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Author:

Chu, Lenora, author.

Title:

Little soldiers : an American boy, a Chinese school, and the global race to achieve / Lenora Chu.

Edition:

First edition.

Publisher:

Harperan imprint of HarperCollins Publishers,

Copyright Date:

2017

Description:

x, 347 pages : map ; 24 cm

Subject:

Education--China.
Education--Aims and objectives.
Education--Cross-cultural studies.
Education and state--China.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 329-347).

Contents:

The middle ground. A family affair -- Obey the teacher -- No exceptions to the rule -- No rewards for second place -- Part II: Change. The high price of tests -- Little soldier -- One hundred days 'til test time -- Shortcuts and favors -- Beating the system versus opting out -- Part III: Chinese lessons. Let's do math! -- Genius means struggle -- The middle ground.

Summary:

China's widely acclaimed yet insular education system is held up as a model of academic and behavioral excellence. Chu, an American journalist of Chinese descent raising a young family in Shanghai, noticed how well-behaved Chinese children were compared to her boisterous toddler. Enrolling three-year-old Rainer in China's state-run public school system, the immediate results were positive. But Chu also noticed troubling new behaviors, and discovered a military-like education system driven by high-stakes testing.

ISBN:

0062367854
9780062367853

OCLC:

(OCoLC)1003488192

LCCN:

bl2017030440

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