Literacy and Language in East Asia: Shifting Meanings, Values and Approaches - Couverture rigide

Kell, Marilyn; Kell, Peter

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 9814451290 ISBN 13 : 9789814451291

Editeur : Springer Verlag, Singapore, 2013

Synopsis

This book critically explores why some Asian nations are on top of the world in students' 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 graduates in a global economy when there is a Asian economic boom? The authors explore questions about how the Asian countries value test-based examination curriculum and its influence on the practices of teaching learning and the lives of young people in Asia. The authors describe the challenge of change for East Asian nations to develop more relevant approaches to literacy and language and more inclusive societies focussed on the needs of young people and not exam results.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Dr Marilyn Kell is a lecturer in the School of Academic languages and Learning at Charles Darwin University, Australia. Professor Peter Kell is Head of School and Professor of Education at Charles Darwin University, Australia.

À propos de la quatrième de couverture

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 graduates in a global economy when there is a Asian economic boom? The authors explore questions about how the Asian countries value test-based examination curriculum and its influence on the practices of teaching learning and the lives of young people in Asia. The authors describe the challenge of change for East Asian nations to develop more relevant approaches to literacy and language and more inclusive societies focussed on the needs of young people and not exam results.

Dr Marilyn Kell is a researcher at Charles Darwin University, Australia.

Professor Peter Kell is Head of School and Professor of Education at Charles Darwin University, Australia.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Springer Verlag, Singapore
• Date d'édition: 2013
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 9814451290
• ISBN 13: 9789814451291
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 165
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