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Comparing High-Performing Education Systems: Understanding Singapore, Shanghai, and Hong Kong
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Comparing High-Performing Education Systems: Understanding Singapore, Shanghai, and Hong Kong
Current price: $180.00
Barnes and Noble
Comparing High-Performing Education Systems: Understanding Singapore, Shanghai, and Hong Kong
Current price: $180.00
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Chapters explore the dominant cultural and educational norms in Singapore, Shanghai, and Hong Kong to give a wider picture of these high-performing education systems. The performance of students in international large-scale assessments such as Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA), Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS), and Progress in International Reading Literacy Study (PIRLS) is considered, alongside an exploration of attitudes to schooling, tutoring, and assessment. The book shows how Singapore, Shanghai, and Hong Kong exemplify an
(EAEM). Such a model –
Informative and thought-provoking, this book is a useful reference for policymakers, researchers, educators, and general readers on high-performing education systems, school reforms in East Asia, Confucian influences on education, and cross-cultural policy learning and transfer.