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Compulsory Education Policy in China

Concept and Practice

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Overview

  • Proposes the new idea of “shaping the compulsory education policy landscape”
  • Analyzes the implicit connection between constructing the compulsory educational reform
  • Explores conceptual, practical, and strategic domains of creating the compulsory education policy development with Chinese characteristics

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About this book

This book explores the overall landscape of compulsory education policy development in China from multiple perspectives to uncover the stages, features, problems and suggestions in Chinese compulsory education system, locally, nationally and internationally. In addition, this book also presents specific historical educational policy shifts for policymakers and stakeholders to investigate the compulsory education strategy over the long term. Specifically, the Chinese compulsory education policy landscape involves investigating changes to the legal environment, management policies, as well as practices for teachers and curriculum and teaching materials. These discussions contribute to the readers’ comprehensive and systematic understanding of compulsory education policy development in contemporary China.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Faculty of Education, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China

    Jian Li, Eryong Xue

About the authors

Jian Li, Ph.D., is Assistant Professor at the China Institute of Education and Social Development, Faculty of Education, Beijing Normal University. While pursuing her Ph.D. at Indiana University in Bloomington, USA, Dr. Li served as Senior Research Consultant for the Office of the Vice Provost for Educational Inclusion and Diversity, and in associate researcher positions at the Project on Academic Success, Center for Postsecondary Research at Indiana University. Dr. Li’s general areas of scholarship are education policy and law, and comparative education policy. Dr. Li has published over 40 articles, monographs and book chapters. 
 
Eryong Xue, Ph.D., Changjiang Scholar of Ministry of Education, is Professor at the China Institute of Education and Social Development, Faculty of Education, Beijing Normal University, where he serves as Chief Scholar from the Ministry of Education of the Education Thoughts of President Xi Jinping. His research interestsinclude education policy and law, comparative education policy and equality of education. He has published over 160 articles, monographs, reports and policy briefs in these areas.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Compulsory Education Policy in China

  • Book Subtitle: Concept and Practice

  • Authors: Jian Li, Eryong Xue

  • Series Title: Exploring Education Policy in a Globalized World: Concepts, Contexts, and Practices

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-33-6358-8

  • Publisher: Springer Singapore

  • eBook Packages: Education, Education (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2021

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-981-33-6357-1Published: 14 January 2021

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-981-33-6360-1Published: 14 January 2022

  • eBook ISBN: 978-981-33-6358-8Published: 13 January 2021

  • Series ISSN: 2730-6356

  • Series E-ISSN: 2730-6364

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XX, 173

  • Number of Illustrations: 1 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Educational Policy and Politics, Education Policy, Education, general

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