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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Baker, David P
• LeTendre, Gerald K

Titel

NATIONAL DIFFERENCES, GLOBAL SIMILARITIES: WORLD CULTURE AND THE FUTURE OF SCHOOLING

Erscheinungsjahr

2005

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Sociological Abstracts

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• Using American schools as a reference point, this book provides a comprehensive, comparative description of schooling as a global institution. Each chapter develops a story about a particular global trend: continuing gender differences in achievement, new methods nations employ to govern their schools, the rapidly increasing use of private tutoring, school violence, the development of effective curriculums, & the everyday work of teachers, among other topics. The authors draw on a four-year investigation conducted in forty-seven countries that examined many aspects of K-12 schooling, such as how schools are run, what teachers teach, & what students learn in mathematics & science. Baker & LeTendre present the results of the study in a non-technical & accessible fashion, outlining the implications of current trends for both education policy discussions & theoretical explorations of the role of education in society. Running throughout the book is a discussion of how world educational trends & the forces behind them will work to change & shape the possible directions education may take in the future. Tables, Figures, Bibliog.