West Meets East

Author : Leslie Grant
Publisher : ASCD
ISBN 13 : 1416618236
Total Pages : 195 pages
Book Rating : 4.32/5 ( download)

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Download or read book West Meets East written by Leslie Grant and published by ASCD. This book was released on 2014-04-03 with total page 195 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The United States and China: two nations drastically different in demographics, history, political structures, and education systems. Despite these differences, educators in each country have discovered they have much to learn from one another. The United States looks east and is captivated by the high assessment scores that many Chinese students achieve. China looks west and is enamored with how the United States fosters innovation and creativity in students. Teachers are increasingly looking across borders to expand, adapt, and offer their students a more balanced education. West Meets East is based on the fundamental premise that strong teaching is at the heart of educational quality and that we all benefit from understanding the practices and professional thinking of exemplary teachers. With this in mind, Grant and her colleagues set out to discover which beliefs and strategies of effective teachers can cross the cultural divide and help students in each nation make breakthrough advances. As educators, it's important to understand that even though we're setting new goals and improving outcomes, excellence is a moving target. In the globally connected 21st century, educational innovations in one country can reset the bar for students around the world. Only by learning from one another can we be sure all our students remain competitive and successful.

Author : 刘扬
Publisher : Taschen
ISBN 13 : 9783836554022
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.2X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book 东西相遇 written by 刘扬 and published by Taschen. This book was released on 2015 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This first volume in Yang Liu's infographic series explores the range of differences between Eastern and Western experience through her signature graphic simplicity.

Author : Helen Tomlinson
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781645430131
Total Pages : 352 pages
Book Rating : 4.38/5 ( download)

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Download or read book West Meets East written by Helen Tomlinson and published by . This book was released on 2019 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When the railroad car manufacturer Charles Freer retired from business at age forty-five, he set out to create a world-class art collection that combined ancient Asian art and American paintings of his own Gilded Age. The extraordinary artworks he amassed formed the core of what became one of America's first national art museums"e"the Smithsonian's Freer Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C. This engrossing biography of Freer traces his journey from his humble childhood in rural New York to his industrial career in the rapidly growing Detroit of the 1880s. Drawing on Freer's diaries and letters, it describes his adventures around the world in search of art. He owned the largest collection of artworks by his feisty friend, James McNeill Whistler, whose love of Asian art inspired Freer to explore that field.

Author : Anil K Hingwe
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 98 pages
Book Rating : 4.13/5 ( download)

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Download or read book East Meets West/West Meets East written by Anil K Hingwe and published by . This book was released on 2020-08-02 with total page 98 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When cultures from East and West collide, the results can be romantic, or tragic or life altering. This is a collection of short stories from an author from India who has spent much of his adult life in the U.S.

Author : Patricia Belyea
Publisher : Abrams
ISBN 13 : 1683351142
Total Pages : 538 pages
Book Rating : 4.46/5 ( download)

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Download or read book East-Meets-West Quilts written by Patricia Belyea and published by Abrams. This book was released on 2017-10-17 with total page 538 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fourteen simple projects: “Readers will be awestruck by the brilliant designs and . . . sidebars on famous stitcher Ayako Miyawaki, yukata cottons, and more.” —Booklist (starred review) Improv quilting—in which quilt designs emerge organi­cally as fabric is cut and stitched—is easy, popular, and fun. In this book, expert quilter Patricia Belyea offers improv instruction and shares her appealing Quilt Manifesto of five simple rules. While providing quilters with a starting point, the fifth rule of the Manifesto, “Break any rule you like,” opens the door to creative freedom. (However, the solid instructions allow even the rule-breakers to create beautiful quilts on the first try!) Fourteen projects combine authentic Japanese yukata cottons and contemporary fabrics; each is finished with bold hand-stitching. The quilt-making process is presented in detail, and each quilt shows the irresistible wabi-sabi influence of Japanese design. “With fresh designs and useful directions, Belyea's book is both practical and aspirational.” —Publishers Weekly

Author : Kelly Hoppen
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781850298922
Total Pages : 160 pages
Book Rating : 4.20/5 ( download)

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Download or read book East Meets West written by Kelly Hoppen and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This text advises on how to mix colours, textures and objects from different cultures in your own setting. It illustrates ideas for windows and walls, furnishings and floors, tabletops and mantlepieces. Celebrating the handcrafted, influences are taken from China, India and Africa.

Author : Ming Tsai
Publisher : Clarkson Potter Publishers
ISBN 13 : 0609605305
Total Pages : 290 pages
Book Rating : 4.01/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Blue Ginger written by Ming Tsai and published by Clarkson Potter Publishers. This book was released on 1999 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presents a collection of more than 125 innovative recipes for dishes that blend the best in Western and Eastern ingredients and cooking techniques.

Author : Adjunct Assistant Professor at the Fashion Institute of Technology Valerie Steele
Publisher : Yale University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780300079302
Total Pages : 228 pages
Book Rating : 4.03/5 ( download)

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Download or read book China Chic written by Adjunct Assistant Professor at the Fashion Institute of Technology Valerie Steele and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 1999-01-01 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explores the historical significance of Chinese clothing, and offers examples and commentary on fashions ranging from the dragon robes of the Imperial era to the cheongsams shown on the runways in Paris

Author : Peter Lavezzoli
Publisher : A&C Black
ISBN 13 : 9780826418159
Total Pages : 488 pages
Book Rating : 4.55/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Dawn of Indian Music in the West written by Peter Lavezzoli and published by A&C Black. This book was released on 2006-04-24 with total page 488 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Peter Lavezzoli, Buddhist and musician, has a rare ability to articulate the personal feeling of music, and simultaneously narrate a history. In his discussion on Indian music theory, he demystifies musical structures, foreign instruments, terminology, an

Author : Albrecht Classen
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter
ISBN 13 : 3110321513
Total Pages : 828 pages
Book Rating : 4.17/5 ( download)

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Download or read book East Meets West in the Middle Ages and Early Modern Times written by Albrecht Classen and published by Walter de Gruyter. This book was released on 2013-09-03 with total page 828 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This new volume explores the surprisingly intense and complex relationships between East and West during the Middle Ages and the early modern world, combining a large number of critical studies representing such diverse fields as literary (German, French, Italian, English, Spanish, and Arabic) and other subdisciplines of history, religion, anthropology, and linguistics. The differences between Islam and Christianity erected strong barriers separating two global cultures, but, as this volume indicates, despite many attempts to 'Other' the opposing side, the premodern world experienced an astonishing degree of contacts, meetings, exchanges, and influences. Scientists, travelers, authors, medical researchers, chroniclers, diplomats, and merchants criss-crossed the East and the West, or studied the sources produced by the other culture for many different reasons. As much as the theoretical concept of 'Orientalism' has been useful in sensitizing us to the fundamental tensions and conflicts separating both worlds at least since the eighteenth century, the premodern world did not quite yet operate in such an ideological framework. Even though the Crusades had violently pitted Christians against Muslims, there were countless contacts and a palpitable curiosity on both sides both before, during, and after those religious warfares.