1st Edition

Network Governance in Education Lessons from School Turnaround in China

By Yuan Tao Copyright 2025
204 Pages 5 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

204 Pages 5 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

204 Pages 5 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

This book explores and theorizes the complexity of network governance in school turnaround in China, drawing on an interpretive qualitative paradigm. School turnaround provides a useful perspective for understanding network governance in education, as it involves interactions among multiple parties of actors all aiming to improve school quality. Based on a case study of three school turnaround... Read more

1. Introduction  2. School Turnaround and Network Governance: Theoretical Perspectives  3. Educational Reforms and Governance Changes in China: Toward Network Governance  4. Network Governance and School Turnaround in China  5. Government-led Network  6. Third-party-led Network  7. School-led Network  8. Comparison of Network Governance in School Turnaround  9. Discussion and Conclusion: Asymmetric Network Governance in Education

Biography

Yuan Tao is currently a lecturer in the School of Education at Shanghai Normal University, China. Her research interests include educational governance, school turnaround, and education reform in China.