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The challenge of Eastern Asian education : implications for America / edited by William K. Cummings and Philip G. Altbach.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- SUNY series, frontiers in education
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Education--East Asia--Cross-cultural studies.
- Education.
- East Asia.
- Education--United States--Cross-cultural studies.
- United States.
- Education and state--East Asia--Cross-cultural studies.
- Education and state.
- Education and state--United States--Cross-cultural studies.
- Genre:
- Cross-cultural studies.
- Physical Description:
- xiv, 337 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Albany : State University of New York Press, [1997]
- Summary:
- This book highlights how Asian education policy and practice challenge American schools. The book focuses on innovations that the nations of the Pacific Rim have developed for their schools, and it analyzes how these educational systems have tried to meet the challenges of rapid social and economic change.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 299-327) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0791432831
- 079143284X
- OCLC:
- 35223099
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