From Teach for America to Teach for China: Global Teacher Education Reform and Equity in Education

ISBN-13: 9781032085319 / Angielski / Miękka / 2021 / 200 str.

Sara Lam

Opis

This book examines the role of Teach For China in addressing educational equity and expanding public participation in education. The author uses the case of Teach For China to explore the broader theme of the mobility of education models between contexts characterized by neoliberalism and those characterized by strong state control.

Spis treści

AcknowledgementsPart One – Teach For America, Teach For All and Teach For China1. Chapter One: Introduction2. Chapter Two: Teach For America, Teach For All and Global Policy Networks3. Chapter Three: The Development of Teach For ChinaPart Two - Teach For China and Educational Equity4. Chapter Four: Teach For China as a Response to Teacher Shortage5. Chapter Five: Espoused and Practiced Conceptions of Quality Education in Teach For ChinaPart Three - Teach For China and Public Participation in Education6. Chapter Six: Engaging Public Participation on the Macro Level: Inclusive Representation in Teach For China7. Chapter Seven: Engaging Public Participation on the Micro Level: Individual Fellows and Local Communities8. Chapter Eight: ConclusionAppendix I: Research MethodsAppendix II: Protocol for Interviews with FellowsIndex

O autorze

Sara Lam is an assistant professor of education at the University of Minnesota, Morris. Her research and teaching focus on educational equity and democratic participation in education in rural areas of China and the United States. She is a co-founder and board member of the Rural China Education Foundation.