Full Description
As the numbers of Chinese postgraduate students 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, demonstrating the potential for intercultural research, much of which has been brought about by the Chinese Educational Research Association (CERA), based at the Institute of Education, University of London. This book stands as an expression of the positive benefits of international collaboration in research, something the editors and contributors are committed to expanding for the future.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.
Contents
CONTENTSdirections; 1. State ideologies of English education in China; 2. The role and status of native English-speaking teachers working in Chinese universities; 3. I'm not as good at maths as a Chinese pupil should be: Academic achievement and cultural identities of British Chinese young people; 4. Reclaiming humanities for `human sciences': What can we achieve through a life story of working-class students at elite universities? 5. The themes and paradigms of educational research in Beijing Normal University; 6. How language learners change in the digital age: The case of Chinese undergraduates; 7. From `being' to `becoming': Issues and suggestions for continuing professional development in a middle school in China; 8. Huadi Experimental Middle School: Can attempts at reform succeed? 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; 10. Research bibliography; Index.
