Kam Wing Chan: 4 books

Book cover of Urbanization with Chinese Characteristics: The Hukou System and Migration
by Kam Wing Chan
Language: English
Release Date: April 19, 2018

Many agree that rapid urbanization in China in the late 20th and early 21st centuries is a mega process significantly reshaping China and the global economy. China’s urbanization also carries a certain mystique, which has long fascinated generations of scholars and journalists alike. As it has turned...
Book cover of Learning to Teach Small Classes

Learning to Teach Small Classes

Lessons from East Asia

by Maurice Galton, Kwok Chan Lai, Kam Wing Chan
Language: English
Release Date: August 13, 2014

The justification for smaller classes has traditionally been that students can receive more individual attention and be provided with a curriculum that promotes student centred learning. However, in Asia where student engagement is generally over 90% in primary school classrooms, the focus of smaller...
Book cover of Development-Induced Displacement in India and China

Development-Induced Displacement in India and China

A Comparative Look at the Burdens of Growth

by Rikil Chyrmang, S. Irudaya Rajan, Kam Wing Chan
Language: English
Release Date: August 29, 2016

The world seems to have recently discovered India and China as major players in Asia, and political and economic connections between the two countries are rapidly growing. Beyond the fashionable phenomenon, the two countries have much in common and many shared experiences. Both are developing countries...
Book cover of Transmitting the Ideal of Enlightenment

Transmitting the Ideal of Enlightenment

Chinese Universities Since the Late Nineteenth Century

by Ricardo K.S. Mak, Ricardo K. S. Mak, Guangxin Fan
Language: English
Release Date: August 4, 2009

Transmitting the Ideal of Enlightenment is a collection of articles that shed light on different aspects of university education in China since the late nineteenth century and address how far the ideal of modern university education, which has gradually been developed in the West since the age of...
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