Science Education in Asia
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.36366/frontiers.v3i1.38Keywords:
Science education, China, Education abroadAbstract
This paper opens with a discussion of some general characteristics of the Asian educational system and then provides a more complete description of science education in Mainland China and Taiwan. The paper concludes with a discussion of the issues and trends of science education in Mainland China and Taiwan.
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