ABSTRACT

Comprehensive and authoritative, this Handbook provides a nuanced description and analysis of educational systems, practices, and policies in Asian countries and explains and interprets these practices from cultural, social, historical, and economic perspectives.

Using a culture-based framework, the volume is organized in five sections, each devoted to educational practices in one civilization in Asia: Sinic, Japanese, Islamic, Buddhist, and Hindu. Culture and culture identities essentially are civilization identities; the major differences among civilizations are rooted in their different cultures. This framework offers a novel approach to capturing the essence of the diverse educational systems and practices in Asia.

Uniquely combining description and interpretation of educational practices in Asia, this Handbook is a must-have resource for education researchers and graduate students in international and comparative education, globalization and education, multicultural education, sociocultural foundations of education, and Asian studies, and for educational administrators and education policy makers.

part |180 pages

Sinic Education

part |135 pages

Japanese Education

chapter |16 pages

A Cultural Overview of Education in Japanese Civilization

Adaptive Learning at the Global Periphery

chapter |15 pages

Who Runs Japan's Schools?

Education Governance and Management

chapter |16 pages

Teachers and Teaching in Japan

Professional Mecca or Pressure Cooker?

chapter |18 pages

Learners and Learning in Japan

Structures, Practices, and Purposes

chapter |17 pages

A Nation's School Unhinged

Challenges and Future Directions for Japanese Education

part |69 pages

Islamic Education

chapter |18 pages

Education in the United Arab Emirates

A Socio-cultural Analysis

chapter |17 pages

Education in the Sultanate of Oman

The Conflict and the Harmony of Modernity and Traditions

chapter |15 pages

The Malaysian Education System

A Cultural Perspective

part |73 pages

Buddhist Education

chapter |22 pages

Developments in the Sri Lankan System of Education

Third Century BC to the Twenty-First Century ad

chapter |17 pages

Thailand

The Development of the Education System Since 1220

chapter |8 pages

Immigrant Children from Asian Buddhist Countries

Issues in Education and Adjustment

part |87 pages

Hindu Education

chapter |22 pages

Colonialism, Modernism, and Neo-Liberalism

Problematizing Education in India

chapter |26 pages

Learners and Learning in India

History, Perspectives, and Contexts