Distilling Chinese Education into 8 Concepts

By (author) Ovid K. Wong

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Publication date:

31 January 2017

Length of book:

120 pages

Publisher

Rowman & Littlefield Publishers

ISBN-13: 9781475821956

This book seeks to better understand the intricate elements of Chinese education compared to American education thus helping educators and policy makers to craft win-win decisions in the education encounter of the dragon and the eagle. Many educators are pulling their hair trying to understand how to work well with new Chinese immigrant students and their parents. To get the job done, one has to go beyond the superficial language translation to understanding the culture that shapes the base foundations of learning and thinking.

Dedication
List of Figures
Foreword by James Ip
Acknowledgement
Introduction
Chapter 1: SUCCESS
Chapter 2: MERITOCRACY
Chapter 3:PARENTS
Chapter 4: SCHOOLING
Chapter 5:CRAM SCHOOLS
Chapter 6: EXAMINATIONS
Chapter 7: FACE
Chapter 8: RELATIONSHIPS
Afterword
Appendix I
References
About the Author

Dr. Ovid Wong once again writes very well about reaching students before teaching students. In this case, understanding Chinese education culture, developed over the last century as well as 5000 years before the evolution of the learning DNA so to speak. Ovid is truly the “Educator Whisperer”. He entertains your senses with straightforward analysis, attention-grabbing history and noteworthy anecdotes all mixed in for hard-to-put-down reading. The book is a must read for educators teaching in China, or teaching Chinese international students in the West.