A Mirror for Americans

What the East Asian Experience Tells Us about Teaching Students Who Excel

Cornelius N. Grove (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

174 Seiten

2020
Rowman & Littlefield (Verlag)
978-1-4758-4460-3 (ISBN)

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What is the explanation for American students’ comparatively mediocre academic performance? A Mirror for Americans finds part of it in how they are taught in primary schools. Comparisons with East Asian teaching are supplied by 50 years of research findings. Grove asks not that we copy East Asian teaching approaches, but that we use them as a mirror to gain insights into typically American approaches and their underlying values, which are handicapping our children’s learning.

Cornelius N. Grove’s mission has been to explain to Americans the historical and cultural reasons for their children’s comparatively mediocre performance in schools; his books The Aptitude Myth (2013) and The Drive to Learn (2017) are now followed by A Mirror for Americans. With a doctorate in education from Columbia University, he is the author of entries on pedagogy across cultures in two new encyclopedias, and founder of the intercultural consulting firm Grovewell LLC.

Preface

Introduction

Chapter One: Common Beliefs about Learning in East Asian Classrooms

Chapter Two: East Asian Preschools, Part I

Chapter Three: East Asian Preschools, Part II

Chapter Four: Foundations of East Asian Schooling, Part I

Chapter Five: Foundations of East Asian Schooling, Part II

Chapter Six: East Asian Primary Schools, Part I

Chapter Seven: East Asian Primary Schools, Part II

Chapter Eight: East Asian Primary Schools, Part III

Chapter Nine: Knowledge-Centered Lessons

Postscript

Bibliography

Erscheinungsdatum	10.05.2021
Sprache	englisch
Maße	163 x 241 mm
Gewicht	440 g
Themenwelt	Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik
ISBN-10	1-4758-4460-3 / 1475844603
ISBN-13	978-1-4758-4460-3 / 9781475844603
Zustand	Neuware