Cover; Half Title; Series Page; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of Tables and Figures; Endorsements; Prologue; 1 Setting the Scene for CDC; Introducing CDC; Structure of This Book; Chapter 2-The Confucianism-Discipline- Competitiveness (CDC) Model; Chapter 3-Discipline and Academic Performance Under the Microscope; Chapter 4-CDC Over Time: A Simulation Approach; Chapter 5-Conclusions and Outlook on CDC; Spotlights; Introducing Confucianism; A Foundation for CDC; A Brief History; Contemporary Relevance; Culture as a Competitive Resource; Introducing Discipline; The Missing Link
Introducing CompetitivenessCompetitiveness: The Phenomenon CDC Explains; Education and the Economy; What Does This Mean for the Future of Work?; The Gig Economy; Data Sources and Methodology; 2 The Confucianism-Discipline-Competitiveness (CDC) Model; Our CDC Model at the Micro Level; Unit of Analysis; Association Between School Discipline and Academic Performance; CDC Under the SEM Probe; Explaining the Difference: A Confucian Perspective; Education as a Transformative Experience; Effort Over Ability; Socialisation Under Filial Piety; Role Clarity
3 Discipline and Academic Performance Under the MicroscopeAcademic Performance; School Discipline; Which Discipline?; A Confucian Approach to Discipline; PISA Dimensions Under the Microscope; Student Truancy; Student Learning Time; Student Self-Efficacy; Student Motivation; Student Well-Being; Student Outlook on Education; Teacher Performance; 4 CDC Over Time: A Simulation Approach; Diachronic Analysis of Discipline and Academic Performance; Diachronic Analysis of Elite Performers; Global Competitiveness Over Time; Academic Performance and Global Competitiveness Over Time
Predictive Model of Educational Achievement and Global CompetitivenessWheel of Competitiveness; Simulation: Discipline and Academic Performance and National Competitiveness; Take Home Messages From Diachronic CDC Analyses and Simulations; 5 Conclusions and Outlook on CDC; Theoretical Implications; Practical Implications; Research Implications; Outlook on CDC; Epilogue: What Is a Society's Brain For? by Gordon Redding; Complex Adaptive Social Systems; The Evolving of Complex Adaptive Systems; The Idea of Universal Guidelines; Are There Universal Guidelines?; A Variety of Trajectories
Education as CatalystEducation as Catalyst Producing Further Catalysts; Transformation Questions; Personal Transformation; Transforming the School-Leaver Into the Graduate; Transforming the Society; Keeping up the Learning Momentum?; Two Scenarios and Some Observations; Epilogue; Notes; References; Author Biographies; Index
