ERIC Number: EJ1020444
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2013
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China's Quest for World-Class Teachers: A Rational Model of National Initiatives and Institutional Transformations
Li, Jun
Asia-Pacific Journal of Teacher Education, v41 n3 p316-330 2013
Teacher education has been undergoing significant transformations worldwide in recent decades, and China has made continuous efforts in its quest for world-class teachers. This paper aims at a comprehensive investigation of the complex policy process in China's national initiatives to nurture a world-class teaching force, with qualitative findings from a case study. It focuses on policy initiatives in China's unique sociocultural context, system transformations and developmental challenges from a rational prospective. Meanwhile, the challenges of institutional change and the limitations to change are examined within two frames -- the contextually less amenable to change and the institutionally remediable. Policy implications for teacher education reform in the future are illustrated within these two frames. Lastly, this paper concludes that, along with its rising status, in terms of excellence in educational performance and students' academic achievement as shown in PISA 2009, China provides an alternative model for building a world-class teaching force and this may have multiple implications for the international community in an age of globalisation.
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Teacher Education, Educational Change, Educational Policy, Educational Testing, Teacher Effectiveness, Educational History, Interviews, Case Studies, Institutional Mission, Academic Degrees, Labor Force, Educational Strategies, Program Implementation, Administrative Organization, Content Analysis, Educational Assessment, Institutional Evaluation
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: China
Identifiers - Assessments and Surveys: Program for International Student Assessment
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