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How Was Teaching Thinking Adopted and Diffused in Chinese Primary Schools? A Qualitative Study from Principals' Perspectives
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Zhao, Guoqing; Long, Taotao; Zhao, Rongchi; Yang, Xuanyang; Zhang, Xiangling; Hyerle, David – Asia Pacific Journal of Education, 2023
This study aimed at gaining an in-depth understanding of how "teaching thinking" was adopted and diffused as an instructional innovation in primary schools from principals' perspectives. Using Rogers' Diffusion of Innovation (DOI) theory as a theoretical lens, one-on-one semi-structured interviews were conducted with eight Chinese…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Elementary Education, Thinking Skills, Educational Change
Agency in Meso-Level Language Policy Planning in the Face of Macro-Level Policy Shifts: A Case Study of Multilingual Education in a Chinese Tertiary Institution
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Chen, Xiuwen; Tao, Jian; Zhao, Ke – Current Issues in Language Planning, 2021
In contrast to the waning interest in learning languages other than English (LOTEs) worldwide, mainland China is pursuing to diversify LOTE education because of the 'Belt and Road Initiative.' In response to language policy shifts, individual stakeholders in local contexts such as universities have to take actions to initiate LOTE programs or…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Multilingualism, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Analysis of Teacher Attrition
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Changying, Wang – Chinese Education and Society, 2007
Ever since reform, opening up, and the development of the market economy, teacher attrition has reached an alarming proportion. In Liaoning province, more than 6,300 or 50 percent of the teachers either took early retirement or changed careers between 1979 and 1985. As a result, secondary and elementary schools in some regions have not been able…
Descriptors: Teacher Effectiveness, Teacher Persistence, Educational Quality, Educational Change
Case Study of the Establishment of and Appointment to Teaching Posts: Study of an Institution of Higher Education Directly under the Ministry of Education
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Yong, Qin – Chinese Education and Society, 2005
This institution of higher education directly under the Ministry of Education was one of the first in China to undertake reforms in the recruitment of teachers. Although these reforms were instrumental in the school's development, questions remain that merit serious consideration. The basics of establishing and evaluating positions have now taken…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Case Studies, Teaching (Occupation), Colleges
The Position and Role of Vocational Universities in the Vocational/Technical Educational System.
Zhang, Weizhi – Chinese Education: A Journal of Translations, 1991
Discusses the development of vocational schools in China. Attributes the slow growth of technical education to government interest. Defines the primary problem as a shortage of good teachers. Suggests that regular universities adjust their specialities and that vocational schools recruit retired professionals and set up teacher training programs.…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Teacher Education
Teacher Training in China: A Case Study of the Foreign Languages Department of Peking Teachers' Training College.
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Chan, Sylvia; Price, R. F. – Comparative Education, 1978
The PTTC (Peking Teachers' Training College) was set up in 1954 to train secondary school teachers. The authors investigate the recruiting and training of future teachers both before and after the GPCR (Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution) to determine whether the GPCR brought about any significant change in Chinese education. (KC)
Descriptors: Case Studies, Educational Change, Educational Quality, Foreign Countries