Cultural Foundations of Learning: East and West - Brossura

Li, Jin

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0521160626 ISBN 13: 9780521160629

Casa editrice: Cambridge University Press, 2012

Riassunto

Western and East Asian people hold fundamentally different beliefs about learning that influence how they approach child rearing and education. Reviewing decades of research, Dr Jin Li presents an important conceptual distinction between the Western mind model and the East Asian virtue model of learning. The former aims to cultivate the mind to understand the world, whereas the latter prioritizes the self to be perfected morally and socially. Tracing the cultural origins of the two large intellectual traditions, Li details how each model manifests itself in the psychology of the learning process, learning affect, regard of one's learning peers, expression of what one knows and parents' guiding efforts. Despite today's accelerated cultural exchange, these learning models do not diminish but endure.

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Recensione:

"Li (Brown Univ.) compares learning processes and goals of an East Asian learning model with a Western learning model.... provides an interesting comparative analysis of Socratic and Confucian tutors at home during the first years of life.... Recommended..."
--D.L. Stoloff, Eastern Connecticut State University, Choice
"...Li’s book is worth reading because it provides a perspective rarely found in tomes on East–West differences."
--Dr. Jean Lau Chin, Derner Institute for Advanced Psychological Studies at Adelphi University PsycCRITIQUES
"...Masterful.... Li's volume is an extraordinary accomplishment. It is an erudite, well documented, clearly argued and original articulation of Western and Eastern approaches to learning. Li treats her topic seriously, providing the depth of analysis necessary to dispel the simple stereotypes that have long plagued East-West cultural comparisons..."
--Michael F. Mascolo, Department of Psychology, Merrimack College, Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology

Descrizione del libro:

This book describes fundamental differences in learning beliefs between the Western mind model and the East Asian virtue model of learning, detailing how children engage in learning, regard their learning peers and express their learning, as well as how parents guide their children.

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• Editore: Cambridge University Press
• Data di pubblicazione: 2012
• ISBN 10: 0521160626
• ISBN 13: 9780521160629
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 400