The Psychology of Asian Learners A Festschrift in Honor of David Wat
This book celebrates the scholarly achievements of Prof. David A. Watkins, who has pioneered research on the psychology of Asian learners, and helps readers grasp the cognitive, motivational, developmental, and socio-cultural aspects of Asian learners’ le
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The Psychology of Asian Learners A Festschrift in Honor of David Watkins
The Psychology of Asian Learners
Ronnel B. King • Allan B.I. Bernardo Editors
The Psychology of Asian Learners A Festschrift in Honor of David Watkins
Editors Ronnel B. King Department of Curriculum and Instruction
The Hong Kong Institute of Education Hong Kong SAR, P.R. China
Allan B.I. Bernardo Faculty of Social Sciences, Department of Psychology University of Macau Macau SAR, P.R. China
ISBN 978-981-287-575-4 ISBN 978-981-287-576-1 DOI 10.1007/978-981-287-576-1
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Foreword
This is a book recognising one of the major contributors to educational psychology in Asia. It outlines the seeming paradox about Asian learners who perform so well in international tests of school achievement and collaborative learning – but many in the West shudder at what they see are didactic, top-down teaching methods and an over reliance on memorisation, rote learning, and surface-level thinking. Simple answers to this paradox are often provided, such as the East is collectivist, whereas the West is individualist; the East overuses memory, whereas the West uses deeper learning; the East favours effort, whereas the West favours ability; and so on. This book dispels these false contrasts and offers a much more nuanced interpretation about the qualities of the Asian learner. Another aim of this book is to celebrate the scholarly achievements of Professor David Watkins who has pioneered research on the Asian learner. His four earlier books with John Biggs (and others) – The Chinese Learner: Cultural, Psychological, and Contextual Influences (1996), Teaching the Chinese Learner:
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