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050 0 0 _aLA217.2
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082 0 0 _a370.973
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100 1 _aGrove, Cornelius N.,
245 1 2 _aA mirror for Americans :
_bwhat the East Asian experience tells us about teaching students who excel /
_cCornelius N. Grove.
264 1 _aLanham, Maryland :
_bRowman & Littlefield, an imprint of The Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group, Inc.,
_c[2020]
300 _axxxv, 138 pages :
_billustrations ;
_c23 cm.
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent.
337 _aunmediated
_bn
_2rdamedia.
338 _avolume
_bnc
_2rdacarrier.
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references.
505 0 _aIntroduction -- Common Beliefs About Learning In East Asian Classrooms -- East Asian Preschools, Part I -- East Asian Preschools, Part II -- Foundations Of East Asian Schooling, Part I -- Foundations Of East Asian Schooling, Part II -- East Asian Primary Schools, Part I -- East Asian Primary Schools, Part II -- East Asian Primary Schools, Part III -- Knowledge-Centered Lessons -- Postscript.
520 _a"What is the explanation for American students' comparatively mediocre academic performance? A Mirror for Americans finds part of it in how they are taught in primary schools. Comparisons with East Asian teaching are supplied by 50 years of research findings. Grove asks not that we copy East Asian teaching approaches, but that we use them as a mirror to gain insights into typically American approaches and their underlying values, which are handicapping our children's learning. "--
_cProvided by publisher.
650 0 _aAcademic achievement
_zEast Asia.
650 0 _aAcademic achievement
_zUnited States.
650 0 _aEducation
_xAims and objectives
_zUnited States.
650 0 _aEducational change
_zUnited States.
776 0 8 _iOnline version:
_aGrove, Cornelius N.
_tMirror for Americans.
_dLanham, Maryland : Rowman & Littlefield, 2020
_z9781475844627
_w(DLC) 2020007476.
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