Educating Young Giants What Kids Learn (And Dont Learn) in China and America [Hardcover]

Carries readers into Chinese and American elementary and high school classrooms, and highlights the big differences between schooling in China and the United States. Nancy Pine reveals how these two countries need to extract themselves from outmoded practice and learn from each other's strengths.Hard Work or Natural Ability? The Teacher's Role The Confucian Thread Depth of Understanding - Mathematics Pressure and Exams The Influence of Language Classroom Environment and Discipline Digging Deep Performance and Improvisation Aiming Toward College Imaginative Engagement Ready for the Future?

This useful comparison of primary education in China and the U.S. is a must-read for anyone involved with educational reform and assessment. Dr. Pine offers a well-documented, thorough, unbiased, and up-to-date report. Challenging current educational reforms to be more responsive to rapid changes around us, she provides insightful observations that should lead the way. Such reforms are indeed needed to provide the next generation with tools to secure our collective future. - Alice S. Huang, California Institute of Technology

Before Educating Young Giants, no book explained the similarities and differences between the Chinese and American education systems. Now, fortunately, we have such a book, written by someone with firsthand experience in both cultures and an extensive, hands-on familiarity with classroom life. This book is exceptionally timely and badly needed! Educating Young Giants will prove required reading for anyone with an interest in parenting, education, and the intertwined fates of America and China. - Eric Maisel, author of Coaching the Artist Within and Rethinking Depression

Nancy Pine's Educating Young Giants speaks to one of the most critical arenas of growth and change in education today. Two great nations, China and the United States, that come from radically different educational traditions, are both racing to prlÃS