China's Education Reform

Current Issues and New Horizons

China's Education Reform: Current Issues and New Horizons collects important research findings of education studies on China conducted by the academics at East China Normal University (ECNU) in recent years. The book covers topics including the rebuilding of contemporary Chinese education reform, the breakthrough of China's pedagogy, problems facing the education reform, and the ecological orientation of education technology, among others.

This book is the fourth volume in the WSPC-ECNU Series on China. The WSPC-ECNU Series showcases the significant contributions to scholarship in social sciences and humanities studies about China. The Series is jointly launched by World Scientific Publishing, the most reputable English academic publisher in Asia, and ECNU, a top University in China with a long history of exchanges with the international academic community.

Contents:

• Interpreting 'What is Education' from the Perspective of Genes (Ye Lan)
• The Critique and Rebuilding of Contemporary Chinese Education Reform: Understandings and Reflections Based on Research on 'New Elementary Education' (Bu Yuhua)
• The Return and Breakthrough of China's Pedagogy (Liu Lianghua)
• To Generate and Translate Educational Resources in Class Life: On How Chinese Headteachers Promote Education (Li Jiacheng)
• Education Reform in China (Yuan Zhenguo)
• On Rebuilding the Soul of Education: Problems Facing Education Reform in Contemporary China and Reflections (Wu Zunmin)
• Regional Distribution Changes of Colleges and Universities in Mainland China: 1949–2012 (Jiang Chunjiao)
• Knowledge Production Mode and Technology Selection: The Ecological Orientation of Educational Technology Research (Ren Youqun et al.)
• On Essence of Apprenticeship and Its Enlightenment in China (Kuang Ying)
• A Study on the Peer Relationships of Students with Autism in Regular Classroom in Shanghai (He Huizhong et al.)
• The Occupational Status and Professional Development of Teachers in Schools for Migrant Workers' Children in Shanghai (Huang Zhongjing and Wang Ting)
• From Maker Movement to Maker Education: Cultivating a Culture of Mass Creativity (Zhu Zhiting and Luo Liang)
• Reform and Development of China's Preschool Education in the 21st Century (Guo Liping and Li Lin)
• Balance of Power and the Realization of Educational Equality (Qiu Weihua)
• 'A Paper University System' for the Migrant Workers: An Introduction to Demand and Supply of Higher Education for the Migrant Workers and Its Accreditation Systems (Li Minghua)
• Penetrating into Professional Development for Primary and Secondary School Teachers in China (Ding Gang)

Readership: Policymakers, academics, professionals, undergraduate and graduate students interested in China's education studies.