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Policy and Practice in the Quality Evaluation of Kindergarten Education
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Liu, Hao – Chinese Education & Society, 2021
There is a growing emphasis on accountability in the management of preschool education across the world. It has become common practice in many countries to evaluate kindergartens to monitor and ensure their quality. The Chinese government has been implementing the policy of evaluating kindergartens for 30 years. It mainly involves assessing…
Descriptors: Educational Policy, Educational Practices, Kindergarten, Foreign Countries
Intergovernmental Relations in the Educational Management System of Rural Preschool in China: Policy Evolution and Future Development
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Li, Lin; Sha, Li; Fang, Junjun; Xiong, Cancan – Chinese Education & Society, 2021
Intergovernmental Relations are conventionally defined as important interactions between governmental units of all types and levels. In the process of universalization of rural preschool education, intergovernmental relations act as an increasingly significant role in facilitating the operating mechanism of vertical institutions at national,…
Descriptors: Preschool Education, Rural Education, Educational Administration, Government Role
Institutional Logic of University Governance Reform in China
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Guangli, Zhou – Chinese Education & Society, 2020
Policy changes are dependent on institutional logic. As they are analogies shared by a group, when metaphors for universities change, they ultimately promote changes to university governance models as well. Taking analogies into account, university reforms have proceeded while revolving around the metaphors of the university as government and the…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Educational Policy, Figurative Language, Language Usage
Chinese Teachers as Intellectuals: Tracing the Ancient Roots of Collective Teaching Study in China from Sociality to Individuality
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Zhang, Liyong; Wang, Jianjun; Chen, Licui – Chinese Education & Society, 2020
Collective teaching study for teachers in Chinese primary and secondary schools plays an important role in promoting the quality of basic education, and is a major characteristic of Chinese education. This paper looks at the collective study of teaching by Chinese teachers as a product of the historical and cultural traditions particular to China,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Elementary Secondary Education, Cultural Influences, Educational History
State Power, Symbolic Capital, and the Hierarchy and Homogeneity of Higher Education in China: In the Example of Three Key Universities Policies after the Founding of New China
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Xiaohong, Li – Chinese Education & Society, 2019
The structure of higher education in China is characterized by a high degree of hierarchy as well as strong homogeneity, differing from not only American higher education, which features a high degree of both hierarchy and heterogeneity, but also higher education in continental Europe, which exhibits a low degree of hierarchy. Previous studies…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Federal Government, Power Structure
The History, Features, and Prospects of the Chinese Style Teaching Research System
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Liang, Wei; Lu, Litao; Wang, Hongyao – Chinese Education & Society, 2020
The Chinese teaching research system was created, improved, and developed in response to the ongoing process of addressing issues and needs in teaching in China's primary and secondary education system. The teaching research system is an important and integral part of the Chinese approach to managing teaching. Its 70-year course of development can…
Descriptors: Teaching Styles, Teaching Methods, Elementary Secondary Education, Educational History