Teaching in Primary Schools in China and India: Contexts of learning [Hardcover]

This book compares primary education in urban and rural China and India. It focuses on how the sociocultural context including educational policy, educators and parents beliefs, and the conditions under which teaching and learning occur shape classroom pedagogy and determine childrens attainment.

This in-depth, authentic, comparative analysis of the two largest educational systems in the world is a must-read for scholars interested in the teaching and learning in these two rapidly developing Asian cultures. A common set of questions has been addressed in diverse contexts. The empirical work on which this book is based is most impressive  videotaping of mathematics and language lessons, interviews with parents and educators questionnaires with parents, teachers and children and tests of childrens mathematics attainment  and this done in 3 locations in China, 3 in India and 12 schools in total.

1. Introduction  2. The National Context: Educational Policy and Implementation  3. The Local Contexts  4. The Classroom Context: Teaching and Learning Mathematics  5. The Classroom Context: Teaching and Learning Language  6. Policy Makers, Principals and Teachers Views on Teaching and Learning  7. Parents and Students Views on Schooling and Achievement  8. Teaching and Learning in Chinese and Indian Primary Schools

This book compares primary education in urban and rural China and India, focusing on how the sociocultural context such as policy, educators and parents beliefs, and teaching and learning conditions shape classroom pedagogy and achievement.

'The research methodology adopted is impressive and multi-dimensional...I recommend this book highly. It helps our understanding of the contexts of learning in China and India with regard to primary schooling and provides insights and explanations which I have lƒ%