A volume in Research in Multicultural Education and International Perspectives Series Editors Farideh Salili and Rumjahn Hoosain, The University of Hong Kong Education, East and West, is today mostly Western in orientation. Asian perspectives remain relatively unrepresented in curricula, pedagogy and administrative structures. This volume has brought together authors researching in Asia who redress this imbalance and describe what the West can learn from the East. Topics covered include conceptions of and approaches to effective learning and teaching, self-regulated learning, perceived causes of success and failure, valuing of education, peer influences and classroom behavior, creativity, teacher commitment, class size, motivation, future goals, and other influences on effective learning. Shared insights from the research and theorizing presented should provide a fascinating perspectives for educators and administrators charged with providing cutting-edge, research-based educational best practices in diverse cultural and social environments internationally.

Publisher: Information Age Publishing
Illustration: N
Language: ENG
Title: What the West Can Learn From the East: Asian Perspectives on the psychology of learning and Motivation
Pages: 00000 (Encrypted PDF)
On Sale: 2008-09-01
SKU-13/ISBN: 9781593119881
Lib Category: Multicultural education
Lib Category: Learning, psychology of
Category: Education : Educational Psychology
Words: learning and, learning and teaching, psychology educational, psychology of, west education