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Educational Policy Innovations

Levelling Up and Sustaining Educational Achievement

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  • © 2014

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Editors:
  1. Sing Kong Lee

    1. National Institute of Education Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, Singapore

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  2. Wing On Lee

    1. National Institute of Education Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, Singapore

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  3. Ee Ling Low

    1. National Institute of Education Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, Singapore

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  • A book with a state-of-the-art review of literature in the field of educational innovations
  • Showcase how leading education systems innovate and sustain educational achievement
  • An international reference for policy makers and educators for the best practices employed around the world

Part of the book series: Education Innovation Series (EDIN)

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Table of contents (13 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xii
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  2. Introduction: Levelling Up and Sustaining Educational Achievement

    • Sing Kong Lee, Wing On Lee, Ee Ling Low, Jocelyn Shi Yah Tan
    Pages 1-15

  3. How Useful Are the Experiences of the High Performing Education Systems?

    • Wing On Lee, Ee Ling Low, Sing Kong Lee
    Pages 17-27

  4. Developing Educational Policies in a Holistic Skills Framework

    • Andreas Schleicher
    Pages 29-48

  5. Conceptualising Teacher Preparation for Educational Innovation: Singapore’s Approach

    • Sing Kong Lee, Ee Ling Low
    Pages 49-70

  6. Singapore’s Performance in PISA: Levelling Up the Long Tail

    • Laik Woon Teh
    Pages 71-83

  7. Singapore’s English Language Policy and Language Teacher Education: A Foundation for Its Educational Success

    • Ee Ling Low
    Pages 85-102

  8. Purposeful Policy and Practice for Equity and Quality – A Finnish Case

    • Hannele Niemi
    Pages 103-121

  9. The Light and Shadow of Educational Achievement in South Korea with Suggestions for Levelling Up

    • Youngdal Cho
    Pages 123-142

  10. Effective Teachers for Successful Schools and High Performing Students: The Case of Shanghai

    • Minxuan Zhang, Jinjie Xu, Chuangyuan Sun
    Pages 143-161

  11. Levelling Up and Sustaining Educational Achievement: The Case of Hong Kong

    • Esther Sui Chu Ho
    Pages 163-183

  12. Perspectives on High Performing Education Systems in Finland, Hong Kong, China, South Korea and Singapore: What Lessons for the U.S.?

    • A. Lin Goodwin
    Pages 185-199

  13. Sustainable, Large-Scale Education Renewal: The Case of Ontario

    • Ben Levin
    Pages 201-216

  14. Comparative Analysis of High Performing Education Systems: Teachers, Teaching and Teacher Education as Factors of Success

    • Wing On Lee
    Pages 217-229

  15. Back Matter

    Pages 231-242
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This volume presents how high performing education systems over the world are constantly innovating their educational policies to nurture their citizens for the challenges of the future economy and the anticipation of the unknown. This volume includes a state-of-the-art review of the literature in this field, several commissioned focal chapters focusing on the distinctive case of Singapore and internationally commissioned chapters of several other accomplished education systems around the world. A comparative study of Singapore against other high performing education systems is included to provide greater insights to the possible applications to other education systems.

Editors and Affiliations

  • National Institute of Education Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, Singapore

    Sing Kong Lee, Wing On Lee, Ee Ling Low

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