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CONTENTS -- LIST OF TABLES -- LIST OF FIGURES -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- INTRODUCTION by William K. Cummings and Philip G. Altbach -- I. BASIC EDUCATION -- 1. The Roots of Japanese Educational Achievement: Helping Children Develop Bonds to School by CATHERINE C. LEWIS -- 2. The East Asian Version of Whole-Class Teaching by HAROLD W. STEVENSON and SHINYING LEE -- 3. Looking in the Chinese Mirror: Reflecting on Moral-Political Education in the United States by GAY GARLAND REED -- 4. Chinese Teachers as Mirrors of Reform Possibilities by LYNN PAINE -- II. SECONDARY EDUCATION -- 5. Restructuring Japanese High Schools: Reforms for Diversity by NOBUO K. SHIMAHARA -- 6. Disruption and Reconnection: Counseling Young Adolescents in Japanese Schools by GERALD K. LeTENDRE -- 7. Human Capital Formation and School Expansion in Asia: Does a Unique Regional Model Exist? by DAVID P. BAKER and DONALD B. HOLSINGER -- III. THE PRIVATE SECTOR -- 8. Private Education in Eastern Asia by WILLIAM K. CUMMINGS -- 9. Lessons from Japanese Cram Schools by NANCY UKAI RUSSELL -- IV. LINKING EDUCATION TO SOCIETY -- 10. Education and Work in Japan: Implications for Policy by SAM STERN -- 11. Education Policies in Taiwan (China) and Hong Kong by KIN BING WU -- 12. Improving School-Community Relations in Thailand by CHRISTOPHER W. WHEELER, JAMES GALLAGHER, MAUREEN McDONOUGH, and BENJALUG SOOKPOKAKIT-NAMFA -- V. THE RELEVANCE OF ASIAN EDUCATION -- 13. Differences that Make a Difference: Explaining Japan's Success by THOMAS P. ROHLEN -- 14. Education and State Development: Lessons for the United States? by S. GOPINATHAN -- 15. The Role of the State in Educational Reform in the People's Republic of China by NINA Y. BOREVSKAYA -- 16. Human Resource Development: The J-Model by WILLIAM K. CUMMINGS -- NOTES -- Chapter 3 -- Chapter 4 -- Chapter 6 -- Chapter 7 -- Chapter 8 -- Chapter 9.

Chapter 10 -- Chapter 11 -- Chapter 12 -- Chapter 16 -- REFERENCES -- Introduction -- Chapter 1 -- Chapter 2 -- Chapter 3 -- Chapter 4 -- Chapter 5 -- Chapter 6 -- Chapter 7 -- Chapter 8 -- Chapter 9 -- Chapter 10 -- Chapter 11 -- Chapter 12 -- Chapter 13 -- Chapter 14 -- Chapter 15 -- Chapter 16 -- CONTRIBUTORS -- INDEX -- A -- B -- C -- E -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- M -- N -- O -- P -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W.