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Yan, Pong Wing; Chow, Jeffrey C. S. – Teaching and Teacher Education, 2002
Describes the pressures exerted on Hong Kong students by the examination system, discussing the historical background, function, and nature of examinations in Hong Kong and explaining that the Chinese examination experience is different from the contemporary emphasis on examination in North American schools. Writings by Hong Kong students and…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries, Higher Education, National Curriculum
Wan, Guofang – 1998
This article draws on postmodern curriculum theories to present a critical analysis of the drastic curriculum changes that took place in China during its Cultural Revolution (1966-1976). It is hoped that a postmodern perspective will shed some light on why the educational reforms failed during this period. The text examines both sides of the…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Educational Environment, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries
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Tsui, Ming – Education and Urban Society, 2005
Using standardized tests and surveys of eighth graders in China and the United States, this study explores the relationships among family income, parenting, home environment, and mathematics achievement. Focusing on Chinese only children and American children with no more than one sibling, the study found that the mathematics achievement of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Grade 8, Secondary School Mathematics, Family Environment
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Jones, Alisa – International Journal of Educational Research, 2002
In post-Mao China, wide-ranging reform programmes have affected almost every sphere of life. History education has been no exception, and in addition to attempts to revise teaching, learning and assessment methods, there have been preliminary forays into textbook pluralism and gradual devolution of curriculum development. History education…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Educational Change, Foreign Countries, Methods
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Jin, Lixian; Cortazzi, Martin – Language, Culture and Curriculum, 2006
This paper analyses some changing aspects of learning and "cultures of learning" in China: these are related to meeting the needs of Chinese learners studying in higher education in the UK. We use the term "cultures of learning" to draw attention to the socio-cultural aspects of key practices, expectations and interpretations…
Descriptors: National Curriculum, Prior Learning, Foreign Countries, English (Second Language)
Bush, Tony; Coleman, Marianne; Xiaohong, Si – Compare, 1998
Explores how secondary schools in China are managed using the results from case studies at three schools in the Shaanxi province while simultaneously comparing the findings to schools in Britain. Addresses the structure of the schools, the principal's role, the school's decision-making, and management techniques for the curriculum, finance, and…
Descriptors: Admission (School), Career Development, Case Studies, Decision Making
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An, Shuhua – International Journal of Educational Reform, 2000
Under traditional Confucianism, China's school system became authoritarian, rigid, and undemocratic. In recent decades, China had one national curriculum and one unified set of textbooks. Now, text publication is more varied, curriculum planning and writing is becoming more democratic, and Western ideas are incorporated to spur economic…
Descriptors: Authoritarianism, Centralization, Democratic Values, Economic Factors
Chi-chung, Lam; Yun-peng, Ma; Ngai-ying, Wong – 1999
Chinese researchers investigated how mathematics teachers in two elementary schools in northeast China adapted the national curriculum. One school was in a very poor, mountainous area, and the other school was in a very large city. Both used the national curriculum and the same set of teaching materials. Researchers used ethnographic methods to…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Curriculum Development, Elementary Education, Elementary School Mathematics
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