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Lau, Kwok-chi; Lam, Terence Yuk-ping – International Journal of Science Education, 2017
This study analysed 10 top-performing regions in PISA 2015 on their science performances and instructional practices. The regions include Singapore, Japan, Estonia, Taipei, Finland, Macao, Canada, Hong Kong, China and Korea. The science performances of the 10 regions and their teaching practices are described and compared. The construct of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Comparative Education, Educational Practices, Science Achievement
Sampson, Gloria P. – TESL Talk, 1990
Provides Chinese instructional strategies for teaching English-as-a-Second-Language literacy that are appropriate for immigrants in the Canadian setting. These strategies arise from how the Chinese perceive literacy as a way of changing the self; present meaning before form in literacy instruction; and believe that knowledge can be gained only…
Descriptors: Adult Students, Chinese Culture, Confucianism, English (Second Language)
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Greenholtz, Joe – Language and Intercultural Communication, 2003
This paper explores the interplay between Western conceptions of education and students from other educational traditions, most specifically Japan, through the lens of the author's practice in international education. He examines models of the private and public spheres and public discourse advanced by Hannah Arendt and Jurgen Habermas in relation…
Descriptors: International Education, Citizenship Education, Foreign Countries, Context Effect