1st Edition

Grouplised Schools in China Teacher Agency under Neoliberal Influences

By Guopeng Fu Copyright 2023
136 Pages 3 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

136 Pages 3 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

136 Pages 3 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

This book presents how neoliberal trends, as reflected in the grouplised school structure, affect teachers’ professional learning and daily practice, and discusses how teacher agency is enabled and constrained at both individual and collective levels. The author interviewed teachers and administrators from eight different grouplised schools. He argues that the neoliberal trends in high-stakes... Read more

1 Introduction  2 Theories of agency  3 The development of grouplised schools in China  4 Neoliberal reforms in global contexts  5 Teacher agency in grouplised schools  6 Neoliberalism, grouplisation, and agency

Biography

Guopeng Fu is an associate professor at the College of Teacher Education, East China Normal University. His research focuses on science teacher agency in curriculum reforms. His works have been published on Studies in Science Education and Journal of Research in Science Teaching.