Overview
- Offers a comprehensive overview of the current Chinese school system
- Illustrates experiences of principals, teachers, students, parents and school organizations in China
- Highlights the differences between schools in China and those in other countries
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Part of the book series: Perspectives on Rethinking and Reforming Education (PRRE)
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Table of contents (16 chapters)
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Chinese Students
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Chinese Principals
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School Organization in China
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About the authors
Dr. Ma Jiansheng, professor of comparative education in IICE, also serves as director of Graduate Education Research Center in BNU. He received his PhD in Comparative Education from Beijing Normal University. His main research interests include principles of education, comparative education, and educational policy. He published more than 20 books and over 100 articles in the field of higher education, internationalization of education and etc. His academic achievement was highly recognized by the academy and was awarded the second prize in the 10th, 11thand 12thBeijing Outstanding Award in Philosophy and Social Sciences, the second and third prize respectively in the 8th and 7th Liaoning Outstanding Award in Philosophy and Social Sciences. He is also a wonderful teacher and won the second prize of the 8th Huo Yingdong Education Fund Youth Teacher Award, the second prize of the National Teaching Achievement and the first prize of the Beijing Outstanding Education and Teaching Award. In 2010, he was named one of the most recognized teachers in Beijing higher education institutions. In 2013, he won the BaoGang Excellent Teacher Award.
Dr Teng Jun serves as an associate professor, deputy director of Institute of International and Comparative Education, Beijing Normal University, and also teaches at Teachers College, Columbia University as an adjunct associate professor. She engaged in comparative education research for quite a long time. Her research area mainly focuses on international organizations and global education governance, international education, development studies in education, 21st century skills and global competences. She has quite rich research experiences in more than 20 national key research projects, and publishes more than 60 papers in peer review journals. Besides, as a comparative education scholar, she also devotes herself to various international education exchanges and cooperation efforts to promote mutual understanding and better communication between China and international community.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Portraits of Chinese Schools
Authors: Mingyuan Gu, Jiansheng Ma, Jun Teng
Series Title: Perspectives on Rethinking and Reforming Education
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-4011-5
Publisher: Springer Singapore
eBook Packages: Education, Education (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. and Higher Education Press 2017
Hardcover ISBN: 978-981-10-4010-8Published: 23 March 2017
Softcover ISBN: 978-981-13-5023-8Published: 11 December 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-981-10-4011-5Published: 14 March 2017
Series ISSN: 2366-1658
Series E-ISSN: 2366-1666
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXIII, 286
Number of Illustrations: 15 b/w illustrations, 20 illustrations in colour
Topics: International and Comparative Education, Administration, Organization and Leadership, Learning & Instruction, Early Childhood Education