Educating Young Giants

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What Kids Learn (And Dont Learn) in China and America

ISBN:	0230339069
ISBN 13:	9780230339064
Autor:	Pine, N
Verlag:	Springer Verlag GmbH
Umfang:	xviii, 187 S., 1 s/w Illustr., 187 p. 1 illus.
Erscheinungsdatum:	15.06.2012
Auflage:	1/2012
Produktform:	Gebunden/Hardback
Einband:	Gebunden

Recent PISA rankings demonstrate clear leadership in Chinese education among international peersIn 50 years China went from having 80% of its population illiterate to having a 91% literacy rate. It produced 50,000 PhDs in 2008 as opposed to 40,000 in the United States. China consistently ranks higher than US in science and maths charts. We talk about the Asian school ethic, and it may be a stereotype, but consistently Asians excel on standardized tests. This book gets into the details of how they do it and what we can learn from itEducation in the United States has troubled teachers and parents for years – especially when compared to the scientific & math literacy of students in Europe, Japan, and China. This book takes a hard look at two very different education styles to see what the United States is really missing out onThough an academic with over 30 papers under her belt, Nancy Pine is primarily a hands-on educator. She has worked with schools & colleges both in the USA and in China for decades, and has taught every grade from kindergarten through graduate schoolPine reveals the strengths & weaknesses of the US educational system, and what they can learn from the Chinese system to have the best of all worlds. She neither predicts doom & gloom for the US educational system, nor does she exalt the comparative free range American students given compared to ChineseThe strengths of Chinese Education would be of interest throughout English speaking world – UK, Australia, etc Nancy Pine is in conversation to start an Education Blog on the Los Angeles Times page and is setting up an education blog on Huff Post. She would have quotes from well connected in the field, including heavy-hitters like Mary Poplin and Karen Worth, and has contacts at places like PBS & NBC. Other blurbers – Rich Shavelson of Stanford School of Education, Jerome Harste, Indiana School of Education

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Beschreibung

Beschreibung

Carries readers into Chinese and American elementary and high school classrooms, and highlights the big differences between schooling in China and the United States. Nancy Pine reveals how these two countries need to extract themselves from outmoded practice and learn from each other's strengths.

Autorenporträt

Nancy Pine is Director of Bridging Cultures: US/China Program at Mount St. Mary's College, USA. She is an internationally known educator with 20 years of research and consulting experience in China. Her focus has been on how children and young adults learn in the United States and in China. She has taught in both China and the United States and has won numerous awards, including a City of Los Angeles award for her cross-cultural efforts.