Western Psychological and Educational Theory in Diverse Contexts

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ISBN: 9780415418522 | 0415418526
Cover: Hardcover
Copyright: 1/29/2008

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This book examines aspects of Western psychological and educational theory in relation to educational practice around the world, and considers the extent to which current understandings are truly applicable to a range of diverse settings. In so doing, it also seeks to question, where appropriate, existing orthodoxies within Western educational systems.

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Are western educational theories and practices truly universal?	p. 1
Culture, instruction, and assessment	p. 5
Bridging between orthodox western higher educational practices and an African sociocultural context	p. 23
Orthodoxy, cultural compatibility, and universals in education	p. 53
Western influences on Chinese educational testing	p. 71
The impact of the west on post-Soviet Russian education: change and resistance to change	p. 93
Teachers' ethnotheories of the 'ideal student' in five western cultures	p. 113
Schooling's contribution to social capital: study from a native Amazonian society in Bolivia	p. 137
Hitting, missing, and in between: a typology of the impact of western education on the non-western world	p. 165
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