1st Edition

Learning through Collaborative Research The Six Nation Education Research Project

Edited By Noel F. McGinn Copyright 2005
    254 Pages 16 B/W Illustrations
    by Routledge

    256 Pages 16 B/W Illustrations
    by Routledge

    This book covers the seven-year project involving China, Germany, Japan, Singapore, Switzerland, and the US, to show how collaborative research can help expand worldwide knowledge of education.

    Chapter 1 International Cooperation in Comparative Education Research, NOEL F. MCGINN; Chapter 2 Predictors of National Differences in Mathematics and Science Achievement of Eighth-Grade Students: Data from TIMSS, ERLING E. BOE, HENRY MAY, GEMA BARKANIC, ROBERT F. BORUCH; Chapter 3 Pedagogical Practices in English Language Education, RITA SKUJA-STEELE, RITA SILVER; Chapter 4 Vocational Training and Education, CHRISTOPH METZGER, HIDENORI FUJITA, SONG-SENG LAW, ROBERT ZEMSKY, JEAN-ETIENNE BERSET, MARCUS IANNOZZI; Chapter 5 Higher Education Reforms: Determinants and Directions, AKIRA ARIMOTO; Chapter 6 Education Evaluation and Indicators in the People's Republic of China, Singapore, and the United States, ZHANG LI; Chapter 7 The Six Nation Project as an Experience in Collaborative Research, NOEL F. MCGINN;

    Biography

    Noel F. McGinn