This book compares primary education in urban and rural China and India. It focuses on how the sociocultural context including educational policy, educators and parents beliefs, and the conditions under which teaching and learning occur shape classroom pedagogy and determine children s attainment.

This in-depth, authentic, comparative analysis of the two largest educational systems in the world is a must-read for scholars interested in the teaching and learning in these two rapidly developing Asian cultures. A common set of questions has been addressed in diverse contexts. The empirical...