Learning from Shanghai : lessons on achieving educational success
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Learning from Shanghai : lessons on achieving educational success
（Education in the Asia-Pacific region, v. 21）
Springer, c2013
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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Description
The Shanghai school system has attracted worldwide attention since its impressive performance in the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) in 2009. The system ranks as a 'stunning success' according to standards of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). Shanghai also stands out for having the world's highest percentage of 'resilient students' - students from socio-economically disadvantaged backgrounds who emerge as top performers. Learning From Shanghai: Lessons on Educational Success offers a close-up view of the people and the policies that have achieved such world-class performance. Based on research and personal observation gathered during the author's recent field work with school principals, teachers and students, this book explores the factors that explain Shanghai's exceptional success in education. The approach combines high standards of scholarly research and analysis with the author's unique personal insights, as evidenced by chapters entitled Education is Filling a Bucket and Lighting a Fire and Tiger Mothers, Dragon Children. Drawing on her experience as an education professional and a teacher of teachers, Charlene Tan thoroughly examines and analyzes the people, the policies and the practices that distinguish Shanghai educators. The contents include comprehensive details on the Shanghai approach to quality education, from discussion of the balance between centralization and decentralization, to school autonomy and accountability, to testing policy and professional development for teachers. The book includes detailed tables on curriculum and school performance targets, sample appraisal forms for teachers and students, and dozens of photographs. The author is an Associate Professor at the National Institute of Education, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore.
Table of Contents
List of Photos
List of Tables
Acknowledgements
Prologue
1. Shanghai, PISA and Globalisation
Part One: The People
2. A Conversation with a Shanghai Principal
3. The Chinese Teacher as a Chess Master
4. 'Education is Filling a Bucket and Lighting a Fire': The Shanghai Teacher
5. Tiger Mothers, Dragon Children
Part Two: The Policy
6. 'Chinese Style' Education for All
7. 'To Develop Every Student': Towards Quality-Oriented Education
8. Balancing Decentralisation with Centralisation
9. Autonomy and Accountability: The School Appraisal System
10. Testing Times: Exams as Means of Central Control
11. Examining the Exam Papers
12. Taking Teacher Professional Development Seriously
Part Three: The Practice
13. Towards Innovation and Application: Curriculum Changes in Shanghai Schools
14. From Teacher Talk to Student Talk: Dialogue Style Teaching
15. The 'Post-Tea House Teaching' Approach
16. Critical Thinking, the Chinese Way
17. Kung Fu Panda: Teacher Mentoring and Collaboration
18. Developing (f)or Appraising: School-Based Teacher Programme
19. Learning ABC from Shanghai
Epilogue
Notes
References
Index
by "Nielsen BookData"