ISBN:
9781462918416
Language:
English
Pages:
1 online resource (225 pages)
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als
DDC:
306.874
Keywords:
Parent and child-Asia
;
East and West
;
Electronic books
Abstract:
Frontcover -- Title Page -- Copyright -- CONTENTS -- INTRODUCTION HOMECOMING -- PART 1 ACADEMICS -- CHAPTER 1 : Why Are All the Asian Kids on the Math Team? -- "And what do you do for math?" -- Why do Asian kids excel at math? -- What Asian moms say about math -- Math in the twenty-first century -- Building mathematical homes -- Is early math important? -- Teaching visual-spatial skills -- Scripting math education -- TIPS: How to build a math-rich home -- CHAPTER 2 : Raising Readers: Is West Really Best? -- Let's start with A-B-C -- The reading wars -- Vocabulary acquisition -- Reading with my son -- Reading in Asia -- Exploring the roots of the reading issue -- Reading magic -- TIPS: How to build a language-rich home -- CHAPTER 3 : Memorization, Practice, Exams, and Other Things That Asians Love -- A history of memorization in education -- From the oral tradition to print to a digital world -- Memorization -- Exam systems -- TIPS: How to help your child memorize information -- TIPS: How to encourage critical thinking skills -- PART 2 ACHIEVING BALANCE -- CHAPTER 4 : Where Are All the Children? -- Night-owl schedules -- The tuition treadmill -- Do students really need tuition? -- Western trends in education -- Why do schools and governments dislike tuitions? -- What Asian mothers say about play -- Finding a balance -- The benefits of unstructured time -- TIPS: How to supplement your child's education -- CHAPTER 5: Raising Resilient Children: How Do We Deal with Failure? -- Sugary candy or healthy (sometimes bitter) vegetables? -- "And what do you do when your child does badly on a test?" -- What the kids say -- Conflicted, stressed, and seeking balance -- Failure and fear in the twenty-first century -- Fixed mindsets versus growth mindsets -- American parents and the rhetoric of victimization -- Self-esteem and happiness.
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