From Teach for America to Teach for China - Global Teacher Education Reform and Equity in Education

List of contents

Acknowledgements Part One – Teach For America, Teach For All and Teach For China 1. Chapter One: Introduction 2. Chapter Two: Teach For America, Teach For All and Global Policy Networks 3. Chapter Three: The Development of Teach For China Part Two - Teach For China and Educational Equity 4. Chapter Four: Teach For China as a Response to Teacher Shortage 5. Chapter Five: Espoused and Practiced Conceptions of Quality Education in Teach For China Part Three - Teach For China and Public Participation in Education 6. Chapter Six: Engaging Public Participation on the Macro Level: Inclusive Representation in Teach For China 7. Chapter Seven: Engaging Public Participation on the Micro Level: Individual Fellows and Local Communities 8. Chapter Eight: Conclusion Appendix I: Research Methods Appendix II: Protocol for Interviews with Fellows Index 

About the author

Sara Lam is an assistant professor of education at the University of Minnesota, Morris. Her research and teaching focus on educational equity and democratic participation in education in rural areas of China and the United States. She is a co-founder and board member of the Rural China Education Foundation.

Summary

This book examines the role of Teach For China in addressing educational equity and expanding public participation in education. The author uses the case of Teach For China to explore the broader theme of the mobility of education models between contexts characterized by neoliberalism and those characterized by strong state control.

Product details

• Authors: Lam, Sara Lam, Sara (University of Minnesota Morris Lam
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.12.2019
• EAN: 9781138325364
• ISBN: 978-1-138-32536-4
• No. of pages: 186
• Series: Politics of Education in Asia
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > General, dictionaries; EDUCATION / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Regional Studies, EDUCATION / Educational Policy & Reform / General, EDUCATION / Administration / Elementary & Secondary, EDUCATION / Multicultural Education, Politics & government, Philosophy & theory of education, Educational strategies & policy, Politics and government, Philosophy and theory of education, Educational strategies and policy