Narrative Inquiry into Reciprocal Learning Between Canada-China Sister Schools : A Chinese Perspective / edited by Yuhua Bu.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Bu, Yuhua, 1971- editor.

Series:

Intercultural Reciprocal Learning in Chinese and Western Education, 2946-4188

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Teachers--Training of.

Teachers.

International education.

Comparative education.

Education.

School management and organization.

Teaching and Teacher Education.

International and Comparative Education.

Organization and Leadership.

Local Subjects:

Teaching and Teacher Education.

International and Comparative Education.

Education.

Organization and Leadership.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xxv, 320 pages) : illustrations

Edition:

1st ed. 2021.

Place of Publication:

Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2021.

Summary:

“Every once and awhile, a book comes along that fills gaping holes in one’s knowing. Such was the case with Narrative Inquiry into Reciprocal Learning Between Canada-China Sister Schools: A Chinese Perspective. The volume was so engaging that I could not put it down. I read it in one sitting. It definitely is a mustread book because it illuminates—in vivid detail—intercultural experiences from a Chinese point of view.” —Cheryl J. Craig, Professor and Houston Endowment Endowed Chair of Urban Education, Texas A&M University, USA This edited volume explores how Chinese school-based educators learn from others and attain awareness in dialogue with the world in an era of increasing globalization and information exchange. Minzhu Primary School in Shanghai, China, and Bay Street School in Toronto, Canada, have been connected as sister schools of cross-cultural exchange since 2008. Together, they have explored ways to reciprocally learn in a cross-cultural partnershipwhile remaining grounded in their home culture and language. In this book, chapter authors examine how Chinese school-based educators view themselves, understand others, and grow and develop as a consequence of a decade of cross-cultural reciprocal learning as sister schools. Further, the authors discuss prospects for future educational interactions between Canada and China. Yuhua Bu is Professor, PhD Supervisor, and Deputy Director of both the Institute of “Life Practice” Educology Research and the Institute of Schooling Reform and Development at East China Normal University, China. Her research interests include philosophy of education, teacher education, school reform, and ethics of education.

Contents:

1. Introduction

2. Friends from Afar

3. Dewey Meets Confucius

4. Literature Review, Theoretical Framework and Research Method

5. Society, History, and Interaction of Sister Schools

6. Circles and Straight Lines: Teachers’ Life Worlds

7. Interaction Between Teachers and Students

8. Leadership and Power

9. Faith and Action

10. Future. .

ISBN:

9783030610852

3030610853