By Genaro Castro-Vázquez

Series: Japan Anthropology Workshop Series

Based on extensive original research, this book explores the early educational experiences of foreign children in Japan. It considers foreign children’s experiences of Japanese schools, examines the special tutoring such children often have to improve their language proficiency, and explores the...

Published October 15th 2012 by Routledge

Language Planning in Primary Schools in Asia

Edited by Richard Baldauf, Robert Kaplan, Knonko Kamwangamalu, Pauline Bryant

In foreign language education, decisions must be taken on what languages to teach, who will teach them, in which schools (i.e. all, only urban, only rural), in which grades, the number of hours a week, and the cost involved. This book explores the answers to these questions across a number of Asian...

Published May 16th 2012 by Routledge

Primary School English-Language Education in Asia

From Policy to Practice

Edited by Bernard Spolsky, Young-in Moon

Series: Routledge Critical Studies in Asian Education

In Asia, English is no longer a foreign language but a key resource for education, government, business and the general public. Whereas thirty years ago, British and American experts believed that the best way to improve the quality of English teaching was to cancel any programs below the secondary...

Published July 25th 2012 by Routledge

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

Towards Educational Change

The Transformation of Educational Systems in Post-Communist Countries

Edited by David Greger, Eliška Walterová

Series: Routledge Research in Education

This book critically analyzes the transformation of educational systems following the breakdown of the Communist regime in the countries of the Visegrád group (Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Slovakia) from 1989 until the present. The authors examine what changes have occurred, why the current...

To Be Published February 7th 2014 by Routledge

Changing Educational Contexts, Issues and Identities

40 Years of Comparative Education

Edited by Michael Crossley, Patricia Broadfoot, Michele Schweisfurth

Series: Education Heritage

Documenting major intellectual and paradigmatic changes in the field of comparative education in the light of the history and development of the journal Comparative Education, this book compiles a selection of articles from forty years of the journal’s distinguished history. It illustrates how...

Published December 14th 2011 by Routledge

Changing Schools in an Era of Globalization

By John Chi-Kin Lee, Brian J. Caldwell

Series: Routledge Research in Education

Much has been written about globalization and the challenge of preparing young people for the new world of work and life in times of complexity and continuous change. However, few works have examined how globalization has and will continue to shape education in the East. This volume discusses...

Published April 4th 2011 by Routledge

A Chinese Perspective on Teaching and Learning

Edited by Betty C. Eng

Series: Routledge Series on Schools and Schooling in Asia

Bringing together educators from a range of backgrounds - psychology, sociology, social work, counseling, and teaching - this volume shows how Asian cultural values and beliefs can provide a lens through which to understand and envision how curriculum and pedagogy can be creatively adapted,...

Published December 21st 2011 by Routledge

Comparative Perspectives on International School Leadership

Policy, Preparation, and Practice

By Cathryn Magno

Through a multi-country study, Comparative Perspectives on International School Leadership examines the current global spread of educational leadership, occurring rapidly and widely. Exploring five international case studies of leadership policy, preparation, and practice under the framework of...

Published December 20th 2012 by Routledge

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 January 26th 2011 by Routledge

Educational Futures

Dominant and Contesting Visions

By Ivana Milojevic

This book provides an overview and analysis of current tensions, debates and key issues within OECD nations, particularly Australia, the USA, Canada and the UK, with regard to where education is and should be going. Using a broad historical analysis, it investigates ideas and visions about the...

Published March 29th 2011 by Routledge

The Emergent Knowledge Society and the Future of Higher Education

Asian Perspectives

Edited by Deane E. Neubauer

Series: Comparative Development and Policy in Asia

The nature of higher education is by no means fixed: it has evolved over time; different models of higher education co-exist alongside each other at present; and, worldwide, there are demands for higher education to change to better help support economic growth and to better fit chagning social and...

Published December 12th 2011 by Routledge

Handbook of Asian Education

A Cultural Perspective

Edited by Yong Zhao, Jing Lei, Guofang Li, Ming Fang He, Kaori Okano, Nagwa Megahed, David Gamage, Hema Ramanathan

Comprehensive and authoritative, this Handbook provides a nuanced description and analysis of educational systems, practices, and policies in Asian countries and explains and interprets these practices from cultural, social, historical, and economic perspectives. Using a culture-based framework,...

Published November 30th 2010 by Routledge

History Textbooks and the Wars in Asia

Divided Memories

Edited by Gi-Wook Shin, Daniel C. Sneider

Series: Routledge Contemporary Asia Series

Over the past fifteen years Northeast Asia has witnessed growing intraregional exchanges and interactions, especially in the realms of culture and economy. Still, the region cannot escape from the burden of history. This book examines the formation of historical memory in four Northeast Asian...

Published February 7th 2011 by Routledge

Islamic Education and Indoctrination

The Case in Indonesia

By Charlene Tan

Series: Routledge Research in Education

Islamic schools, especially madrasahs, have been viewed as sites of indoctrination for Muslim students and militants. Some educators and parents in the United States have also regarded introductory courses on Islam in some public schools as indoctrinatory. But what do we mean by "indoctrination"?...

Published March 21st 2011 by Routledge

Language Planning in the Asia Pacific

Hong Kong, Timor-Leste and Sri Lanka

Edited by Robert Kaplan, Richard Baldauf

This volume covers the language situation in Hong Kong, Timor-Leste and Sri Lanka explaining the linguistic diversity, the historical and political contexts and the current language situation, including language-in-education planning, the role of the media, the role of religion and the roles of...

Published March 20th 2011 by Routledge

Legal Education in Asia

Globalization, Change and Contexts

Edited by Stacey Steele, Kathryn Taylor

Series: Routledge Law in Asia

Legal education is undergoing rapid change throughout Asia. This book is a critique of the changing nature of legal education in major Asian jurisdictions as diverse as Afghanistan, Australia, Cambodia, the People’s Republic of China, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Japan, the Republic of Korea, Singapore,...

Published May 11th 2011 by Routledge

Minorities and Education in Multicultural Japan

An Interactive Perspective

Edited by Ryoko Tsuneyoshi, Kaori H. Okano, Sarane Boocock

Series: Asia's Transformations

This volume examines how Japan’s increasingly multicultural population has impacted on the lives of minority children and their peers at school, and how schools are responding to this trend in terms of providing minority children with opportunities and preparing them for the adult society. The...

Published October 11th 2011 by Routledge

Minority Students in East Asia

Government Policies, School Practices and Teacher Responses

Edited by JoAnn Phillion, Ming Tak Hue, Yuxiang Wang

Series: Routledge Series on Schools and Schooling in Asia

In Minority Students in East Asia: Government Policies, School Practices and Teacher Responses authors discuss their research on minority students’ schooling (elementary to higher education) in Mainland China, Hong Kong, Japan, South Korea, and Taiwan. Minority students’ educational issues are...

Published May 24th 2011 by Routledge

Moral Education in sub-Saharan Africa

Culture, Economics, Conflict and AIDS

Edited by Sharlene Swartz, Monica Taylor

The term ‘moral’ has had a chequered history in sub-Saharan Africa, mainly due to the legacy of colonialism and Apartheid (in South Africa). In contrast to moral education as a vehicle of cultural imperialism and social control, this volume shows moral education to be concerned with both private...

Published February 22nd 2011 by Routledge

Postwar History Education in Japan and the Germanys

Guilty lessons

By Julian Dierkes

Series: Routledge Contemporary Japan Series

How did East and West Germany and Japan reconstitute national identity after World War II? Did all three experience parallel reactions to national trauma and reconstruction? History education shaped how these nations reconceived their national identities. Because the content of history education...

Published February 28th 2011 by Routledge

Trajectories of Education in the Arab World

Legacies and Challenges

Edited by Osama Abi-Mershed

Series: Routledge Advances in Middle East and Islamic Studies

Trajectories of Education in the Arab World gives a broad yet detailed historical and geographical overview of education in Arab countries. Drawing on pre-modern and modern educational concepts, systems, and practices in the Arab world, this book examines the impact of Western cultural influence,...

Published April 6th 2011 by Routledge