Chinese education from the perspectives of American educators : lessons learned from study-abroad experiences

• Other Authors: Wang, Chuang (Editor), Ma, Wen (Editor), Martin, Christine L. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Bingley, U.K : Emerald Publishing Limited : Information Age Publishing, Inc., [2015]
• Series: Language, literacy, and learning.
• Subjects: Education > China.; Education and state > China.; Comparative education.; Education > Administration > Higher.; Educational administration and organization.; Higher education, tertiary education.; elektronické knihy; electronic books
• ISBN: 9781806611140
• DOI: 10.1108/978-1-68123-184-6
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (x, 253 pages)

This book is written by a diverse cohort of American educators, including professors, teachers, and school administrators from pre-K to college levels. They come from disciplinary areas of child development, special education, English as a second language, counseling, technology, school administrati...

Table of Contents:

• Chinese and American education : history and current challenges / Chuang Wang, Wen Ma, and Christie L. Martin
• Roles of the central office in American and Chinese school systems / Tatia Prieto
• Unionized dogma of education : China versus America / Sony Anderson
• Comparison of Chinese and American higher education in a global context / Alan Mabe
• Student perceptions of the Chinese national college entrance examination system / Richard G. Lambert
• An exploration of one aspiring teacher's journey to multicultural understanding / Elizabeth Ashley Ward and Lan Quach Kolano
• An American educator's exploring the early childhood education system in China / Meredith Jones and Pamela Shue
• China and the United States : a comparative review of educational technology / Patti Wilkins and Drew Polly
• Comparing mathematics teaching in the United States, China, and Germany / Drew Polly and Lauren Breindel
• Preparing students with 21st-century life skills in an age of globalization : in search of the middle ground between East and West / Richard G. Lambert
• Self-efficacy beliefs and self-regulated learning strategies of Chinese students learning English as a second language and as a foreign language / Pingan Huang, Chuang Wang, and Liqun Xie
• Paparazzi communism : the inner conflict of beauty and externalized racism for an African American woman in China / Adrienne L. Wynn
• One institution's response to the rapid rise of Chinese undergraduates / Peter Briggs
• Implications for Chinese and American educational thinking and practices / Christie L. Martin, Chuang Wang, and Wen Ma.