1st Edition

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

By Sara Lam Copyright 2020
200 Pages 9 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

200 Pages 9 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

200 Pages 9 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

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. Transnational advocacy networks are increasingly influential in... Read more

Acknowledgements

Part One – Teach For America, Teach For All and Teach For China
1. Chapter One: Introduction
2. Chapter Two: Teach For America, Teach For All and Global Policy Networks
3. Chapter Three: The Development of Teach For China

Part Two - Teach For China and Educational Equity
4. Chapter Four: Teach For China as a Response to Teacher Shortage
5. Chapter Five: Espoused and Practiced Conceptions of Quality Education in Teach For China

Part Three - Teach For China and Public Participation in Education
6. Chapter Six: Engaging Public Participation on the Macro Level: Inclusive Representation in Teach For China
7. Chapter Seven: Engaging Public Participation on the Micro Level: Individual Fellows and Local Communities
8. Chapter Eight: Conclusion

Appendix I: Research Methods
Appendix II: Protocol for Interviews with Fellows
Index

Biography

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.