Education in East Asia

Education in East Asia is a comprehensive critical reference guide to education in the region. With chapters written by an international team of leading regional education experts, the book explores the education systems of China, Hong Kong, Japan, Macao, Mongolia, North Korea, South Korea and Taiwan, covering local regional developments in each country as well as recent reforms and global contexts. Including a comparative introduction to the issues facing education in the region as a whole and guides to available online datasets, this handbook will be an essential reference for researchers, scholars, international agencies and policy-makers at all levels.

About the author

Pei-tseng Jenny Hsieh is a researcher in the Department of Education at the University of Oxford, UK. She has been an education consultant in Europe, Sub-Saharan Africa and India.Colin Brock was Honorary Professor of Education at the University of Durham, UK, and Visiting Professor of Geography at the University of Loughborough, UK. He was also UNESCO Chair of Education as a Humanitarian Response at the University of Oxford, UK.

Product details

• Authors: Colin Brock, Pei Tseng Jenny Hseih, Pei-tseng Jenny Hsieh
• Assisted by: Colin Brock (Editor), Pei-tseng Jenny Hsieh (Editor), Colin Brock (Editor of the series)
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 23.05.2013
• EAN: 9781441140098
• ISBN: 978-1-4411-4009-8
• No. of pages: 336
• Series: Education Around the World; Education Around the World
• Subjects: Guides > Self-help, everyday life > Family; Humanities, art, music > Education; Education, EDUCATION / Reference, EDUCATION / Comparative, East Asia, Far East, Multicultural education