Comparing High-Performing Education Systems

<p><em>Comparing</em> <i>High-Performing Education Systems </i>provides original insights into the educational structures ideologies policies and practices in Singapore Shanghai and Hong Kong. Taking as its basis their global reputation and consistently strong performance in formal assessments the author provides an in-depth analysis and comparison of these three education systems that draws on cutting-edge research. </p><p>Chapters explore the dominant cultural and educational norms in Singapore Shanghai and Hong Kong to give a wider picture of these high-performing education systems. The performance of students in international large-scale assessments such as Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS) and Progress in International Reading Literacy Study (PIRLS) is considered alongside an exploration of attitudes to schooling tutoring and assessment. The book shows how Singapore Shanghai and Hong Kong exemplify an <i>East Asian Educational Model </i>(EAEM). Such a model – </p><ul> <ul> <p> </p> <li>is rooted in and shaped by <i>Confucian habitus</i>: unconscious and ingrained worldviews dispositions and habits that reflect the standards of appropriateness in a Confucian Heritage Culture;</li> <p> </p> <li>aspires <i>high performance</i>: a balance between academic excellence and holistic development; and</li> <p> </p> <li>utilises <i>educational harmonisation</i>:<em> </em>the art of bringing together different and contradictory means and ends to achieve desired educational outcomes.</li> </ul> </ul><p>Informative and thought-provoking this book is a useful reference for policymakers researchers educators and general readers on high-performing education systems school reforms in East Asia Confucian influences on education and cross-cultural policy learning and transfer.</p>