Recent education reform in China reflects the global trend of education policy borrowing
from Anglophone countries such as the USA. The reform in China essentially advocates …

For over a decade, Mainland China has been embarking on an ambitious nation-wide
education reform ('New Curriculum Reform') for its basic education. The reform reflects …

China's recent education reforms are a result of selective policy borrowing from 'the West'.
Although comparativists have highlighted the importance of cultural context in policy …

Background: This article critically discusses the key tensions and challenges arising from the
educational policy borrowing in China, through its current education reform. Focussing on …

This chapter critically discusses the development and application of a model of education in
China by focussing on recent curriculum reform in the country. Since the 1980s, Mainland …

This paper analyses how the impact of international student achievement studies and the
recent economic crisis in Europe are influencing the development of educational policy …

In response to the economic, social and political transformation of China in the twenty-first
century, China's education has undergone radical reform of all levels of its educational …

Mainland China has been embarking on a nation-wide education reform as part of its
modernisation project for the past few decades. A relatively under-researched topic is …

Background: This paper analyses the role of, and approach to, policy referencing and
borrowing in Hong Kong's recent reforms that culminated in the creation of its New …

Fuelled by forces of globalization, China has gradually shifted from a centrally planned
economy to a socialist market economy. Under the market economy China has experienced …