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unit 1 educators philosophies and learning theories
introduction: nature of learning��3
text a: of studies��6
text b: what knowledge is of most worth?��10
text c: the differences between learning by instruction and learning by discovery��15
learning skills: library skills��20

unit 2 my perspectives on education between china and america
introduction: defining comparative education: conceptions��24
text a: re-education��26
text b: the social logic of ivy league admissions��32
text c: is college really worth the money?��39
learning skills: oral presentation��46

unit 3 education and students�� development
introduction: student diversity��52
text a: mi(multiple intelligence), it (in structional technology) and standards: the story of jamie��57
text b: the man who couldn��t forget: the story of solomon��s memory��65
text c: the boy who needed to play: the story of dibs��71
learning skills: academic report skills i��78

unit 4 english language and learning
introduction: learning english��86
text a: mother tongue��89
text b: identity, motivation and autonomy in second language acquisition from the perspective of complex adaptive system��95
text c: development: some general principles��101
learning skills: academic report skills ii��108

unit 5 learning model-cooperative learning
introduction:what is happening to cooperative learning?��114
text a: cooperative learning: what makes group work work?��118
text b: ��the union is unbroken��march 4, 1861��125
text c: to save the union��1861��1863 moving toward emancipation��129
learning skills: cooperative learning skills��135

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unit 6 educators philosophies
introduction: early teaching models��145
text a: my pedagogic creed��147
text b: jerome bruner: the lesson of the story��152
text c: curriculum development from a constructivist perspective��159
learning skills: note-taking skills��164

unit 7 my perspectives on education from pedagogies to globalization
introduction: education and globalization: some hypotheses��173
text a: tiger moms: is tough parenting really the answer?��176
text b: the tutorial system: the jewel in the crown��182
text c: education, the nation-state, and global movement��188
learning skills: critical reading skills i��194

unit 8 education: teachers�� development
introduction: defining teaching and teacher education��201
text a: the novice teacher: armed and dangerous
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text b: teaching teachers: professional development to improve student achievement��210
text c: an education president for the 21st century��218
learning skills: critical reading skills ii��225
unit 9 english language and teaching
introduction: approaches to language learning and teaching��232
text a: illiteracy at oxford and harvard: reflections on the inability to write��236
text b: tesol in china: current challenges��241
text c: from reading to writing, from elementary to graduate students��247
learning skills: academic writing skills��253

unit 10 learning model-inquiry learning
introduction: bibliography of henry viii��264
text a: handling henry viii��266
text b: the six wives of henry viii��274
text c: who were the early reformers in england?��288
learning skills: inquiry learning skills��296

references��318