Educational Development in Western China

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-vi

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2. Educational Development in Western China

   • John Chi-Kin Lee, Zeyuan Yu, Xianhan Huang, Edmond Hau-Fai Law

   Pages 1-20

3. Review of the Pressing Research Issues on West of China’s Ethnic Minority Education2

   • Jian Wang

   Pages 21-35

4. Development of What, for What, and for Whom?

   • Stephen A. Bahry

   Pages 37-76

5. Gender Inequality and Ethnicity

   • Yanbi Hong

   Pages 77-96

6. The Welfare and Education of Left-Behind Children in Western China

   • Bernadette Robinson

   Pages 97-119

7. The Pathways to Higher Education for Ethnic Minorities in China are Not Easy

   • Jef C. Verhoeven, Jianxin Zhang

   Pages 121-135

8. A Glimpse of Quality and Equity Issues in Education in West China

   • Ju Huang, Shijing Xu

   Pages 137-161

9. Reluctant to Serve their Hometowns and Country

   • Timothy A. Grose

   Pages 163-175

10. Developing Trilingual Education in Western China

    • Eric Johnson, Ma Fu, Bob Adamson

    Pages 177-189

11. Innovation and Change in English Teaching in the Western Provinces of China

    • Daguo Li, Xiaorong Zhang, Viv Edwards

    Pages 191-215

12. Deciphering Difference

    • Mary Ann Maslak

    Pages 217-232

13. Intentions and Influences of Teachers’ School Based Curriculum Development in Primary and Secondary Schools in Northwest China

    • Mingren Zhao, Chenzhi Li, Edmond Hau-Fai Law

    Pages 233-245

14. Research on Mathematics Teaching Experiment of “Situated Creation and Problem-based Instruction” in Midle and Primary Schools

    • Xiaogang Xia, Chuanhan Lv, Bingyi Wang, Yunming Song

    Pages 247-260

15. Teacher Commitment in Northwest China

    • Xianhan Huang, John Chi-Kin Lee, Zhonghua Zhang, Jian Wang

    Pages 261-275

16. Challenges and Insights of Early Childhood Education in West China

    • Xiaoping Yang, Min Li, Shanan Wang

    Pages 277-300

17. Development of Special and Inclusive Education in Western China

    • Meng Deng, Kim Fong Poon-Mcbrayer

    Pages 301-309

18. Changing University Governance

    • Manhong Lai, Linlin Li, Ping Du

    Pages 311-324

19. The Contribution of International Aid to the Development of Basic Education in Western China

    • Bernadette Robinson

    Pages 325-346

In 2000, the “Western Development” plan of the Chinese Mainland attracted attention of educators and policy makers. Around that period, the Chinese government also launched large scale and systemic curriculum reforms in basic education and secondary education in achieving quality education across the vast country. Despite significant progress that has been made in educational investments and attainments in China, issues of quality and regional disparities across China remain, especially in the less developed, western part of China where the significance of ethnic diversity, urban-rural disparity and variations in school development exists. In addition, there have been entrenched problems of teacher and teaching quality, resources inadequacy and ‘left-behind’ children. Written by a group of Chinese and international scholars, the book provides an updated analysis and discussion of educational development and related issues in the less developed part of Western China. These chapterscover broad contextual issues of educational development and reforms, issues of quality and equality in different sectors of education, as well as curriculum implementation, teaching innovations and professional development of teachers.

• China
• Quality
• Educational Development
• Equity
• Regional balance

• The Hong Kong Institute of Education, Hong Kong, China

  John Chi-Kin Lee, Edmond Hau-Fai Law

• Southwest University, Chongqing, China

  Zeyuan Yu

• The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China

  Xianhan Huang

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