Efforts beginning in the 1990s to raise the qualifications and quality of China's teachers have
brought about new regulations, standards and systems of accountability. Reflecing broader …

The system and structure of teacher education in Mainland China (hereafter referred to as
China) were modeled on those of the former Soviet Union. The Soviet system was based on …

For more than 20 years the People's Republic of China has engaged in a significant
transformation of its economy and social institutions, including its education system. This …

This article offers a critical review of the impact of policy-induced changes on school
teachers in the Chinese Mainland where educational reform has been an ongoing project …

This paper adopts an inductive analytical approach to reviewing the major state policies to
reform teacher education in China. Based on the perceived impact on teachers and teacher …

This article proposes a conceptual framework to examine the development of the teacher
education system in contemporary China. Within the framework, three development periods …

The current round of basic education curriculum reform in China is considered by many to
be the most radical and wide-reaching. However, very little is known about education reform …

In China, a country with a history of thousands of years, formal teacher education is less than
a hundred years old (Tan, Zhuang & Wendel, 1985). In the last fifteen years, however …

This report offers an insider's perspective into the world-leading Shanghai education system.
After more than 40 years of reconstruction and reform, education in Shanghai has achieved …

Beginning in the 1990s, the education departments of Hong Kong and Shanghai began to
actively initiate reform with a focus on the quality of education. In reviewing the …