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Teaching in primary schools in China and India : contexts of learning /

This book compares primary education in urban and rural China and India. It focuses on how the sociocultural context including educational policy, educators and parents' beliefs, and the conditions under which teaching and learning occur shape classroom pedagogy and determine children's at...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Rao, Nirmala
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon : Routledge, 2013.
Colección:Routledge research in international and comparative education.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Front Cover; Teaching in Primary Schools in China and India; Copyright Page; Contents; List of figures; List of tables; List of photos; List of boxes; Acknowledgements; About the authors; 1. Introduction; 2. The national context: Educational policy and implementation; 3. The local contexts; 4. The classroom context: Teaching and learning mathematics; 5. The classroom context: Teaching and learning language; 6. Policy-makers', school principals' and teachers' views on teaching and learning; 7. Parents' and students' views on schooling and achievement.
  • 8. Teaching and learning in Chinese and Indian primary schoolsAppendix A: Observation protocols; Appendix B: Mathematics tests used in China and India; Appendix C: Excerpts from Chinese mathematics lesson transcripts; Appendix D: Guidelines for interviews of principal, teacher and education policy-makers; Appendix E: Parent questionnaires and interviews; Appendix F: Children's attributions questionnaire; Notes; References; Index.