Inequality in Public School Admission in Urban China: Discourses, Practices And New Solutions (1st ed. 2018) (Education in the Asia-Pacific Region: Issues, Concerns and Prospects #43)
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- Synopsis
- This book explores and interprets discourses and practices in school admissions to public lower secondary education in urban China by utilizing a discourse analysis approach and a case study method. It identifies continuities and changes in discourses shaped by diverse forces in public lower secondary school admissions in the context of China’s social transformation from a profit-driven society to a more equitable society, and elucidates the power relationships among stakeholders in public school admissions by analysing their interplay in the process. More importantly, it exposes how current socio-economic, institutional and educational systems are shaping the engagement of stakeholders in the public school admissions process. It also presents some on-going projects intended to yield new policies and practices for more equitable public secondary education in China in the development stage of the post-2015.
- Copyright:
- 2018
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- Publisher Quality
- ISBN-13:
- 9789811087189
- Related ISBNs:
- 9789811087172
- Publisher:
- Springer Singapore, Singapore
- Date of Addition:
- 10/28/18
- Copyrighted By:
- Springer Singapore, Singapore
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- English
- Has Image Descriptions:
- No
- Categories:
- Nonfiction, Education, Philosophy, Politics and Government, Sociology
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- Bookshare Staff
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- This is a copyrighted book.
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