National Differences, Global Similarities

World Culture and the Future of Schooling

By: David P. Baker, Gerald LeTendre

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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 other topics. The authors draw on a four-year investigation conducted in forty-seven countries that examined many aspects of K-12 schooling, such as how schools are run, what teachers teach, and what students learn in mathematics and science. Baker and LeTendre present the results of the study in a non-technical and accessible fashion, outlining the implications of current trends for both education policy discussions and theoretical explorations of the role of education in society. Running throughout the book is a discussion of how world educational trends and the forces behind them will work to change and shape the possible directions education may take in the future.

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"TIMSS represented a quantum leap over previous cross-national surveys of education achievement. The United States and other countries wanted to provide high-quality data that could be used to compare their education systems beyond the initial "horse-race" results. Baker and LeTendre's far-ranging analyses offer clear evidence that this goal was achieved." - Laura Salganik, Director, Education Statistics Services Institute, American Institutes for Research "National Differences, Global Similarities is filled with cogen insights, counter-intuitive findings, convincing policy recommendations, and lucid predictions...Maybe Baker's and LeTendre's greatest accomplishment will be inspiring readers to think more deeply about seemingly well understood education topics."--Teachers College Record "In this collaboration with several colleagues, David Baker and Gerald LeTendre provide their readers with a lucid, thoughtful report and interpretation of several cross-national indicators...a major merit of this book is the many questions it raises, inviting exciting discussions in educational foundations classrooms." "Reading this book is like cycling through Tuscany on tree-shaded lanes - the ride is smooth, the going is easy, and the eye is repeatedly pleased by both great vistas and striking close-up views." - Contemporary Sociology

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Non-Fiction Education Sociology & Anthropology Anthropology Social & Cultural Anthropology, Ethnography

The global environment of national school systems	p. 1
The declining significance of gender and the rise of egalitarian mathematics education	p. 16
Symbiotic institutions : changing global dynamics between family and schooling	p. 34
Demand for achievement : the worldwide growth of shadow education systems	p. 54
Rich land, poor schools : inequality of national educational resources and achievement of disadvantaged students	p. 71
Safe schools, dangerous nations : the paradox of school violence	p. 86
The universal math teacher? : international beliefs, national work roles, and local practice	p. 104
Schoolwork at home? : low-quality schooling and homework	p. 117
Slouching toward a global ideology : the devolution revolution in education governance	p. 134
Nation versus nation : the race to be the first in the world	p. 150
Conclusion : observing modern schooling as an institution	p. 169
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