ABSTRACT
This comprehensive handbook is the ultimate reference work, providing authoritative and international overviews of all aspects of schools and schooling in Asia. Split into 19 sections it covers curriculum, learning and assessment, private supplementary tutoring, special education, gender issues, ethnic minority education and LGBTQI students in Asian schools. The volume displays the current state of the scholarship for schools and schooling in Asia including emerging, controversial and cutting-edge contributions using a thematic approach. The content offers a broad sweep of the region with a focus on theoretical, cultural and political issues as well as identifying educational issues and priorities, such as curriculum, assessment, teacher education, school leadership, etc., all of which impact students and learning in multiple ways.
The Routledge International Handbook of Schools and Schooling in Asia brings together experts in each area to contribute their knowledge, providing a multidimensional and rich view of the issues confronting the region’s school and education systems.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
chapter 1|11 pages
Schools and schooling in Asia
section 1|60 pages
Framing 21st-century education in Asia
chapter 3|12 pages
Notions of equality and fairness in education
chapter 4|18 pages
“Inter-referencing” as methodology
section 2|66 pages
Curriculum
chapter 7|8 pages
High school mathematics curriculum in East Asia
chapter 8|17 pages
Intended curriculum of nature of science for prospective school science teachers
section 3|66 pages
Learning
chapter 13|12 pages
Learning primary science by inquiry
chapter 14|10 pages
Preparation for future collaboration
chapter 15|13 pages
Designing new media for new literacy in an arts classroom
chapter 16|10 pages
An investigation of interest-driven learning environments for low-progress learners
chapter 17|16 pages
The internal/external frame of reference model of academic self-concept formation
section 4|49 pages
Assessment
chapter 20|14 pages
An assessment of learning Cantonese opera movement in Hong Kong
chapter 22|8 pages
Computerised adaptive testing
section 5|62 pages
International schools
chapter 24|11 pages
And a green tea Frappuccino
chapter 25|8 pages
Asian or international?
chapter 26|13 pages
Do international school staff receive professional development training about third culture kids (TCKs)?
chapter 28|10 pages
The IB research programme
section 6|47 pages
Private supplementary tutoring
chapter 30|10 pages
Shadow education in East Asia
chapter 31|10 pages
Private tutoring in Southeast Asia
chapter 32|12 pages
Shadow schooling in South Asia
chapter 33|9 pages
(Un)Regulating shadow education in West Asia
section 7|68 pages
Information and communications technology
chapter 35|13 pages
Digital learning for developing Asian countries
chapter 37|23 pages
A systematic literature review of game-based learning and gamification research in Asia
section 8|54 pages
Early childhood education
chapter 41|14 pages
Neither a borrower nor a lender be? Better to question how to borrow
section 9|38 pages
Language education
chapter 47|8 pages
Language teacher professional development in Asia
chapter 48|7 pages
Implementation and impact of language-in-education policies
section 10|59 pages
Special education
chapter 51|13 pages
Neural basis of learning issues in children with autism
chapter 53|14 pages
Writing difficulties in Mainland China, Taiwan, Hong Kong and Japan
section 11|58 pages
Moral and civic education
chapter 59|14 pages
Alienated and disaffected students
section 12|38 pages
Vocational education
chapter 63|12 pages
A framework for success
section 13|76 pages
Education for sustainable development
chapter 66|16 pages
The uneven work of sustainability
chapter 68|18 pages
Building active mindsets among the local youth for rural sustainability
chapter 69|17 pages
Stepping up the challenge
section 14|46 pages
Gender
chapter 74|9 pages
To lead and to mother
section 15|47 pages
Ethnic minorities
chapter 76|11 pages
Education for ethnic minority young people in Hong Kong
chapter 79|12 pages
The changing policy discourse and the implementation of multicultural education in Taiwan in the 21st century
section 16|45 pages
Sexual and gender minorities
chapter 80|4 pages
Contesting sexual and transgender prejudice
chapter 85|7 pages
Supporting transgender students
section 17|48 pages
Teacher education
chapter 88|10 pages
The teaching practicum in Singapore
section 18|42 pages
Learning study
chapter 93|9 pages
The growth of lesson study globally and in Singapore
chapter 95|11 pages
Lesson Study in Brunei Darussalam
section 19|51 pages
School leadership