China's basic education reform: an account of an international collaborative research and development project
| Autor: | Gaalen Erickson, Changyun Kang, Ian Mitchell, Janette Maree Ryan |
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| Rok vydání: | 2009 |
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| Zdroj: | Asia Pacific Journal of Education. 29:427-441 |
| ISSN: | 1742-6855 0218-8791 |
| DOI: | 10.1080/02188790903308902 |
| Popis: | The current round of basic education curriculum reform in China is considered by many to be the most radical and wide-reaching. However, very little is known about education reform at the school level. Here we document and discuss some of the challenges and opportunities that the reform programme is providing for teachers and schools. We describe the progress to date of an international collaborative research and development project involving teachers, school and district leaders from different regions in China working with Chinese, Canadian and Australian academics on changing teacher practices through “professional learning communities”. This model draws on the success of such communities in Australia and Canada in bringing about substantial teacher development. In this article, we explore the mobility of ideas about teacher professional development and student learning across cultural systems. We provide an insight into how Chinese educators have developed “hybrid models” of teaching and learning and t... |
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