ABSTRACT

Quality improvement is a major current goal of Education in China and this will be achieved through overall quality improvement of the education system as a whole, a situation that is also the case across the world. Deploying a cost-benefit analysis and multidisciplinary perspectives from education, economics, neurocognition, gender studies, child development, and international development, this book presents a range of critical interventions in education development and investment that have proven to be effective in many countries around the world. The book draws on theoretical and practical experience in the field of education investment and analyses key issues in China's early childhood education, early reading, girls' education, brain science application in international education, small-scale schools in low income areas and teacher education. Students and scholars of education and development and Chinese education will benefit from this title.

chapter 1|7 pages

Why to invest in education?

An economic perspective

chapter 3|16 pages

Investment in early childhood development

Observations from empirical evidence

chapter 4|22 pages

Vision before comprehension

Neglected variables affect the performance of low-income students

chapter 5|57 pages

Girls' education

Why to invest and what works

chapter 6|18 pages

Improving teaching and learning in low-income schools

Innovation and implications from “Escuela Nueva”