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Author: Jin Li (Brown University, Rhode Island)
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Imprint: Cambridge University Press (Virtual Publishing)
ISBN: 9781139028400
ISBN 10: 1139028405
Publication Date: 05 June 2012
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Reviews
Li (Brown Univ.) compares learning processes and goals of an East Asian learning model with a Western learning model... provides an interesting comparative analysis of Socratic and Confucian tutors at home during the first years of life... Recommended... --D.L. Stoloff, Eastern Connecticut State University, Choice ...Li's book is worth reading because it provides a perspective rarely found in tomes on East-West differences. --Dr. Jean Lau Chin, Derner Institute for Advanced Psychological Studies at Adelphi University PsycCRITIQUES ...Masterful... Li's volume is an extraordinary accomplishment. It is an erudite, well documented, clearly argued and original articulation of Western and Eastern approaches to learning. Li treats her topic seriously, providing the depth of analysis necessary to dispel the simple stereotypes that have long plagued East-West cultural comparisons... --Michael F. Mascolo, Department of Psychology, Merrimack College, Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology
"""Li (Brown Univ.) compares learning processes and goals of an East Asian learning model with a Western learning model.... provides an interesting comparative analysis of Socratic and Confucian tutors at home during the first years of life.... Recommended..."" --D.L. Stoloff, Eastern Connecticut State University, Choice ""...Li’s book is worth reading because it provides a perspective rarely found in tomes on East–West differences."" --Dr. Jean Lau Chin, Derner Institute for Advanced Psychological Studies at Adelphi University PsycCRITIQUES ""...Masterful.... Li's volume is an extraordinary accomplishment. It is an erudite, well documented, clearly argued and original articulation of Western and Eastern approaches to learning. Li treats her topic seriously, providing the depth of analysis necessary to dispel the simple stereotypes that have long plagued East-West cultural comparisons..."" --Michael F. Mascolo, Department of Psychology, Merrimack College, Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology"
Li (Brown Univ.) compares learning processes and goals of an East Asian learning model with a Western learning model... provides an interesting comparative analysis of Socratic and Confucian tutors at home during the first years of life... Recommended... --D.L. Stoloff, Eastern Connecticut State University, Choice ...Li's book is worth reading because it provides a perspective rarely found in tomes on East-West differences. --Dr. Jean Lau Chin, Derner Institute for Advanced Psychological Studies at Adelphi University PsycCRITIQUES
Author Information
Dr Jin Li is tenured Associate Professor of Education and Human Development at Brown University. Her research examines different cultural learning models and how such culturally based models shape children's learning beliefs and achievement. She collaborates with researchers from Taiwan, Hong Kong, the UK, Germany, Israel and the United States. Dr Li has published in leading journals such as American Psychologist, the Journal of Educational Psychology, Child Development, Developmental Psychology, Ethos and Cognition and Emotion, among others.
