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Fuelled by forces of globalization, China has gradually shifted from a centrally planned economy to a socialist market economy. Under the market economy China has experienced a massive and protracted economic boom. It is not clear however whether recent economic changes have brought the same miracle to education in China. Spotlight on China brings together established and emerging scholars from China and internationally in a dialogue about the profound social and economic transformation that has resulted from the market economy and its concomitant impact on education in China. The book covers a wide range of topics, including:
Market economy and curriculum reform
Teaching under China’s market economy
Changes in higher education
Transitions from education to work
Market economy and social inequality
Market economy and curriculum reform
Teaching under China’s market economy
Changes in higher education
Transitions from education to work
Market economy and social inequality
Price: $113.00
Pages: 408
Publisher: Brill
Imprint: Brill
Series: Spotlight on China
Publication Date:
01 January 2016
ISBN: 9789462098800
Format: Hardcover
With its broad scope and fresh critical perspectives, this collection offers a most contemporary and comprehensive analysis of possibly the largest education system in the world. Lessons learned from the China experiment will inform researchers and educators about social and educational reforms in other countries which are undergoing similar fundamental changes.
“Spotlight on China provides a state of the art picture: dynamic, partial, full of contradictions and tensions, and, as we speak, in movement and local reconfiguration.” — Allan Luke, Queensland University of Technology
“The book moves social science research on China’s education another step forward by refining the balance between the viability of mainstream western concepts and the analytical possibilities of creating a new scholarship based on a deeper understanding of the historically grounded realities of contemporary Chinese education.” — Gerard A. Postiglione, The University of Hong Kong
"[T]he book is an important contribution to educational sciences – not only because we can learn a lot about China and its education, but also about many similarities and differences with educational development on the global scale." — Darko Štrajn (2017) Spotlight on China. International Review of Education, 63: 941-943.
“Spotlight on China provides a state of the art picture: dynamic, partial, full of contradictions and tensions, and, as we speak, in movement and local reconfiguration.” — Allan Luke, Queensland University of Technology
“The book moves social science research on China’s education another step forward by refining the balance between the viability of mainstream western concepts and the analytical possibilities of creating a new scholarship based on a deeper understanding of the historically grounded realities of contemporary Chinese education.” — Gerard A. Postiglione, The University of Hong Kong
"[T]he book is an important contribution to educational sciences – not only because we can learn a lot about China and its education, but also about many similarities and differences with educational development on the global scale." — Darko Štrajn (2017) Spotlight on China. International Review of Education, 63: 941-943.