TY - BOOK ID - 33059528 TI - Private Education in China : Achievement and Challenge AU - Zhou, Haitao. AU - Liu, Qiang. AU - Tian, Jing. AU - Li, Qian. PY - 2018 SN - 9811044082 9811044090 PB - Singapore : Springer Singapore : Imprint: Springer, DB - UniCat KW - Private schools KW - Academies (Private schools) KW - Independent schools KW - Schools KW - Administration, Organization and Leadership. KW - Educational Policy and Politics. KW - Teaching and Teacher Education. KW - Learning & Instruction. KW - School management and organization. KW - School administration. KW - Educational policy. KW - Education and state. KW - Teaching. KW - Learning. KW - Instruction. KW - Administration, Educational KW - Educational administration KW - Inspection of schools KW - Operation policies, School KW - Policies, School operation KW - School administration KW - School inspection KW - School operation policies KW - School organization KW - Education KW - Management KW - Organization KW - Learning process KW - Comprehension KW - Didactics KW - Instruction KW - Pedagogy KW - School teaching KW - Schoolteaching KW - Instructional systems KW - Pedagogical content knowledge KW - Training KW - Education policy KW - Educational policy KW - State and education KW - Social policy KW - Endowment of research KW - Inspection KW - Management and organization KW - Government policy UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:33059528 AB - This book takes an in-depth look at the development of the private education sector in modern China. Readers will find valuable data and materials never before presented in such an accessible and transparent way, together with analyses of the major changes and challenges in the course of this development. The book is organized both chronologically and by topic: it employs a past-present-future order that unites the general arrangement; at the same time, each specific subject is approached historically, not only to show the origins of the problem, but also to link it with the historical-comparative context, in which the evaluation of alternative policy choices become highly viable. Further, the book provides a pioneering account of current problems, adopting a fresh perspective to address the most important aspects of Chinese private education reform. The elaboration on topics concerning private school assets, property rights, legal personality, school operators’ entrepreneurship, benefits and investment returns, school autonomy, and the development of teachers and students, is both empirically rich and highly insightful. The book’s content is chiefly derived from years of fieldwork in private schools and from extensive interviews with hundreds of policy makers, school operators, managers, teachers and students. Since these people are self-conscious about themselves as the actors in and witnesses to the development of Chinese private education over the past three decades, the book places great emphasis on neutrality, allowing the private education landscape to unfold in the context of the privatization of the socialist system after 1978. The book offers an essential guide for anyone who wishes to understand the transformation of Chinese education. It is highly recommendable as a detailed introduction to Chinese education, or as a resource for comparative research on private education from an international perspective. ER -