Liu, Jing.
Inequality in Public School Admission in Urban China Discourses, Practices and New Solutions / [electronic resource] :
by Jing Liu.
.- Singapore :: Springer Singapore :: Imprint: Springer,, 2018.,
.- XXI, 221 p. 13 illus., online resource.
-ISBN 9789811087189
- Education in the Asia-Pacific Region: Issues, Concerns and Prospects, 43 1573-5397 ;
- SpringerLink (Online service),
- Education in the Asia-Pacific Region: Issues, Concerns and Prospects, 43 .
Chapter 1 Introduction -- Chapter 2 A Critical Definition of Zexiao -- Chapter 3 Public Discourses on Zexiao -- Chapter 4 Where there is a policy, there is a countermeasure -- Chapter 5 The Key Schools and Zexiao -- Chapter 6 Competition of Family Background with Local Characteristics -- Chapter 7 Admission to Public Lower Secondary Schools as Social Closures -- Chapter 8 New Solutions for Zexiao -- Chapter 9 Conclusion.
This book explores and interprets discourses and practices in school admissions to public lower secondary education in urban China by utilizing a discourse analysis approach and a case study method. It identifies continuities and changes in discourses shaped by diverse forces in public lower secondary school admissions in the context of China’s social transformation from a profit-driven society to a more equitable society, and elucidates the power relationships among stakeholders in public school admissions by analysing their interplay in the process. More importantly, it exposes how current socio-economic, institutional and educational systems are shaping the engagement of stakeholders in the public school admissions process. It also presents some on-going projects intended to yield new policies and practices for more equitable public secondary education in China in the development stage of the post-2015.
10.1007/978-981-10-8718-9 doi
International and Comparative Education. Educational Policy and Politics. Sociology of Education.