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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Main Author: Rao, Nirmala
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon : Routledge, 2013
Series:Routledge research in international and comparative education.
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Summary: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 attainment. This in-depth, authentic, comparative analysis of the two largest educational systems in the world is a must-read for scholars interested in the teaching and learning in these two rapidly developing Asian cultures. A common set of questions has been addressed in diverse contexts. The empiri.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xiv, 202 pages) : illustrations, maps
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:113507349X
9781135073497
9781299137011
1299137016
9780203598122
0203598121
9781135073480
1135073481
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