Chinese Education in a Changing Global Landscape - Projects, Policies and Practices From Schools to Universities

This book offers a nuanced and research-based, critical account of the current status of Chinese education at differing levels within China, in the context of its position on the global economic and political stage.

List of contents

Introduction Overview of Book Part 1: Education, China and International Relations 1. Rethinking the EU - China cooperation in higher education: Bilateral responses to global change 2. Assessing the implementation of China's educational policies in higher education institutions in the context of global expansion 3. From Confucius Institute to Luban Workshop: China's evolving education policies in Africa Part 2: Chinese education facing global uncertainties and competition 4. Deciphering 'Chinese characteristics': Insights from 'the China Discipline Evaluation of Chinese characteristics' and its implications 5. Marginalised 'nation-builders': The effects of the combination of nationalism and neoliberalism in China on rural and urban students in English language education at the compulsory education stage 6. Reflections on an innovative science teachers' education programme in China Part 3: Addressing global to local in Chinese classrooms 7. Tong Ke Yi Gou: A localised form of teacher inquiry in China 8. Three approaches to education for international understanding in Chinese schools 9. International understanding through curriculum design: New practice from an experimental international school in Guangdong Part 4: Teaching and researching in international education on Chinese campuses 10. The teaching of comparative education in China: Development, challenges and future trends 11. The current status, issues, and trends of comparative education research in Beijing institutions from 2013 to 2023 12. Promoting international understanding in China: University English language teachers' dilemmas and voices

About the author

Tingting Yuan is a researcher and lecturer at the School of Education, University of Nottingham, UK.
Catherine Simon is a Visiting Research Fellow and Teaching Fellow at Bath Spa University, UK and an Education Studies consultant in Higher Education.

Product details

• Authors: Tingting (University of Nottingham Yuan
• Assisted by: Simon Catherine (Editor), Tingting Yuan (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Release: 30.09.2025
• EAN: 9781032820521
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3282052-1
• No. of pages: 172
• Series: Routledge New and Critical Studies in Education
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Geography; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; China, EDUCATION / General, Anthropology, EDUCATION / Comparative, Politics & government, teacher training, Regional Studies, Philosophy & theory of education, Educational strategies & policy, Politics and government, Regional / International studies, Philosophy and theory of education, Teaching of a specific subject, Schools, Schools and pre-schools, Educational strategies and policy