This article outlines policies from multilateral organisations that advocate sharing best practices between developing nations. The article discusses the degree to which these best practices are implemented by small states as indicated by teachers, academics and policymakers in Barbados and Trinidad and Tobago. For the purpose of this article, a…

This book brings together academics and postgraduate students, practitioners and Ministry officials all of whom are wedded to developing an understanding of what is happening to education in the broader Middle East. They cover many countries whilst recognising that many more could have been included. In drawing attention to education in Pakistan,…

English education in Japan and Korea are similar in some respects. Although both countries are not completely but mostly monolingual societies, where citizens do not need English in their daily life, they have begun to realize the importance of English as a tool for international communication, and as a result their English education is becoming…

Examines the historical development of the relationship between Soviet education and the outside world; communist countries, developing nations, and Western nations. Examines regional influences; influences of the educational theories of the revolution; Soviet criticism of Western educational theories as well as the international debit and credit…

The Australian and New Zealand educational systems are currently developing at a rapid rate. The aim of this paper is to trace the emergence and growth of educational technology in the unique conditions of Australia and New Zealand, to outline and evaluate previous developments and current applications, and to discern trands and suggest the…

Details are given concerning the background, operation, and curriculum of a Chinese elementary school for both foreign and Chinese students. Foreign and Chinese attitudes toward the school and contacts between foreigners and Chinese also are discussed. (DT)

This article reports on visits by a group of educators of the gifted to Beijing and Nanking (China) and notes the importance of education in Chinese culture, the importance of protocol and ritual and the importance of achievement and perfection. Also noted are visits to special programs for children with exceptional abilities. (DB)

This bibliography includes 26 items with brief annotations. The cited documents include books, journal articles, government reports, and newspaper articles. Emphasis is placed on the Japanese impact on Chinese education during the Japanese occupation of parts of China during the Sino-Japanese War and World War II. While most of the items are…

Three articles describe the educational activities and teachings of Confucius and his disciple Mencius as attempts to restore the faltering slave-owning aristocracy of ancient China and as counterrevolutionary. (DE)

This article examines the life and teachings of Li Chih (1527-1602 A.D.) especially his struggle against the dominant intellectual atmosphere of Confucianism. The revolutionary nature of his struggle is emphasized. (DE)

This article describes the role of Lu Hsun inthe repudiation of Confucian teachings during the progress of the Chinese revolution from 1919 through 1949. The reactionary role of Confucius in the twentieth century is emphasized. (DE)

This article examines how Lin Piao used the teaching and ideology of Confucius and Mencius as the backbone of his attempted coup d'etat in 1970. The elitist nature of Confucian philosophy, and Lin Piao's attempt to use Confucius to reject historical materialism is emphasized. (DE)