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Xu, Shuqin – Journal of Curriculum Studies, 2021
This study employs textbooks and legitimacy theories to examine the complexity of legitimizing China's textbook reform, planned since 2012, for three ideologically-laden subjects (Chinese language, History, and Morality and Law). Specifically, it explores why, to whom, and how China's Ministry of Education legitimized this textbook reform, which…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Textbooks, Textbook Content, Educational Change
Sheng, Xiaoming – Educational Review, 2019
Home education, in particular Confucian home education, has been increasing steadily in China over the past decades. However, research relating to home-schooling families has largely been ignored. In particular, the literature grounded in empirical study and focusing on the development of Confucian home education is negligible in the educational…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Confucianism, Home Schooling, Cultural Influences
Li, Xinying; Deocampo, Marilyn Fernandez – Arab World English Journal, 2021
It is generally known that textbook is the first and the most vital tool for teachers to proceed with successful English language teaching activities. Hence, it is indispensable for all language teachers to evaluate books critically and choose a suitable textbook. This article aimed to explore the different features of two famous college English…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, English (Second Language)
Lei, Wanrong; Soontornwipast, Kittitouch – Arab World English Journal, 2020
With the rising interest in the Intercultural Communicative Competence (ICC) in language teaching, evaluating the ICC attributes in EFL textbooks is becoming a great concern. This study aimed to find out the evaluation criteria for the ICC attributes in EFL textbooks generated from the literature and from EFL experts, and then construct an…
Descriptors: Communicative Competence (Languages), English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Wang, J.; Lu, X. – ZDM: The International Journal on Mathematics Education, 2018
As a component of the ongoing development of the mathematics curriculum in China, we compare the country's high school mathematics textbooks with those of several other countries. We base our analysis on the assumption that textbooks, as primary printed teaching resources, are key tools for interpreting educational policy. In this paper, we…
Descriptors: Secondary School Mathematics, Textbooks, Comparative Analysis, Foreign Countries
Dali, Ning – Education Quarterly Reviews, 2019
The selection of an appropriate textbook has always been a great concern of teachers and students. Frameworks for the evaluation of textbook in previous researches are too complex to help a quick decision. This paper firstly gives an account of Chinese students' needs in learning EAP [English for academic purposes]. It then proposes a framework…
Descriptors: Textbook Content, Textbook Selection, Textbook Preparation, English for Academic Purposes
Zhao, Decheng; Wang, Luhuan – Best Evidence in Chinese Education, 2020
Improving the school governance structure and establishing a modern school system are the current research focuses in elementary and middle school management. Through a comparative analysis of the school governance structure of four provinces and cities in China (Beijing-Shanghai-Jiangsu-Guangdong, BSJG) and PISA2015 high-scored…
Descriptors: Governance, School Administration, Elementary Schools, Middle Schools
Peng, Hui – English Language Teaching, 2016
This study, carried out at a major technological university in China and based on a convenience sample of 116 students, is designed to identify which aspects of their classroom environments had the greatest effect on the students. Students completed a 26-item questionnaire which elicited general as well as specific views on the EFL classroom…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Geng, Lihua – International Education Studies, 2011
Textbook management in universities is an integral component of teaching management. With gradual development of university education teaching, textbook management in China universities can no longer keep pace with the steps of the teaching management, and the work of textbook management is faced up with new challenges. This article makes an…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Textbook Evaluation, Textbook Selection, Educational Technology
Li, Juan – Advances in Language and Literary Studies, 2014
Needs Analysis is a valuable and irreplaceable tool in the curriculum design of Business English courses. It ensures a focused and efficient curriculum design responsive to the learners' needs. This paper analyses the needs of Business English undergraduates and the information obtained may offer some helpful suggestions to the setting of the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Needs Assessment, Business English, English (Second Language)

Ding, Daniel; Jablonski, John – Technical Communication: Journal of the Society for Technical Communication, 2001
Relates the authors' experience teaching technical writing for two weeks at Suzhou University in China. Discusses activities; examines four technical writing textbooks purchased there; and offers suggestions about how technical communication might be established as a separate academic discipline in Chinese universities. Discusses technical…
Descriptors: Course Descriptions, Cultural Differences, Culture Contact, English (Second Language)

Morris, Paul – Journal of Curriculum Studies, 1988
Analyzes the impact on secondary school curriculum of Hong Kong's return to Chinese sovereignty. States that changes will be influenced through curriculum controls including: providing curriculum-wide guidelines, selecting range and content of subjects, and selecting textbooks. Concludes that state bureaucracy plays a critical role in the…
Descriptors: Colonialism, Curriculum Development, Developing Nations, Educational Change