Literacy and Language in East Asia Shifting Meanings, Values and Approaches /

• Κύριοι συγγραφείς: Kell, Marilyn (Συγγραφέας), Kell, Peter (Συγγραφέας)
• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Singapore : Springer Singapore : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
• Σειρά: Education in the Asia-Pacific Region: Issues, Concerns and Prospects ; 24
• Θέματα: Education.; International education.; Comparative education.; Educational policy.; ducation and state.; Literacy.; International and Comparative Education.; Educational Policy and Politics.

This book critically explores why Asian nations are on top of the world in student achievement tests in reading and literacy, yet governments and industry in these nations are anxious about a crisis in education. Why are governments anxious about the capabilities and skills of school and university...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• Acknowledgements
• Introduction
• What is literacy and why is it important?
• High Stakes Testing, Literacy Wars, Globalisation and Asia
• League Tables and the Politics of Ranking
• Global Testing: PISA, TIMSS and PIRLS
• International Testing: The Global Education Space Race?
• Schooling, national development and growth in Asia
• The “East Asian Miracle” economies, inequalities and schooling
• Literacy and workforce capabilities
• The New Dynamic and shifting approaches literacy and language in East Asia.