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Record Nr.

UNINA9910452967203321

Autore

Chen Shih-Wen

Titolo

Representations of China in British children's fiction, 1851-1911 / / by Shih-Wen Chen

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Boca Raton, FL : , : Routledge, an imprint of Taylor and Francis, , [2016]

©2013

ISBN

1-317-06604-9

1-317-06603-0

1-315-60543-0

1-4094-4736-7

1-299-18404-9

Edizione

[First edition.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (218 p.)

Collana

Ashgate Studies in Childhood, 1700 to the Present

Disciplina

823.009/9282

Soggetti

Children's stories, English - History and criticism

Chinese in literature

Electronic books.

China In literature

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

A kaleidoscope of knowledge: children, knowledge, and China in Victorian Britain -- Exploring the celestial kingdom: William Dalton and Anne Bowman's vision of China -- From comic trickster to brilliant detective: E.H. Burrage's "immortal" Ching-Ching -- Heroes and hostile hordes: representing the Taiping Rebellion (1850-1864) -- China against the Allies: interpreting the Boxer Uprising (1899-1901) -- Conclusion: Quilts and kaleidoscopes: visions of China in the literary imagination.

Sommario/riassunto

In her extensively researched exploration of China in British children’s literature, Shih-Wen Chen provides a sustained critique of the reductive dichotomies that have limited insight into the cultural and educative role these fictions played in disseminating ideas and knowledge about China. Chen considers a range of different genres and types of publication-travelogue storybooks, historical novels, adventure stories,



and periodicals-to demonstrate the diversity of images of China in the Victorian and Edwardian imagination. Turning a critical eye on popular and prolific writers such as Anne Bowman, William Dalton, Edwin Harcourt Burrage, Bessie Marchant, G.A. Henty, and Charles Gilson, Chen shows how Sino-British relations were influential in the representation of China in children’s literature, challenges the notion that nineteenth-century children’s literature simply parroted the dominant ideologies of the age, and offers insights into how attitudes towards children’s relationship with knowledge changed over the course of the century. Her book provides a fresh context for understanding how China was constructed in the period from 1851 to 1911 and sheds light on British cultural history and the history and uses of children’s literature.

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Record Nr.

UNINA9910484174203321

Autore

Hallinger Philip

Titolo

Assessing Instructional Leadership with the Principal Instructional Management Rating Scale / / by Philip Hallinger, Wen-Chung Wang

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2015

Edizione

[1st ed. 2015.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (210 p.)

Disciplina

370

371.2

371.26

379

Soggetti

School management and organization

Education and state

Educational tests and measurements

Organization and Leadership

Educational Policy and Politics

Assessment and Testing

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.



Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

Nota di contenuto

Acknowledgments -- Preface -- Introduction -- 1. The Evolution of Instructional Leadership -- 2. The PIMRS Conceptual Framework -- 3. Development of the PIMRS Instrument -- 4. Reliability of the PIMRS -- 5. Validity of the PIMRS -- 6. Development of a PIMRS Teacher Short Form -- 7. Future Directions for Research on Instructional Leadership -- Endnotes -- References -- Appendices -- Index.  .

Sommario/riassunto

This volume provides a succinct up-to-date summary of global research on principal instructional leadership as it has evolved over the past 50 years. The book’s particular focus is on the development and use of the Principal Instructional Management Rating Scale (PIMRS). The PIMRS is the most widely used survey instrument designed for assessing instructional leadership for research and practice. It has been used in more than 250 studies in more than 30 countries around the world. The authors provide a detailed conceptual and data-based description of the rationale and development of the instrument as well as the ways in which it has been used in practice. The book also provides, for the first time, a comprehensive assessment of the scale’s measurement properties. This represents essential information for future users of the instrument across different national contexts. Finally, the volume outlines an agenda for improving future research on the role of principal instructional leadership in student learning and school effectiveness.