National Differences, Global Similarities: World Culture and the Future of Schooling

by David P. Baker and Gerald K. Letendre

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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, and the everyday work of teachers, among...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0804750211

ISBN13:9780804750219

Release Date:March 2005

Publisher:Stanford Social Sciences

Length:216 Pages

Weight:0.65 lbs.

Dimensions:0.5" x 6.6" x 9.0"

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Anthropology Cultural Education Education & Reference Education Theory History History & Theory Politics & Social Sciences Social Science Social Sciences

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