Handbook of Asian education: a culture perspective

Preface

Acknowledgments

Part I. Sinic Education

1. A Cultural Overview of Education in Sinic Civilization / Guofang LI / Ming Fang He

2. Educational Governance and Management in Sinic Societies / Nicholas Sun-Keung Pang

3. Curriculum and Assessment / John Chi-Kin Lee / Nguyen Loc / Kyunghee So / Ramanathan Subramanism / Peyreu Yen / Hongbiao Yin

4. Teachers and Teaching in Sinic Education / Guofang Li / Ming Fang He / Wenli Tsou / Wong Pyo Hong / Xiaolan Curdt-Christiansen / Pham Lan Huong

5. Learners and Learning in Sinic Societies / Ming Fang He / John Chi-Kin Lee / Jiayi Wang / Le Van Canh / Phyllis Chew / Kyunghee So / Betty Christine Eng / Min-Chuan Sung

6. Home and Community in Sinic Education / Guofang Li / Liang Du / I-Wah Pang / Shih-Pei Chang / Hyunhee Cho / Le Van Canh / Lana Khong

7. Challenges and Future Directions in Sinic Education / Jing Lei / Jianwei Zhang

8. Education of Immigrants from Sinic Civilization / Desiree Baolian Q1n / Guofang Li / Meenal Rana / Eun-Jin Kim Han

Part II. Japanese Education

9. A Cultural Overview of Education in Japanese Civilization: Adaptive Learning at the Global Periphery / Kaori H. Okano

10. Who Runs Japan's Schools? Education Governance and Management / Robert Aspinall

11. The Politics of School Curriculum and Assessment in Japan / Ryuko Kubota

12. Teachers and Teaching in Japan: Professional Mecca or Pressure Cooker? / Catherine Lewes

13. Learners and Learning in Japan: Structures, Practices, and Purposes / Peter Cave

14. The Changing Relationship Between the Home and School in Japan / Ryoko Tsuneyoshi

15. A Nation's School Unhinged? Challenges and Future Directions for Japanese Education / June A. Gordon

16. Japanese Immigrant and Transient Students in the United States / Yoshiko Nozaki

PART III. Islamic Education

17. A Cultural Overview of Islam and Education / Nagwa M. Megahed

18. Education in the United Arab Emirates: A Socio-cultural Analysis / Ali S. Ibrahim

19. Education in the Sultanate of Oman; The Conflict and the Harmony of Modernity and Traditions / Hamood Al-Harthi

20. The Malaysian Education System: A Cultural Perspective / Tamby Subahan Mohd Meerah / Lilia Halim / Nik Rahimi Nik Yuso?

21. Education of Immigrant Children from Islamic Cultures / Jing Lei

22. A Cultural Overview of the Education Systems in Buddhist Countries / David X. Gamage

23. Developments in die Sri Lankan System of Education: Third Century EC to the Twenty-First Century AD / David T. Gamage / Prasad Setunga

24. Thailand: The Development of the Education System Since 1220 / Pachrapimon Sooksomchitra Fox / David T. Gamage

25. The Education System in Bhutan from 747 AD to the First Decade of the Twenty-First Century / Tandin Wangmo / Kinga Choden

26. Immigrant Children from Asian Buddhist Countries: Issues in Education and Adjustment / Wei Qiu / Naiyi Xie / Yong Zhao

Part V. Hindu Education

27. A Cultural Overview of Education in Hindu Civilization / Sheshagiri K. M.

28. Colonialism, Modernism, and Neo-Liberalism: Problematizing Education in India / Gaysu R. Arvind

29. Learners and Learning in India: History, Perspectives, and Contexts / Disha Nawani / Manish Jain

30. Indian Americans and the Social-Cultural Context of Education / Khyati Y. Joshi

Index