Bücher der Reihe Routledge Critical Studies in Asian Education

This edited collection provides an overview of English literature education in the Asia-Pacific in global times, bringing to international attention a rich understanding of the trends, issues and challenges specific to nations within the Asia-Pacific region.

Asia is the largest continent in the world. Five out of the top ten high performing economies in the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) 2018 are located in Asia. Why do Asian students perform so well in STEM-related subjects? This book answers this by examining the STEM education policies and initiatives in Asian economies, as well as the training programmes undertaken by STEM teachers in Asia.The book is broken into four sections, each accompanied by a passage of commentary that summarizes the key takeaways of the chapters. Section one focuses on STEM policy environments and how various countries have developed policies that promote STEM as an integral part of national economic development. Section two focuses on STEM teacher education in the Philippines and Thailand, while section three focuses on STEM curriculum design, context, and challenges in four Asian economies. The fourth and final section focuses on presenting snapshots of STEM education research efforts in Malaysia, South Korea, and Singapore.Written by Asian academics, this book will provide valuable insights to policy makers, educators, and researchers interested in the topic of STEM education, especially in the Asian context.Chapters 7 and 11 of this book are freely available as a downloadable Open Access PDF under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives 4.0 license available at http://www.taylorfrancis.com

This book discusses patterns of learning practices and the challenges of conducting LSLC in Japan, Taiwan, Korea, Indonesia, and Vietnam. Recommendations for research and practice involving SLC/LSLC are also provided in the book with a key focus on the impact of lesson study on school reform policies.

Bringing together a comprehensive range of extended research-based chapters, this book provides comprehensive insight into policy, research, and practical aspects of teacher preparation for English teachers at pre-service level across multiple contexts in Asia.

This book addresses how colonial histories, nationalism and globalization shape equity and access to education in Southeast Asia - a region with vastly different state structures, political regimes, economies, ethnocultural and religious demography.

This volume seeks to identify and explore the dynamics of global forces on the development of higher education in Asia, in particular, how neoliberalism has affected reforms on university governance and management in the region.

This edited collection, one of the first to be written chiefly by Vietnamese scholars, explores innovation in Vietnamese education under the impact of the Fourth Industrial Revolution. Vietnam is considered a booming country with its continued economic rise, and the contributors explore one of Vietnam's strategies to achieve further economic growth, which is the innovation - and modernization - of its education system.The content is split into two parts, the first focusing on innovations in educational policy and management and the second looking at innovation in teaching theories and methods. It shows the vitality and innovation coming from developing countries like Vietnam, where necessity breeds fast adoption of education technology and development.This insightful edited volume will help researchers in comparative education, educational development, and Asian studies understand the achievements and challenges of Vietnamese general education and higher education in the Fourth Industrial Revolution.

This book examines the STEM education policies and initiatives in Asian economies, as well as the training programmes undertaken by STEM teachers. Written by Asian academics, this book will provide valuable insights to policy makers, educators, and researchers interested in the topic of STEM education, especially in the Asian context.

This new book provides a comprehensive overview of school leadership in Malaysia, at a time when effective leadership is widely recognised to be an essential component of successful schools. It is essential reading for postgraduate students and researchers interested in educational leadership and management, and school reform.

This timely volume opens a window on English language education in Vietnam by presenting both the theoretical and practical aspects of the standardization movement in English language education.

This volume seeks to identify and explore the dynamics of global forces on the development of higher education in Asia, in particular, how neoliberalism has affected reforms on university governance and management in the region.

This book provides an overview of language education in Malaysia, covering topics such as the evolution of the education system from pre-independence days to the present time, to the typology of schools, and the public philosophy behind every policy made in the teaching of languages. The book consists of chapters devoted to the teaching of languages that form separate strands but are at the same time connected to each other within the education system. It also discusses translation activities and language development to enable the national language, Malay, to fulfil its role as the main medium of education up to tertiary level.

This edited volume critically examines non-formal education in Japan, an aspect that has received little attention to date.

This book describes and critically analyses the current status and diversity of secondary English education in Bangladesh, China, India, Indonesia, Israel, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Pakistan, Singapore, and Vietnam.

This book addresses how colonial histories, nationalism and globalization shape equity and access to education in Southeast Asia - a region with vastly different state structures, political regimes, economies, ethnocultural and religious demography.

Offering an encyclopedic survey of the state of primary-school English-language education across Asia, and exploring topics ranging from policy to curriculum, this volume presents the views not of outside experts but rather local experiences as understood and interpreted by local scholars of international standing, providing useful insights to policy makers, educators, and researchers.

This book offers what it means to rethink and re-examine education in Asia beyond both the Western imperialist eye and the post-colonial 'politics of resentment' and undertakes the difficult work of reimagining education studies in Asia.

This volume critically examines and provides comparative perspectives on the major strategies that selected Asian countries and societies have adopted to enhance their national competitiveness in the increasingly globalized world.

This edited collection addresses issues such as how English can be effectively taught and learned, and what English means to, and how it can be "owned" by, non-native speakers of English in Asia and elsewhere. The volume looks at a wide range of topics that are relevant and timely in contexts where English is taught as a foreign language.