Chapter 1 Compulsory Education Policy in China: A Perspective of Legal Analysis.- Chapter 2 Compulsory Education Policy in China: A Perspective of Management System Analysis.- Chapter 3 The Compulsory Education Policy in China: The Perspective of Curriculum and Teaching Materials.- Chapter 4 Compulsory Education Policy in China: From the Perspective of Teacher Personal Management Policy.- Chapter 5 Compulsory Education Policy in China: From the Perspective of Teacher Treatment Policy.- Chapter 6 Compulsory Education Policy in China: From the Perspective of Teachers’ Titles/Ranks Policy.- Chapter 7 Compulsory Education Policy in China: From the Perspective of the Distribution of Schools.- Chapter 8 Compulsory Education Policy in China: From the Perspective of the Rural Compulsory Education.- Chapter 9 Compulsory Education Policy in China: From the Perspective of the Supervision Policy.- Chapter 10 Compulsory Education Policy in China: From the Perspective of the Quality and Balanced Development Policy.
Jian Li, Ph.D., is Assistant Professor at the China Institute of Education and Social Development, Faculty of Education, Beijing Normal University. While pursuing her Ph.D. at Indiana University in Bloomington, USA, Dr. Li served as Senior Research Consultant for the Office of the Vice Provost for Educational Inclusion and Diversity, and in associate researcher positions at the Project on Academic Success, Center for Postsecondary Research at Indiana University. Dr. Li’s general areas of scholarship are education policy and law, and comparative education policy. Dr. Li has published over 40 articles, monographs and book chapters.
Eryong Xue, Ph.D., Changjiang Scholar of Ministry of Education, is Professor at the China Institute of Education and Social Development, Faculty of Education, Beijing Normal University, where he serves as Chief Scholar from the Ministry of Education of the Education Thoughts of President Xi Jinping. His research interests include education policy and law, comparative education policy and equality of education. He has published over 160 articles, monographs, reports and policy briefs in these areas.
This book explores the overall landscape of compulsory education policy development in China from multiple perspectives to uncover the stages, features, problems and suggestions in Chinese compulsory education system, locally, nationally and internationally. In addition, this book also presents specific historical educational policy shifts for policymakers and stakeholders to investigate the compulsory education strategy over the long term. Specifically, the Chinese compulsory education policy landscape involves investigating changes to the legal environment, management policies, as well as practices for teachers and curriculum and teaching materials. These discussions contribute to the readers’ comprehensive and systematic understanding of compulsory education policy development in contemporary China.