Noel F. McGinn (ed.)

Learning through Collaborative Research

The Six Nation Education Research Project
Herausgeber: McGinn, Noel F.

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Noel McGinn designed and participated in a unique comparative international education research project, the Six Nation Education Research Project, a seven-year effort involving China, Germany, Japan, Singapore, Switzerland, and the US, to show how collaborative research can help expand worldwide knowledge of education. This book examines the effects of the different comparative educational research conducted. The research involved cross-cultural comparison on a variety of topics, including language instruction, educational indicators (testing results), reform of higher education management, secondary vocational education, and determinations of school effectiveness.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Routledge
• Seitenzahl: 256
• Erscheinungstermin: 11. August 2004
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 526g
• ISBN-13: 9780415949330
• ISBN-10: 0415949335
• Artikelnr.: 21378887

Autorenporträt

Noel F. McGinn

Inhaltsangabe

Foreword
Susan Fuhrman 1. International Cooperation in Comparative Education Research
Noel F. McGinn 2. Predictors Of National Differences In Mathematics and Science Achievement Of Eighth Grade Students: Data From TIMSS
Erling E. Boe
Henry May
Gema Barkanic
and Robert F. Boruch 3. Pedagogical Practices in English Language Education
Rita Skuja-Steele and Rita Silver 4. Vocational Training and Education
Christoph Metzger
Hidenori Fujita
Song-Seng Law
Robert Zemsky
Jean-Etienne Berset
and Marcus Iannozzi 5. Higher Education Reforms: Determinants and Directions
Akira Arimoto 6. Education Evaluation and Indicators in P. R. China
Singapore and the USA
Zhang Li 7. The Six Nation Project as an Experience in Collaborative Research
Noel F. McGinn