New directions for education in China / edited by Steven Cowan, Tinghe Jin, Lucia Johnstone Cowan, Zimeng Pan.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Cowan, Steven, editor.

Jin, Tinghe, editor.

Johnstone Cowan, Lucia, editor.

Pan, Zimeng, editor.

ebrary, Inc.

James Hosmer Penniman Book Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Education--China.

Education.

China.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xvii, 211 pages.)

Place of Publication:

London : Institute of Education Press, 2014.

System Details:

text file

Summary:

As the numbers of Chinese postgraduates continues to grow in universities around the world, issues relating to Chinese education are becoming of world-wide interest. The present book is a contribution to this widening interest and to debates within the field. Most chapters are the work of contemporary Chinese scholars pioneering distinctive ways of examining the complex social reality of the Chinese educational scene. Others result from collaboration between Chinese and British academics. With chapters on topics ranging from English-language learning and education among the Chinese diaspora to professional development and the role of the state in Chinese education, the book demonstrates a commitment to a multidisciplinary approach, and will act as a practical and critical resource for researchers, especially those undertaking doctoral studies and their tutors. Book jacket.

Contents:

1 State ideologies of English education in China / Lin Pan Pan, Lin 6

2 The role and status of native English-speaking teachers working in Chinese universities / Zimeng Pan Pan, Zimeng 28

3 I'm not as good at maths as a Chinese pupil should be: Academic achievement and cultural identities of British Chinese young people / Danlu Wang Wang, Danlu 49

4 Reclaiming humanities for 'human sciences': What can we achieve through a life story of working-class students at elite universities? / Jin Jin Jin, Jin 72

5 The themes and paradigms of educational research in Beijing Normal University / Sbuiyun Liu Liu, Sbuiyun, Hui Yu Yu, Hui 89

6 How language learners change in the digital age: The case of Chinese undergraduates / Shuang Zeng Zeng, Shuang 109

7 From 'being' to 'becoming': Issues and suggestions for continuing professional development in a middle school in China / Tingbe Jin Jin, Tingbe, Alex Moore Moore, Alex 129

8 Huadi Experimental Middle School: Can attempts at reform succeed? / Steven Cowan Cowan, Steven 148

9 Networked young citizens and citizenship education in the digital age: A virtual ethnographic research into Chinese university students' civic learning via cyber civic participation / Ke Lin Lin, Ke, Hugh Starkey Starkey, Hugh 169

10 Research bibliography / Lucia Johnstone Cowan Cowan, Lucia Johnstone, Zimeng Pan Pan, Zimeng 190.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. Available via World Wide Web.

Description based on print version record.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the James Hosmer Penniman Book Fund.

ISBN:

9781782771043

1782771042

Publisher Number:

99965452573

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.