Beschreibung:
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 children's attainment.
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