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Literacy and Language in East Asia Shifting Meanings, Values and Approaches /

This book critically explores why Asian nations are on top of the world in student achievement tests in reading and literacy, yet governments and industry in these nations are anxious about a crisis in education. Why are governments anxious about the capabilities and skills of school and university...

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Main Authors: Kell, Marilyn. (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut), Kell, Peter. (http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Language:English
Published: Singapore : Springer Singapore : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
Edition:1st ed. 2014.
Series:Education in the Asia-Pacific Region: Issues, Concerns and Prospects, 24
Subjects:
Literacy.
International education .
Comparative education.
Educational policy.
Education and state.
International and Comparative Education.
Educational Policy and Politics.
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-4451-30-7
Table of Contents:
  • Acknowledgements
  • Introduction
  • What is literacy and why is it important?
  • High Stakes Testing, Literacy Wars, Globalisation and Asia
  • League Tables and the Politics of Ranking
  • Global Testing: PISA, TIMSS and PIRLS
  • International Testing: The Global Education Space Race?
  • Schooling, national development and growth in Asia
  • The “East Asian Miracle” economies, inequalities and schooling
  • Literacy and workforce capabilities
  • The New Dynamic and shifting approaches literacy and language in East Asia.

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