Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
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Cornelius N. Grove has maintained a fascination with the cultural factors that affect children’s ability to learn in school since receiving his Ed.D. from Teachers College in 1977. The managing partner of the global business consultancy Grovewell LLC, Cornelius is co-author of Encountering the Chinese (1999, 2010), author of entries on pedagogy across cultures in two encyclopedias (2015; 2017), and author of The Aptitude Myth (2015).
Preface
Why I Wrote This Book
How I Came to Write This Book
Receptive to Learning
Acknowledgements
Introduction
An Overview of How This Book Proceeds
The Plan of This Book
About This Book
Chapter 1: Daring to Seek Answers
The Question, Restated
The Parts of the Paradox
Reviewing Step 1 of the Discovery Process
Chapter 2: Evaluating Eyewitness Reports
Questioning Eyewitness Reports
Passiveness in Class
Rote Memorizing
How Step 2 Advanced Our Discovery Process
Chapter 3: Exploring Motivations
The Agony of Defeat
Why Motivations Differ
How Step 3 Advanced Our Discovery Process
Chapter 4: Analyzing Determination
From China to America
Deep Meanings of Learning
How Step 4 Advanced Our Discovery Process
Chapter 5: Assessing Emotional Drive
Self and Family
Mothers and Motivation
Self, Emotion, and Drive to Learn
How Step 5 Advanced Our Discovery Process
Chapter 6: Thinking Like a Sociologist
Learning in Different Societies
Learning to Be Competent; Learning in School
The Episode with the Key
How Step 6 Advanced Our Discovery Process
Chapter 7: Thinking Like a Historian
Taming Students in America
Taming Students in East Asia
Explaining East Asians’ Drive to Learn
How Step 7 Advanced Our Discovery Process
Chapter 8: Revealing How Parents Think
The Outward Focus of the East Asian Family
Two Approaches to Raising Children
How the Chinese Talk about Parenting
How the Japanese Talk about Parenting
Cheerleaders and Coaches
How Step 8 Advanced Our Discovery Process
Chapter 9: Revealing What Parents Do
Maintain Very High Expectations…Consistently
Intervene to Insure that High Expectations are Met
A Revealing Study of Mothers and Children
How Step 9 Advanced Our Discovery Process
Chapter 10: So What Should We Do?
What Are Our Options?
So What Should Families Do?
Parenting with Gŭan: Seven Commitments to Your Child
Chapter 11: Responsibility and Creativity
Responsibility
Creativity
A Note About the Online Annotated Bibliography
Conclusion
Bibliography [standard, non-annotated]
Endnotes
Due to the consistent comparison of public education in America to the education of students in other nations, test results have been known to identify Chinese, Japanese and Korean educational practices to be superior. [This book] explores why the students in these countries demonstrate high dedication to educational attainment. . . . The book takes on a different perspective from most books that identify reasons for the decline in educational performance of students in America. Most research studies the practices of educators or teachers. The author of this book studies the personalities and perspectives of students to understand the learning outcomes and create theories to improve student achievement and performance. . . . This book provides high expectations and mindsets that are simple to implement. I would recommend this book to any educator or parent in need of effective strategies and practices to improve student attitudes towards the importance of education.
— School Administrator