Cornelius N Grove: 3 books
The Drive to Learn
What the East Asian Experience Tells Us about Raising Students Who Excel
Language: English
Release Date: June 5, 2017
Countless books and articles have offered remedies for the poor learning outcomes of American schoolchildren. Virtually all of these publications share one thing in common: They propose improvements in the policies and practices controlled by adult educators. Grove believes that our children’s poor...
Encountering the Chinese
A Modern Country, an Ancient Culture
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2010
"A classic must-read for everyone coming to work or live in China." - Shelley Warner and Tony Voutas, cross-cultural trainers and founders of Asia Pacific Access Ltd, China
China is in the midst of unprecedented economic and cultural growth. In the last decade alone, China joined...
The Aptitude Myth
How an Ancient Belief Came to Undermine Children’s Learning Today
Language: English
Release Date: June 19, 2013
The Aptitude Myth addresses the decline in American children’s mastery of critical school subjects. It contends that a contributing cause for this decline derives from many Americans’ ways of thinking about children’s learning: They believe that school performance is determined very largely...