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Lam H. Pham; Russell Tytler – Education in the Asia-Pacific Region: Issues, Concerns and Prospects, 2021
Representations have been widely applied to teaching and learning in Western classrooms and recently in several Asian countries. More and more Asian schools are calling for the application of this approach in teaching science. However, little has been known about how the construction of representations could enable teachers to make changes in…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Science Instruction, Science Curriculum, Science Teachers
Shin, Kyunghee – ProQuest LLC, 2009
This dissertation research examines Asian history covered within a world history course in American high schools. I pose fundamental questions regarding the nature of what world history teachers classify under the category of Asian history. I research on what teachers teach as part of world history and how they instruct the Asian section of their…
Descriptors: World History, Asian History, Foreign Countries, Curriculum Research
Gregorio, Lucille C.; And Others – Education in Asia and the Pacific, 1994
Adequate technological education among schools in Asia is a major concern for educators and administrators. Many worry that the lack of knowledge about technology may make them obsolete. Other concerns include the cost of maintaining up to date technology and training. Many Asian educational systems today struggle to provide current technology…
Descriptors: Asian Studies, Educational Technology, Foreign Countries, Higher Education
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Russell, Cherry; Mahony, Mary Jane; Hughes, Ian; Kendig, Hal – Gerontology & Geriatrics Education, 2007
This paper provides an overview of opportunities for graduate education in Gerontology in the Asia-Oceania Region. It locates emerging demand in a demographic context, highlighting high rates of growth in the aged population within the Region and growing awareness of governments of the need for appropriate planning. An important component of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Opportunities, Graduate Study, Gerontology
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Pan, Cheng-Chang; Tsai, Ming-Hsiu; Tsai, Ping-Ye; Tao, Yedong; Cornell, Richard – Educational Media International, 2003
Based on the hypothesis that students and teachers from non-English speaking nations suffer severe disadvantages when technological interventions are superimposed on existing traditional pedagogical models, this paper examines extent pedagogies, primarily in Asia, and the pressures of having to re-conceptualize what has been a tradition for…
Descriptors: Cultural Differences, Cultural Influences, Educational Change, Educational Technology
Steinemann, Namji Kim; Fiske, Edward B.; Sackett, Victoria – 2001
This report presents an analysis of the status of teaching and learning about Asia in U.S. K-12 schools. Chapter one, "The United States and Asia: Opportunities and Challenges," addresses Asia's global profile, Asia as a market, as a partner, as a competitor, and as the invisible unknown, Asia in America, and the need for an Asia-related…
Descriptors: Asian Studies, Curriculum Development, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries
Lynch, James – 1994
Case study and documentary research techniques were used in this study to identify models of good practice in providing primary education for children with special educational needs in selected Asian countries. The report first synthesizes current trends in primary education for children with special educational needs. It identifies an…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Comparative Education, Delivery Systems, Disabilities