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What the West can learn from the East: Asian perspectives on the psychology of learning and motivation

What the West can learn from the East: Asian perspectives on the psychology of learning and... Asia Pacific Journal of Education Vol. 31, No. 1, March 2011, 107–114 BOOK REVIEWS What the West can learn from the East: Asian perspectives on the psychology of learning and motivation, edited by Oon Seng Tan, Dennis M. McInerney, Arief D. Liem, and Ai-Girl Tan, Charlotte, NC, Information Age Publishing, 2008, 322 pp., US$45.99 (paperback), ISBN 978-1-59311-987-4 Education, in general, is today mostly Western in orientation. Asian perspectives remain relatively unrepresented in curricula, pedagogy and administrative structures. The editors of the book, What the West can learn from the East: Asian perspectives on the psychology of learning and motivation, have brought together authors researching in Asia who redress this imbalance and describe what the West can learn from the East. This book examines the conceptions of and approaches to learning, creativity, teacher commitment, influences on learning and motivation from a non-Western perspective, with specific focus on what the East has got to offer to the West in the pedagogical facet of education. This is an exclusive volume in the Research in Multicultural Education and International Perspectives series edited by Farideh Salili and Rumjahn Hoosain. The editors of this book, Tan, McIneryney, Liem and Tan, have two specific goals in http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Asia Pacific Journal of Education Taylor & Francis

What the West can learn from the East: Asian perspectives on the psychology of learning and motivation

Nagabhushan, Prathiba
Asia Pacific Journal of Education , Volume 31 (1): 3 – Mar 1, 2011
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What the West can learn from the East: Asian perspectives on the psychology of learning and motivation

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Asia Pacific Journal of Education Vol. 31, No. 1, March 2011, 107–114 BOOK REVIEWS What the West can learn from the East: Asian perspectives on the psychology of learning and motivation, edited by Oon Seng Tan, Dennis M. McInerney, Arief D. Liem, and Ai-Girl Tan, Charlotte, NC, Information Age Publishing, 2008, 322 pp., US$45.99 (paperback), ISBN 978-1-59311-987-4 Education, in general, is today mostly Western in orientation. Asian perspectives remain relatively unrepresented in...
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0218-8791
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Asia Pacific Journal of Education Vol. 31, No. 1, March 2011, 107–114 BOOK REVIEWS What the West can learn from the East: Asian perspectives on the psychology of learning and motivation, edited by Oon Seng Tan, Dennis M. McInerney, Arief D. Liem, and Ai-Girl Tan, Charlotte, NC, Information Age Publishing, 2008, 322 pp., US$45.99 (paperback), ISBN 978-1-59311-987-4 Education, in general, is today mostly Western in orientation. Asian perspectives remain relatively unrepresented in curricula, pedagogy and administrative structures. The editors of the book, What the West can learn from the East: Asian perspectives on the psychology of learning and motivation, have brought together authors researching in Asia who redress this imbalance and describe what the West can learn from the East. This book examines the conceptions of and approaches to learning, creativity, teacher commitment, influences on learning and motivation from a non-Western perspective, with specific focus on what the East has got to offer to the West in the pedagogical facet of education. This is an exclusive volume in the Research in Multicultural Education and International Perspectives series edited by Farideh Salili and Rumjahn Hoosain. The editors of this book, Tan, McIneryney, Liem and Tan, have two specific goals in

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