What the West Can Learn from the East: Asian Perspectives on the Psychology of Learning and Motivation

Contributor(s): Tan, Oon-Seng (Editor), McInerney, Dennis M (Editor), Liem, Arief Darmanegara (Editor), Tan, Ai-Girl (Editor), Salili, Farideh (Editor), Hoosain, Rumjahn (Editor)

ISBN: 9781593119874

Publisher: Information Age Publishing

Binding Types:

Paperback

$61.00

Digicover (1-4 copies)

$73.95 (Final Price)

Readerbound (5-99 copies)

$72.75 (100+ copies: $72.00)

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$61.00

Pub Date: September 10, 2008

Dewey: 370.15095

LCCN: 2008032863

Lexile Code: 0000

Features: Bibliography, Illustrated, Maps

Target Age Group: NA to NA

Physical Info: 0.70" H x 9.21" L x 6.14" W ( 1.04 lbs) 336 pages

BISAC Categories:

Education | Educational Psychology | Psychology | General

Series: Research in Multicultural Education and International Perspe

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Description:

The book addresses the Western orientation of education, highlighting underrepresented Asian perspectives. It covers effective learning and teaching, self-regulated learning, success and failure causes, valuing education, peer influences, creativity, teacher commitment, class size, motivation, and future goals.

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