English language teaching and educational reform in Western China: A knowledge management perspective

Li, Daguo; Edwards, Viv

doi:10.1016/j.system.2014.09.019

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“…Political, economic and social reforms initiated in the late 1970s by Deng Xiaoping favored, among other benefits, the advancement of the scientific and technological sphere of the country (Dutta, 2005). In accordance with Li and Edwards (2014), the results of these reforms began to emerge in the 1990s, when China became internationally renowned for its satisfactory socioeconomic progress. Illiteracy rate reduction, gross domestic product (GDP) increase and scientific production growth are some of the indicators that grew rapidly during this time.…”

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“…In accordance with Li and Edwards (2014), the results of these reforms began to emerge in the 1990s, when China became internationally renowned for its satisfactory socioeconomic progress. Illiteracy rate reduction, gross domestic product (GDP) increase, and scientific production growth are some of the indicators that grew rapidly during this time.…”

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Primary knowledge management practices applied in Brazil, Russia, India and China (BRIC) industries from 2001-2010

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Primary knowledge management practices applied in Brazil, Russia, India and China (BRIC) industries from 2001-2010

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Lievore

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“…Some scholars have described TRG leaders as TRG heads (i.e., Qian, Walker, & Yang, 2017). To some extent, TRG leaders are "equivalent to heads of department in British schools" (Li and Edwards, 2014) who have formal responsibilities and are accountable for teaching, learning, and staff (Dinham, 2007). However, in the Western context, a head of department (HoD) is regarded as an academic middle manager (Kallenberg, 2007), whereas in China, TRG leaders are not middle-level leaders (Li, 2013).…”

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Teaching Research Group Leaders’ Engagement in Curriculum Leadership: The Principals’ Perspective

Shan¹

2021

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Schools and teachers have been empowered with greater autonomy to make instructional decisions following decentralisation in education, both internationally and in the Chinese context. Thus, it is important to examine how teachers are involved in curriculum decision-making. Being the stakeholders who empowered teachers with autonomy, this study explored principals' perspectives of how teaching research group (TRG) leaders are empowered to take on a curriculum leadership (CL) role in secondary schools in China. A qualitative approach was employed and involved interviewing 10 principals and collecting the job descriptions of TRG leaders in 10 secondary schools in Taiyuan City, China. The NCR was pioneered in 2001 in 38 experimental areas (e.g., provinces, autonomous districts and municipalities) selected by the MoE, which aimed at prompting the implementation of NCR. Taiyuan City is one of the experimental areas (MoE, 2001). The findings demonstrated the necessity for empowering TRG leaders, as they were found to be less empowered and exhibited less awareness of enacting the CL role, especially for the national curriculum. In terms of the theoretical contribution of this study, it explicates the involvement of teacher leaders in CL at four levels (i.e., the school level, the classroom level, the social relationship level, and the personal level). This provides a reference for an in-depth understanding of teacher leaders' initiatives. In practice, the research findings are informative for entailing teachers with greater autonomy. This will ultimately prompt school development and thus broaden and add to the international body of knowledge on teachers' engagement in CL.

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“…English is the world's common language (Li & Edwards 2014). Professional English is a necessary course for Chinese collage students majoring in mechanical engineering.…”

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Research on Teaching Reform of Professional English Course for College Students Majoring in Mechanical Engineering

Xue¹,

Xu²

2017

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Professional English takes a very important role in China College course construction. Through analyzing the teaching situation of the mechanical engineering professional English course, the necessity of course teaching reform is put forward, and the course teaching reform suitable for the college students majoring in mechanical engineering is discussed in aspects of teaching materials, teaching language, teaching methods, teaching fashion, teaching process, homework patterns and autonomous learning under network environment. The purpose of the teaching reform is to train applied technical mechanical engineer competent in international technical communication.

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English language teaching and educational reform in Western China: A knowledge management perspective

Cited by 24 publications

References 32 publications

Primary knowledge management practices applied in Brazil, Russia, India and China (BRIC) industries from 2001-2010

Primary knowledge management practices applied in Brazil, Russia, India and China (BRIC) industries from 2001-2010

Teaching Research Group Leaders’ Engagement in Curriculum Leadership: The Principals’ Perspective

Research on Teaching Reform of Professional English Course for College Students Majoring in Mechanical Engineering

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