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Record Nr.

UNINA9910299532403321

Autore

Liu Jing

Titolo

Inequality in Public School Admission in Urban China : Discourses, Practices and New Solutions / / by Jing Liu

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Singapore : , : Springer Nature Singapore : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2018

ISBN

9789811087189

9811087180

Edizione

[1st ed. 2018.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (XXI, 221 p. 13 illus.)

Collana

Education in the Asia-Pacific Region: Issues, Concerns and Prospects, , 2214-9791 ; ; 43

Disciplina

370.116

370.9

Soggetti

International education

Comparative education

Education and state

Educational sociology

International and Comparative Education

Educational Policy and Politics

Sociology of Education

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

Chapter 1 Introduction -- Chapter 2 A Critical Definition of Zexiao -- Chapter 3 Public Discourses on Zexiao -- Chapter 4 Where there is a policy, there is a countermeasure -- Chapter 5 The Key Schools and Zexiao -- Chapter 6 Competition of Family Background with Local Characteristics -- Chapter 7 Admission to Public Lower Secondary Schools as Social Closures -- Chapter 8 New Solutions for Zexiao -- Chapter 9 Conclusion.

Sommario/riassunto

This book explores and interprets discourses and practices in school admissions to public lower secondary education in urban China by utilizing a discourse analysis approach and a case study method. It identifies continuities and changes in discourses shaped by diverse forces in public lower secondary school admissions in the context of China’s social transformation from a profit-driven society to a more equitable society, and elucidates the power relationships among



stakeholders in public school admissions by analysing their interplay in the process. More importantly, it exposes how current socio-economic, institutional and educational systems are shaping the engagement of stakeholders in the public school admissions process. It also presents some on-going projects intended to yield new policies and practices for more equitable public secondary education in China in the development stage of the post-2015.