Education Across Cultures: School and Family Practices in Western and East Asian Contexts

Harvard FAS

Education is a universal human activity, but how it is understood and practiced vary widely across cultures. When immersed in our own upbringing and educational experiences, we can easily take our beliefs and practices for granted, while overlooking cross-cultural variation and making inaccurate generalization about people from different backgrounds. That is why it is important to take a cross-cultural approach in the study of education. It not only helps us understand the diversity and…