Comments on Is There an “East Asian Education Model”? A Study on Varieties of Education Regimes

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March 01 2019 Comments on Is There an “East Asian Education Model”? A Study on Varieties of Education Regimes Author and Article Information Online Issn: 1536-0083 Print Issn: 1535-3516 © 2019 by the Asian Economic Panel and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology2019Asian Economic Panel and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Asian Economic Papers (2019) 18 (1): 147–150. https://doi.org/10.1162/asep_a_00667 Cite Icon Cite Permissions Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn MailTo Views Icon Views Article contents Figures & tables Video Audio Supplementary Data Peer Review Search Site Citation Comments on Is There an “East Asian Education Model”? A Study on Varieties of Education Regimes. Asian Economic Papers 2019; 18 (1): 147–150. doi: https://doi.org/10.1162/asep_a_00667 Download citation file: Ris (Zotero) Reference Manager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search Search Dropdown Menu toolbar search search input Search input auto suggest filter your search All ContentAll JournalsAsian Economic Papers Search Advanced Search Apology to Tolstoy, “All low-PISA scored countries are alike, each high-PISA scored country differs in its own way.” Bhanupong Nidhiprabha, Thammasat University: The authors classify 59 countries according to their education systems into eight groups, whose science PISA median scores are compared. Based on the median science scores, three groups are outstanding in their performances. The first group includes Australia, Canada, Taipei, New Zealand, Singapore, Thailand, United Kingdom, and the United States. The second group contains Austria, Finland, Germany, and Switzerland. The third outstanding group consists of Chile, Ireland, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Macao, and Japan. The authors argue that there is no “East-Asian model” because East Asian countries have different modes of education. Moreover, Vietnam, South Korea, Hong Kong, and BSJG-China performed well even though they do not belong to three clusters mentioned earlier. The authors conclude that each country can improve its education system by emulating the practices of... You do not currently have access to this content.