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9780415418522

Western Psychological and Educational Theory in Diverse Contexts

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  • ISBN13:

    9780415418522

  • ISBN10:

    0415418526

  • Edition: 1st
  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 2008-01-29
  • Publisher: Routledge

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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.

Table of Contents

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