The Challenge of Eastern Asian Education: Implications for America (S U N Y Series, Frontiers in Education)

Provides specific examples of Asian educational practice that may have relevance to the United States.The Challenge of Eastern Asian Education 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. It is unique in that it provides in-depth coverage of the Asian approach to education and explicitly discusses the implications of Asian education for America.There is special interest in Asian countries, not only because of their unparalleled economic success, but because Asian societies have been held up as models for social harmony and discipline. This book provides specific examples of Asian educational practice that may have relevance to the United States. It is unique in that it deals not only with Japan, which has received considerable attention, but with other Pacific Rim nations as well.William K. Cummings is Professor and Director, Comparative and Global Studies in Education, State University of New York, Buffalo. Philip G. Altbach is Professor and Director, Center for International Higher Education, Boston College. He has edited several books, including Emergent Issues in Education: Comparative Perspectives (with Robert F. Arnove and Gail P. Kelly) and The Racial Crisis in American Higher Education (with Kofi Lomotey), and has authored The Knowledge Context: Comparative Perspectives on the Distribution of Knowledge, all published by SUNY Press. CONTENTS 2 LIST OF TABLES 5 LIST OF FIGURES 7 ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 8 INTRODUCTION by William K. Cummings and Philip G. Altbach 8 I. BASIC EDUCATION 12 1. The Roots of Japanese Educational Achievement: Helping Children Develop Bonds to School by CATHERINE C. LEWIS 12 2. The East Asian Version of Whole-Class Teaching by HAROLD W. STEVENSON and SHINYING LEE 24 3. Looking in the Chinese Mirror: Reflecting on Moral-Political Education in the United States by GAY GARLAND REED 33 4. Chinese Teachers as Mirrors of Reform Possibilities by LYNN PAINE 41 II. SECONDARY EDUCATION 51 5. Restructuring Japanese High Schools: Reforms for Diversity by NOBUO K. SHIMAHARA 51 6. Disruption and Reconnection: Counseling Young Adolescents in Japanese Schools by GERALD K. LeTENDRE 59 7. Human Capital Formation and School Expansion in Asia: Does a Unique Regional Model Exist? by DAVID P. BAKER and DONALD B. HOLSINGER 67 III. THE PRIVATE SECTOR 77 8. Private Education in Eastern Asia by WILLIAM K. CUMMINGS 78 9. Lessons from Japanese Cram Schools by NANCY UKAI RUSSELL 90 IV. LINKING EDUCATION TO SOCIETY 101 10. Education and Work in Japan: Implications for Policy by SAM STERN 102 11. Education Policies in Taiwan (China) and Hong Kong by KIN BING WU 110 12. Improving School-Community Relations in Thailand by CHRISTOPHER W. WHEELER, JAMES GALLAGHER, MAUREEN McDONOUGH, and BENJALUG SOOKPOKAKIT-NAMFA 118 V. THE RELEVANCE OF ASIAN EDUCATION 127 13. Differences that Make a Difference: Explaining Japan's Success by THOMAS P. ROHLEN 127 14. Education and State Development: Lessons for the United States? by S. GOPINATHAN 141 15. The Role of the State in Educational Reform in the People's Republic of China by NINA Y. BOREVSKAYA 151 16. Human Resource Development: The J-Model by WILLIAM K. CUMMINGS 156 NOTES 166 Chapter 3 166 Chapter 4 167 Chapter 6 167 Chapter 7 168 Chapter 8 169 Chapter 9 170 Chapter 10 170 Chapter 11 170 Chapter 12 171 Chapter 16 171 REFERENCES 171 Introduction 171 Chapter 1 171 Chapter 2 174 Chapter 3 175 Chapter 4 176 Chapter 5 178 Chapter 6 180 Chapter 7 181 Chapter 8 183 Chapter 9 184 Chapter 10 186 Chapter 11 187 Chapter 12 189 Chapter 13 191 Chapter 14 192 Chapter 15 193 Chapter 16 194 CONTRIBUTORS 199 INDEX 201 A 201 B 202 C 202 E 204 G 205 H 205 I 206 J 207 K 208 M 209 N 210 O 210 P 210 S 211 T 211 U 213 V 214 W 214 The Challenge of Eastern Asian Education 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. It is unique in that it provides in-depth coverage of the Asian approach to education and explicitly discusses the implications of Asian education for America. There is special interest in Asian countries, not only because of their unparalleled economic success, but because Asian societies have been held up as models for social harmony and discipline. This book provides specific examples of Asian educational practice that may have relevance to the United States. It is unique in that it deals not only with Japan, which had received considerable attention, but with other Pacific Rim nations as well Annotation 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