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Robin J. Alexander - Culture and Pedagogy: International Comparisons in Primary Education - 9780631220510 - V9780631220510
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Culture and Pedagogy: International Comparisons in Primary Education

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Description for Culture and Pedagogy: International Comparisons in Primary Education Paperback. Against the background of globalization and campaigns to provide basic education for all the world's children, this title compares primary and elementary schooling in England, France, India, Russia and the United States. It is structured around three levels of analysis: systems, school and classrooms. Num Pages: 664 pages, 19. BIC Classification: JFC; JNA; JNLB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 244 x 173 x 39. Weight in Grams: 1048.
Culture and Pedagogy compares primary and secondary elementary schooling in England, France, India, Russia, and the United States, addressing important questions about primary education in the 21st century.

It reveals how teaching, learning, and pedagogic discourse are shaped not just by the decisions of the teacher but also by school values and organization, by local pressures, national policy, and the balance of political control, by the tensions and ambiguities of the democratic ideal, and by culture and history.


Winner of the American Educational Research Association Outstanding Book Award and the Society for Educational ... Read more

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Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
664
Condition
New
Number of Pages
688
Place of Publication
Hoboken, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780631220510
SKU
V9780631220510
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 7 to 11 working days
Ref
99-50

About Robin J. Alexander
Robin Alexander is Visiting Professor in the Faculty of Education and Fellow of Wolfson College at the University of Cambridge, and Emeritus Professor at the University of Warwick. He is one of the UK's leading researchers and commentators on primary education and pedagogy, and has advised governments both in the UK and internationally. In 2002 his book Culture and Pedagogy ... Read more

Reviews for Culture and Pedagogy: International Comparisons in Primary Education
'A magnificent book...A fresh charter for comparative studies in education...Rich analyses of classroom discourse illustrate the subtle ways culture and discourse come together as pedagogy...Nobody interested in the meaning of education in different cultures can ignore this book.' Professor Jerome Bruner, NYU 'This eagerly awaited study of pre-adolescent schooling will surface quickly as a distinguished, ambitious, comparative analysis of ... Read more

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