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
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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.






