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Lessons from abroad : how other countries educate their children
- Title
- Lessons from abroad : how other countries educate their children / Richard P. McAdams.
- Author
- McAdams, Richard P.
- Publication
- Lancaster, PA : Technomic, ©1993.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Text | Use in library | LB43 .M33 1993 | Off-site |
Details
- Description
- xviii, 345 pages : illustrations; 24 cm
- Summary
- The author examines comparative education and looks at the history and educational characteristics of the United States, Denmark, Germany, England, Canada, and Japan.
- Subject
- Comparative education
- Education > Aims and objectives > United States
- Education > Cross-cultural studies
- Educational practices
- School systems
- Administrator characteristics
- Cultural influences
- Foreign countries
- Governance
- Private education
- Public education
- Social influences
- Student characteristics
- Teacher characteristics
- Cross cultural studies
- Higher education
- Education
- Education > Aims and objectives
- Onderwijs
- United States
- Genre/Form
- Cross-cultural studies.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 329-333) and index.
- Contents
- Schooling across cultures -- The American educational system --Denmark: education in a welfare state -- Germany: a tradition of quality -- England: a nation reforms its schools -- Canada: our cultural cousins -- Japan: a culture shapes its schools -- Comparing schools in six cultures -- Cultural and societal influences on the schools -- Lessons for America's schools.
- ISBN
- 0877629862
- 9780877629863
- LCCN
- 93060192
- OCLC
- ocm28147113
- 28147113
- SCSB-8900537
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library