2016
DOI: 10.1177/186810261604500104
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Testing the Spaces of Discretion: School Personnel as Implementers of Minority-Language Policy in China

Abstract: Following international trends to reform school management, the Chinese government has proposed school-based decisionmaking as a measure to raise the “quality” of education, but at the same time it has imposed new institutions of accountability for teachers and school administrators. In order to understand how this interplay between accountability and discretion affects Chinese educational reforms, this paper analyses policy implementation through the lens of decision-making by principals and teachers as stree… Show more

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“…In addition, officials also claim that guidelines from the state regarding minority languages are too broad to be instructive and operational, thus requiring in their view considerable efforts for their interpretation before any decision can be made (Blachford 2004;Schnack 2016;Tsung, Wang and Zhang 2012). This sense of inconvenience may also be exacerbated by the large portion of administrative positions occupied by Han officials, many of whom are not familiar with regulations regarding minority language rights (Zhou 2004) -i.e.…”
Section: Ministry Of Education and National Language Commission (2016)mentioning
confidence: 99%
“…In addition, officials also claim that guidelines from the state regarding minority languages are too broad to be instructive and operational, thus requiring in their view considerable efforts for their interpretation before any decision can be made (Blachford 2004;Schnack 2016;Tsung, Wang and Zhang 2012). This sense of inconvenience may also be exacerbated by the large portion of administrative positions occupied by Han officials, many of whom are not familiar with regulations regarding minority language rights (Zhou 2004) -i.e.…”
Section: Ministry Of Education and National Language Commission (2016)mentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Añadir contenidos responde a la noción de las docentes sobre lo que necesita aprender un estudiante, aparte de lo establecido en las fichas pedagógicas. Esta divergencia es propia de los FPO que son docentes (Goldstein, 2008;Gofen, 2013;Schnack, 2016;Timberlake, 2014).…”
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“…Los docentes son un tipo de FPO: tienen la última palabra sobre cómo concretar los lineamientos de las políticas educativas en prácticas específicas (Hohmann, 2016;Taylor 2007). La literatura sobre docentes como FPO estudia cómo estos aplican reformas curriculares en las aulas (Goldstein, 2008;Gofen, 2013;Timberlake, 2014;Schnack, 2016;Zulu et al, 2019). Se encuentra que los docentes suelen divergir y resistirse a reformas curriculares por considerarlas contradictorias con imperativos profesionales (Goldstein, 2008;Gofen, 2013).…”
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