1st Edition

No School Left Behind Implementation of China’s New Mathematics Curriculum Reform (2000–2020)

By Wei Gao, Xianwei Liu Copyright 2021
216 Pages 8 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

216 Pages 8 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

216 Pages 8 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

Based on the fieldwork carried out at two elementary schools, Merits School and Pioneer School, in northeastern China, the monograph details how local schools enacted the New Mathematics Curriculum Reform that was launched in early 2000. The trajectory of the reform implementation at each school was plotted out. Both schools resorted to a long-standing quality control mechanism,... Read more
1. Introduction  2. Curriculum Reform as Leverage of Change  3. Research Design  4. Merits School Confronted with the Reform  5. Teaching Evaluation at Merits School In Response to the Reform  6. Teachers’ Learning and Professional Development at Merits School 7. Pioneer School Embraced the Reform  8. Teaching Evaluation at Pioneer School in Response to the Reform  9. Teachers’ Experience of the Curriculum Reform at Pioneer School 10. Key Findings  11. General Discussion  12. Concluding Remarks

Biography

Wei Gao, Ph.D., is an associate professor at the Institute of Higher Education at Beijing University of Technology, China. He obtained his doctorate from Syracuse University, United States of America. He has been an elementary teacher, UN Volunteer, special educator, and an engineer. His research is focused on STEM education and inclusion issues.

Xianwei Liu, Ph.D., is an associate professor at the Institute of Higher Education at Beijing University of Technology, China. Dr. Liu focuses on the area of STEM education, with a particular interest in students’ capacity development in the STEM areas.