Literacy and langauage in East Asia [electronic resource] : shifting meanings, values and approaches / Marilyn Kell, Peter Kell.

Literacy and langauage in East Asia [electronic resource] : shifting meanings, values and approaches / Marilyn Kell, Peter Kell.

9789814451307 electronic book
9814451304 electronic book
9789814451291

Singapore : Springer, [2013?]

©2014

English

1 online resource (xi, 165 pages) : illustrations.

10.1007/978-981-4451-30-7 doi

LC157.E18

374.0124

This book critically explores why Asian nations are on top of the world in student achievement tests in reading and literacy, yet governments and industry in these nations are anxious about a crisis in education. Why are governments anxious about the capabilities and skills of school and university graduates in a global economy when there is a Asian economic boom? The authors explore questions about how the Asian countries value test-based examination curriculum and its influence on the practices of teaching learning and the lives of young people in Asia. The authors describe the challenge of change for East Asian nations to develop more relevant approaches to literacy and language and more inclusive societies focussed on the needs of young people and not exam results.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Education in the Asia-Pacific region ; v.24.

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