ERIC Number: EJ1041831
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2014-Sep
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Teacher Professionalism under the Recent Reform of Performance Pay in Mainland China
Wang, Lijia; Lai, Manhong; Lo, Leslie Nai-Kwai
Prospects: Quarterly Review of Comparative Education, v44 n3 p429-443 Sep 2014
In 2009, a reform in teachers' pay, linking remuneration to performance, was implemented in China. The intention was to improve the quality of education by making teachers more diligent and creative and removing the inequality in pay between teachers in different schools. A review of this reform reveals that it has resolved the problem of inequality between teachers working in different schools but has created a new inequality: between teachers within the same schools. Also, the performance evaluation, based mostly on quantitative data such as student test scores, has led to teachers formalising their work and adopting an approach of "compliant professionalism". Teachers' workloads have increased, and only teachers who perform well on empirical performance indicators are given opportunities for professional development and remuneration. The findings suggest that a focus on teaching and on teachers' autonomy is needed to achieve the goal of improving the quality of education.
Descriptors: Professional Identity, Merit Pay, Educational Change, Comparable Worth, Compensation (Remuneration), Salary Wage Differentials, Teacher Salaries, Social Justice, Educational Quality, Teacher Evaluation, Faculty Workload, Professional Autonomy, Teaching (Occupation), Teacher Effectiveness, Educational Policy, Audits (Verification), Educational Practices, Foreign Countries, Accountability, Incentive Grants, Educational Improvement
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: China
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