Educational Policy Borrowing in China - 9781138576032

Taylor & Francis

For over a decade, Mainland China has been embarking on an ambitious nation-wide education reform ('New Curriculum Reform') for its basic education. The reform reflects China\u2019s propensity to borrow selected educational policies from elsewhere, particularly North America and Europe. Chinese scholars have used a local proverb \""the West wind has overpowered the East wind\"" to describe this phenomenon of \u2018looking West\u2019.\n\nBut what do we mean by educational policy borrowing from the West?\n--What are the educational policies in China's new curriculum reform that are perceived to be borrowed from the West? \n--To what extent have the borrowed educational policies in China's new curriculum reform been accepted, modified, and rejected by the various educational stakeholders?\n\n--How does culture influence the various educational stakeholders in China in interpreting and mediating educational policy borrowing from the West? \n--How do the findings of this study on China\u201.