Reforms and issues in school mathematics in East Asia : : sharing and understanding mathematics education policies and practices / / edited by Frederick Koon Shing Leung, Yeping Li.

• Superior document: New Directions in Mathematics and Science Education ; Volume 19
• TeilnehmendeR: Leung, Frederick K. S. ,; Li, Yeping,
• Place / Publishing House: Rotterdam ;, Boston ;, Taipei : : Sense Publishers,, [2010]; 2010
• Year of Publication: 2010
• Language: English
• Series: New directions in mathematics and science education ; Volume 19.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource

Worldwide efforts to improve students’ learning of mathematics have turned educational researchers’ attention to some high-achieving education systems, especially those in East Asia including Chinese Mainland, Hong Kong, Japan, Singapore, South Korea and Taiwan. However, there is much less sharing and learning of educational policy and practices that goes beyond one or two such high-achieving education systems. At this time when educational changes and reforms for improving students’ learning of mathematics are also underway within these high-achieving education systems in East Asia, it becomes timely and important for the world to learn why and how relevant changes take place across these selected education systems. This book has put together a set of papers that individually presents issues on the changing mathematics curriculum and teacher education in the six high-achieving education systems in East Asia. Collectively, the book extends beyond what we can learn about exemplary practices in individual education systems in East Asia. It helps us develop a better understanding of the interplay between various measures for the pursuit of excellence in mathematics curriculum and teacher education on the one hand, and the different system contexts on the other. The intended readers of the book include education policy makers, curriculum developers, researchers, teachers, teacher educators, and anyone else interested in school mathematics curriculum and teacher education.

Table of Contents

Preliminary Material / Frederick Koon Shing Leung and Yeping Li -- Sharing and Understanding Mathematics Education Policies and Practices in East Asia / Frederick Koon Shing Leung and Yeping Li -- Mathematics Curriculum Reform in the Chinese Mainland / Jian Liu and Yeping Li -- The Hong Kong Mathematics Curriculum / Ngai-Ying Wong -- Mathematics Curriculum in Japan / Masataka Koyama -- The Revised Curriculum of School Mathematics in Korea / Hyunyong Shin and Inki Han -- Issues of Singapore Mathematics Education / Khoon Yoong Wong and Ngan Hoe Lee -- A Brief Introduction of the Mathematics Curricula of Taiwan / Hak Ping Tam -- Secondary Mathematics Teacher Professional Development in China / Rongjin Huang , Shangguan Peng , Linquan Wang and Yeping Li -- What can We Teach Mathematics Teachers? Lessons from Hong Kong / Frederick Koon Shing Leung , Arthur Man Sang Lee , Allen Yuk Lun Leung , Francis Lopez-Real , Ida Ah Chee Mok and Ka Lok Wong -- Mathematics Teachers as Learners / Yoshinori Shimizu -- Mathematics Teacher Education in Korea / Kyungmee Park -- Mathematical Preparation of Primary Mathematics Teachers in Singapore / Suat Khoh Lim-Teo -- Mathematical Preparation of Primary Teachers in Taiwan / Pi-Jen Lin -- Practices and Changes in Mathematics Curriculum and Teacher Education in Selected Education Systems in East Asia / Yeping Li and Frederick Koon Shing Leung -- Author Biographies / Frederick Koon Shing Leung and Yeping Li.