An international look at educating young adolescents
By: edited by Steven B. Mertens, Vincent A. Anfara, Jr.
Contributors: Mertens, Steven B.; Anfara, Vincent A.
Series: Handbook of research in middle level education
Publisher: Information Age Pub.; National Middle School Association; Middle Level Education Research Special Interest Group
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Charlotte, NC
Language: eng
Number of pages: 398
ISBN-13: 9781607520412; 9781607520429
Subjects: Middle school education -- Cross-cultural studies
Genres: Cross-cultural studies.
Description: "This volume a first-ever effort, will broaden our understanding of middle grades schooling internationally by critically examining the education of young adolescents in 14 different countries. Rather than focusing on international competition and the comparative educational ranking of the United States, this volume provides information on how young adolescents are taught and how middle grades are organized in countries around the world. In addition, the educational successes and failures evident in the education of 10- to 15-year-olds, the indictments and praises that have been offered by supporters and critics alike, and the research that has been generated in these countries about educating young adolescents is addressed.

In order to facilitate a comparative analysis across these countries, each of the 14 chapters addresses a common set of guiding questions. An International Look at Educating Young Adolescents offers, for the first time, material that will permit more fruitful discussions about the status of the middle school movement worldwide."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Young adolescent education in Turkey / Serkan Özel ... [et al.]; title: Educating young adolescents in Lebanon / Huda Ayyash-Abdo, Rima Bahous, and Mona Nabhani; title: The United Arab Emirates: educating young adolescents / Toni Sills-Briegel, Sharon Lynne Bryant, and Wafa Abdul-Rahman Al Hashimi; title: Playing catch-up: leveling education for young adolescent students in India / Supriya Baily; title: The awakening of young adolescent education in the People's Republic of China / Lisa Hervey, Hiller A. Spires, and Junzheng Zhang; title: Education fever and exam hell: the current educational systems and issues in South Korea / Bogum Yoon; title: Middle schooling in New Zealand / Tony Dowden, Penny Bishop, and C.J. Patrick Nolan; title: Educating young adolescents in Australia / Martin Dowson; title: Rwanda's audacity: a story of hope at the middle level / Kathleen F. Malu; title: An international look at educating young adolescents in South Africa / Paul Webb; title: Educating the Russian young adolescent: adopting the "best from the West" while maintaining the "strengths of the past" / Inna Gorlova and David Anderson; title: Middle-school education in Germany / Sigrid Blömeke, Johannes König, and Anja Felbrich; title: Educating young adolescents in the Republic of Ireland: toward a "new young Ireland" / Aaron Thornburg and Hiller A. Spires; title: Educating young adolescents in Brazil / Evely Boruchovitch, José Aloyseo Bzuneck, and Marília Saldanha da Fonseca; title: Concluding thoughts: tying it all together with a comparative look at the education of young adolescents / Vincent A. Anfara, Jr., Steven B. Mertens, and Kathleen Roney.