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31. Education Reform and Education Policy in East Asia

    By Ka-ho Mok

    Series: Routledge Advances in Asia-Pacific Studies

    This book assesses the impact of globalization on the education systems of key East Asian countries, including China, Hong Kong, Japan, and the "tiger economies" of South Korea, Taiwan and Singapore, examining how the increasingly interdependent economic system has driven policy change...

    Published March 21st 2013 by Routledge
32. Dialogue With Bakhtin on Second and Foreign Language Learning

    New Perspectives

    Edited by Joan Kelly Hall, Gergana Vitanova, Ludmila A. Marchenkova

    This volume is the first to explore links between the Russian linguist Mikhail Bakhtin's theoretical insights about language and practical concerns with second and foreign language learning and teaching. Situated within a strong conceptual framework and drawing from a rich empirical base, it...

    Published March 21st 2013 by Routledge
33. Progress in infancy Research

    Volume 2

    Edited by Jeffrey W. Fagen, Harlene Hayne

    Series: Progress in Infancy Research Series

    The Progress in Infancy Research Series is dedicated to the presentation of innovative and exciting research on infants, both human and animal. Each volume in the series is designed to stand alone and contains autonomous chapters which are based on high quality programs of research with infants....

    Published March 21st 2013 by Psychology Press
34. Child Psychology in Retrospect and Prospect

    in Celebration of the 75th Anniversary of the institute of Child Development

    Edited by Willard W. Hartup, Richard A. Weinberg

    Series: Minnesota Symposia on Child Psychology Series

    This 32nd volume of the Minnesota Symposium on Child Psychology celebrates the 75th anniversary of the University of Minnesota's Institute of Child Development. All eight essays are devoted to developmental science, its history, and current status. Taken together, the chapters in this book show how...

    Published March 21st 2013 by Psychology Press
35. Teacher Education for Critical Consumption of Mass Media and Popular Culture

    By Stephanie A. Flores-Koulish

    Series: RoutledgeFalmer Studies in Higher Education

    The study develops a baseline of knowledge to encourage the inclusion of media literacy education in teacher education....

    Published March 21st 2013 by Routledge
36. Handbook of Orthography and Literacy

    Edited by R. Malatesha Joshi, P.G. Aaron

    Until about two decades ago, the study of writing systems and their relationship to literacy acquisition was sparse and generally modeled after studies of English language learners. This situation is now changing. As the worldwide demand for literacy continues to grow, researchers from different...

    Published March 21st 2013 by Routledge
37. Critical Reflections on Career Education and Guidance

    Promoting Social Justice within a Global Economy

    Edited by Barrie A. Irving, Beatriz Malik

    Published March 21st 2013 by Routledge
38. The Family Context of Parenting in Children's Adaptation to Elementary School

    Edited by Philip A. Cowan, Carolyn Pape Cowan, Jennifer C. Ablow, Vanessa Kahn Johnson, Jeffrey R. Measelle

    Series: Monographs in Parenting Series

    The Family Context of Parenting in Children's Adaptation to Elementary School is a result of a longitudinal prevention study of 100 families begun the year before their first children entered kindergarten. Each family went through an assessment and then a subset was randomly chosen for group...

    Published March 21st 2013 by Routledge
39. Scientific and Technological Thinking

    Edited by Michael E. Gorman, Ryan D. Tweney, David C. Gooding, Alexandra P. Kincannon

    At the turn of the 21st century, the most valuable commodity in society is knowledge--particularly new knowledge that may give a culture, company, or laboratory an adaptive advantage. Knowledge about the cognitive processes that lead to discovery and invention can enhance the probability of making...

    Published March 21st 2013 by Psychology Press
40. Chicano-Anglo Conversations

    Truth, Honesty, and Politeness

    By Madeleine Youmans

    Series: ESL & Applied Linguistics Professional Series

    This groundbreaking book--about differences in communication practices between Mexican-American underclass residents in an East Los Angeles housing project and white, middle-class literacy tutors who worked with them--makes an important contribution to research on the sociolinguistics of the...

    Published March 21st 2013 by Routledge