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Teacher Education in the Asia-Pacific Region A Comparative Study
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Routledge
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Routledge
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This book investigates the relationships between education and national development in an area of the world where both have acquired considerable importance. It questions assumptions which view education primarily as a direct investment in human capital and approaches which measure the efficacy of educational provision solely in terms of quantifiable differences between inputs and outputs. Unlike... Read more
Preface and acknowledgements * Chapter 1: Introduction, Paul Morris and John Williamson * Chapter 2: Australia, John Lake and John Williamson * Chapter 3: Hong Kong, Brian Cooke * Chapter 4: Indonesia, T. Raka Joni * Chapter 5: Japan, Manabu Sato and Shigeru Asanuma * Chapter 6: New Zealand, Peter D. K. Ramsay * Chapter 7: Papua New Guinea, Pam Quartermaine * Chapter 8: Peoples' Republic of China, Julian Y. M. Leung and Xu Hui * Chapter 9: Singapore, S. Gopinathan and Ho Wah Kam * Chapter 10: Taiwan, Bih-jen Fwu * Chapter 11: United States of America, Barbara Finkelstein and Hara Efthimiou * Chapter 12: Conclusion/Discussion, Paul Morris and John Williamson * Bibliography * Contributors * Index
Biography
Morris, Paul; Williamson, John
"The volume does, indeed, provide in depth inforamtion and reflection on critical issues in teacher education within a sample of political agencies, a sample that feflects an enormous spread of population and wealth." -- Comparative Education Review
