Introduction Disclose the Mysteries of Chinese School.- Part I Principals of Chinese School.- The Selection of Principals in Chinese Primary and Secondary School.- One Day of A Chinese Principal.- Creative Leadership of Outstanding Principals in Chinese Primary and Secondary School.- Part II Teachers of Chinese School.- Images of Teachers in Chinese Society.- One Day of Chinese Head Teachers.- Pursuing meaningful teaching: Teaching and Scientific Research of Chinese Teachers.- Part III Students of Chinese School.- One Day of Chinese Students.- Cultivation of Chinese Students’ Collective Identity.- Chinese Students’ Experience of the University Entrance Examination.- Part IV Parents of Chinese School.- Parenting Style and Educational Philosophy of Chinese Parents.- One Day of Chinese Parents.- The Hardly School-Choice Process of Chinese Parents.- Part V School organizations of Chinese School.- Chinese High-quality Schools: the Model Senior High School.- The Innovation of Chinese School Organizations: Reform of Educational Collectivization.- The New Model of Chinese School Improvement Process: Relying on the School Culture Construction.- The Epilogue.
Professor. GU Mingyuan, the distinguished professor at Beijing
Normal University and a member of the National Education Advisory
Committee, as well as the Emeritus President of the Chinese Society
of Education, is one of the founders of comparative education in
China. For 60 years he has adhered to the principle of "Based on
China and Broaden Eyes to the Whole World" and is active in
education research. He successively finished more than 600 articles
and 40 books. Significant works include LU Xun’s Educational
Thoughts and Practices (published in both Chinese and Japanese),
Comparative Education, The Cyclopedia of Education, Education in
the USSR After World War II, National Cultural Traditions and
Education Modernization, Education in China and Abroad: Perspective
from a Lifetime in Comparative Education, Cultural Foundations of
Chinese Education, Chinese Education Encyclopedia, and etc.
Professor Gu Mingyuan has not only made great achievements in
educational theory but also has hada significant impact in the
field of educational practice. He participated in and witnessed
almost all of the major education reforms in the 60 years since the
founding of the New China, while persistently spreading the love of
education throughout the country. He actively participated in
international academic exchange and cooperation and achieved great
achievements in teaching, research and social service. His
outstanding contributions achieved a high degree of recognition in
both domestic and foreign academic circles. In 2001 he received an
honorary Doctorate of Education from the Hong Kong Institute of
Education, and was named Honorary Professor by the Teachers College
of Columbia University in 2008. In 2009 he received honorary
doctorate degrees from both the University of Macau and Soka
University of Japan. In 2014 Professor Gu was awarded the Lifetime
Achievement Award by the Wu Yuzhang Foundation, the most
influential award in the field of social science in China.
Dr. Ma Jiansheng, professor of comparative education in IICE, also
serves as director of Graduate Education Research Center in BNU. He
received his PhD in Comparative Education from Beijing Normal
University. His main research interests include principles of
education, comparative education, and educational policy. He
published more than 20 books and over 100 articles in the field of
higher education, internationalization of education and etc. His
academic achievement was highly recognized by the academy and was
awarded the second prize in the 10th, 11thand 12thBeijing
Outstanding Award in Philosophy and Social Sciences, the second and
third prize respectively in the 8th and 7th Liaoning Outstanding
Award in Philosophy and Social Sciences. He is also a wonderful
teacher and won the second prize of the 8th Huo Yingdong Education
Fund Youth Teacher Award, the second prize of the National Teaching
Achievement and the first prize of the Beijing Outstanding
Education and Teaching Award. In 2010, he was named one of the most
recognized teachers in Beijing higher education institutions. In
2013, he won the BaoGang Excellent Teacher Award.
Dr Teng Jun serves as an associate professor, deputy director of
Institute of International and Comparative Education, Beijing
Normal University, and also teaches at Teachers College, Columbia
University as an adjunct associate professor. She engaged in
comparative education research for quite a long time. Her research
area mainly focuses on international organizations and global
education governance, international education, development studies
in education, 21st century skills and global competences. She has
quite rich research experiences in more than 20 national key
research projects, and publishes more than 60 papers in peer review
journals. Besides, as a comparative education scholar, she also
devotes herself to various international education exchanges and
cooperation efforts to promote mutual understanding and better
communication between China and international community.
“The book illustrates the highly structured nature of Chinese schools and gives detailed information on exam-oriented education … . This book is a fascinating read for those interested in the current situation and characteristics of the Chinese school system at basic education level.” (Kenglin LAI and Jing LIN, Frontiers of Education in China, Vol. 12 (3), 2017)
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