Transforming teaching and learning in Asia and the Pacific: case studies from seven countries; 2015

Transforming Teaching and Learning in Asia and the Pacific Case Studies from Seven Countries Edited by Edmond Hau-Fai Law and Us ...

Transforming Teaching and Learning in Asia and the Pacific Case Studies from Seven Countries Edited by Edmond Hau-Fai Law and Us ...

iv Published in 2015 by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, 7, place de Fontenoy, 75352 Paris ...

v Foreword In an era characterized by constant change and interdependence, education is no longer an issue confined within natio ...

vi Acknowledgements This publication grew out of the Third Regional High-Level Expert Meeting Beyond 2015: Transforming Teaching ...

vii Contents Introduction 1 Edmond Hau-Fai Law and Ushio Miura Transforming Teaching and Learning in Japan 7 Shinobu Yume Yamagu ...

Introduction Edmond Hau-Fai Law and Ushio Miura The question of what and how students should learn has been occupying a central ...

knowledge in the design of learning activities and community practices (John and La Velle, 2004; Ferdig, 2006; Goodyear and Case ...

Diagram 1: Shifts in pedagogical approaches in the Asia-Pacific region Goals Contents Activities Assessment From Uniformity To D ...

at the school level. The chapters on Japan, the Republic of Korea and Viet Nam emphasize the need for – and difficulty in – invo ...

References Dysthe, O. and Webler, W. 2010. Pedagogical issues from Hombolt to Bologna: the case of Norway and Germany. Higher Ed ...

Martinez-Garcia, A., Morris, S., Tscholl, M., Tracy, F. and Carmichael, P. 2012. Case-based learning, pedagogical innovation, an ...

Transforming Teaching and Learning in Japan Shinobu Yume Yamaguchi and Akina Ueno Introduction This study focuses on the educati ...

The education policy established by MEXT does not lay out a national standardized curriculum. Instead, the document, Gakushu Shi ...

in schools. This study investigates the features of prevailing pedagogical approaches and introduces innovative practices that r ...

learning activities (Learning Time) assist students to review their own learning progress. Focusing on the six fields listed abo ...

In accordance with the Basic Act on Education, the objectives under the Zest for Living principle are: 1) to promote an ability ...

The education specialists, policy-makers and teachers who were surveyed cited ‘rapid social changes’ and improving ‘children’s a ...

Teaching and learning methods and practices The common pedagogical approaches and characteristics identified from the case studi ...

The pedagogies applied in the lessons focused more on developing the thinking processes of students rather than on ensuring stud ...