Culture and pedagogy : international comparisons in primary education
Alexander, Robin2001
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Compares primary and secondary elementary schooling in England, France, India, Russia, and the US. This book reveals how teaching, learning, and pedagogic discourse are shaped not just by the teacher's decisions, but by school values, local pressures, public policy, balance of political control, tensions of a democratic ideal, culture and history.
Main title:
Culture and pedagogy : international comparisons in primary education / Robin Alexander.
Author:
Imprint:
Oxford : Blackwell, 2000.
Collation:
xv, 642 p., [23] p. of plates : ill. ; 25 cm.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9780631220503 (cased)063122050X (cased)9780631220510 (cased)0631220518 (cased)
Dewey class:
372372
Language:
English
BRN:
165957