TY - BOOK ID - 16189973 TI - Asia Pacific education : diversity, challenges and changes PY - 2012 SN - 1921867418 192186740X PB - Clayton, Victoria, Australia Monash University Publishing DB - UniCat KW - Education KW - Teaching KW - Didactics KW - Instruction KW - Pedagogy KW - School teaching KW - Schoolteaching KW - Instructional systems KW - Pedagogical content knowledge KW - Training KW - Children KW - Education, Primitive KW - Education of children KW - Human resource development KW - Schooling KW - Students KW - Youth KW - Civilization KW - Learning and scholarship KW - Mental discipline KW - Schools KW - Languages KW - education in Asia Pacific KW - education KW - English as a Second Language KW - ESL KW - Teaching science in Bangladesh KW - politics and education KW - social equity and education KW - social justice and education KW - parental influence on education KW - culture in education KW - cultural influences on education KW - cultural influences on learning KW - Asia-Pacific KW - Australia KW - China UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:16189973 AB - Education in Asia Pacific countries is being transformed by globalisation and the market economy. Most economies within the region have flourished due to increased regional capital flow, trade and other forms of economic and political interaction. The Asia Pacific also has rich and unique traditions, which create cultural diversity as well as common challenges, including obstacles of language and geographical separation. Additionally, there is a growing reaction to the predominance of Western social theories that is fuelling recognition of and movement towards theories that reference the wide range of contextual and cultural perspectives available in the East. Contributors offer Eastern-oriented perspectives on teacher education, parent participation, government withdrawal, textbook content, uses of modern technology, the challenges of migrating families and tertiary students who travel from overseas for study. Their commentaries highlight issues of equity, identity and social justice. ER -