National Differences, Global Similarities: World Culture and the Future of Schooling

by David P. Baker and Gerald K. Letendre

Book Overview

Using American schools as a reference point, this book provides a comprehensive, comparative description of schooling as a global institution. Each chapter develops a story about a particular global trend: continuing gender differences in achievement, new methods nations employ to govern their schools, the rapidly increasing use of private tutoring, school violence, the development of effective curriculums, and the everyday work of teachers, among...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0804750211
• ISBN13: 9780804750219
• Release Date: March 2005
• Publisher: Stanford Social Sciences
• Length: 216 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.6" x 9.0"