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This book ambitiously presents the current directions and goals of the Chinese idea of modernization in education. Searching for a neutral way to understand educational reform and policy-making in the midst of many different theories in the field, the authors combine the theories of ecology, regional studies, and educational philosophy to focus on the hot topics relating to the current problems in Chinese education. In addition to the theory of education, it offers an interdisciplinary approach to educational policy and administration, including perspectives from history, evaluation and (big) data processing, modernization, planning-making, curriculum and teaching, element analysis etc. within or beyond the limits of education.
This book is a valuable resource for policy-makers and administrators as well as teachers and students majoring in education or related fields. It is also beneficial to those interested in interdisciplinary approaches to educational theory studies and regional studies in education, and practitioners in schools and higher education institutes as well as anyone wanting insights into Chinese education from the perspective of regional studies.
Liu Guihua, PhD in Education, Professor, Vice-President of the National Institute of Education Sciences (NIES). His research areas include education administration, educational ecology, educational development strategies and higher education.He has published more than 100 papers in Educational Research, International and Comparative Education, and Curriculum, Teaching Material and Method, and more than 12 monographs, including: On the nine quality problems of education research projects (in Educational Research, 2015, No. 9); The mission and responsibility of education research (in Educational Research, 2018, No. 9); Comprehensive Regional Reform: the Transformation and Breakthrough in China's Educational Reform (2015); and Research on Breakthroughs in "Double First Class" Construction Project (2020). He has led more than 20 research programs, such as the National Key Projects of Education Sciences Planning, China Postdoctoral Science Foundation project, Chinese Fund for the Humanities and Social Sciences project, NIES Public Welfare Fund programs, etc. He won the second prize in the 4th National Outstanding Educational Scientific Research Achievements, the first prize in the Provincial Philosophy and Social Science Research Achievements, and the second prize in the Provincial Teaching Research Achievements. He also won the titles of provincial ministerial "management and cultivate" advanced individual and "excellent teacher". He is a member of the China Association of Higher Education and Vice President of the Regional Education Professional Committee of the Chinese Society of Educational Development Strategy.
Wang Xiaofei, PhD in Education, Professor, General Director of the Scientific Research Administration, National Institute of Education Sciences (NIES). His research areas include basic theory of education, comparative education and education administration.He has published nearly 100 papers in core journals such as Educational Research and International and Comparative Education, and more than 10 monographs, translations and textbooks, including: Pilot research on models of practices in citizenship education--a comparative study on experiences from the systems in 6 countries (in Educational Research, No. 10, 2015) and A Research Report on the Characteristic Development of General High Schools (2013). He has led more than 10 national and institution-level research programs, e.g. a study on the community-oriented civic education practice model and another on the development of the characteristics of general high schools. He won the prize in the National Award for Outstanding Achievement in Educational Scientific Research, in the University Award for Outstanding Achievement in Scientific Research, in the Mingyuan Education Award (Research Category), and in the Qian Xuesen Urban Research Gold Medal. He is also the Secretary-General of the Academic Council of NIES and the Executive Director of the Regional Education Professional Committee of the Chinese Society of Educational Development Strategy.
