With a focus on the role of discourse and language in education, this book examines China’s educational reform from an original perspective that avoids mapping on Westernized educational sensibilities to a Chinese environment. Zhao untangles the tradition-modernity division expressed in China’s educational language about the body and teacher-student difference. Exploring the historical and cultural implications of the ways China’s schooling is talked about and acted upon, Zhao argues that Chinese notion "wind" (feng) is a defining aspect of Chinese teaching and learning. Incorporating Western and Chinese literature, this book explores the language of education, curriculum, and knowledge on a cross-cultural landscape and as cultural inscriptions.
ISBN: | 9780415787543 |
Publication date: | 20th June 2018 |
Author: | Weili (Hangzhou Normal University, China) Zhao |
Publisher: | Routledge an imprint of Taylor & Francis Ltd |
Format: | Hardback |
Pagination: | 190 pages |
Series: | Routledge Cultural Studies in Knowledge, Curriculum, and Education |
Genres: |
Regional / International studies Moral and social purpose of education Philosophy |