1st Edition

Chinese Conceptions of Democratic Education Ethnographic Insights and Classroom Practice

By Wenchao Zhang Copyright 2024
168 Pages 1 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

168 Pages 1 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

168 Pages 1 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

This book draws on a rich ethnographic study to examine Chinese democracy and its practices in democratic education. As the first book to interrogate practices of democratic education from an insider perspective, it offers a unique model of Chinese democratic education based in school practices. It illuminates connections between the school practices of Chinese democratic education, the Chinese... Read more

Chapter 1 – The Construction of Chinese Democracy: From Theory to Practice

Chapter 2 – Influential Theories and Practical Attempts on Chinese Democratic Education

Chapter 3 – School Introduction

Chapter 4 – Democratic Learning Spaces with “Chinese Characteristics”

Chapter 5 – Democratic Centralism: Control of the Sphere of Participation

Chapter 6 – “Warm environments”: Cultivation of Reciprocal Relationships

Chapter 7 – Possibilities of Reinventing School Rules to Enhance Participation and Freedom

Chapter 8 – Diversifying Assessment to Ease High-stakes Testing Pressures

Chapter 9 – Conclusion: An Alternative Path of Democratic Education in China

 

Biography

Wenchao Zhang is a Lecturer at the Teachers’ College of Beijing Union University, China.