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Curse or Blessing? Chinese Academic Responses to China’s PISA Performance

Schulte, Barbara LU orcid (2019) In New Directions in Comparative and International Education p.177-197
Abstract
This chapter will look at the academic responses to China’s PISA performance as articulated in Chinese academic journals and educational newspapers. These responses belong largely to four different types: (i) Learning from PISA and its implications for assessing educational quality; (ii) establishing China as an educational role model; (iii) contrasting the Chinese system’s exam-efficiency with individual or social welfare; and (iv) questioning the positive correlation of educational assessments with educational quality. An ensuing section will then discuss the potential motives and agendas behind the Chinese embrace or, alternatively, rejection of PISA. The conclusion will relate these perceptions and projections to the wider... (More)
This chapter will look at the academic responses to China’s PISA performance as articulated in Chinese academic journals and educational newspapers. These responses belong largely to four different types: (i) Learning from PISA and its implications for assessing educational quality; (ii) establishing China as an educational role model; (iii) contrasting the Chinese system’s exam-efficiency with individual or social welfare; and (iv) questioning the positive correlation of educational assessments with educational quality. An ensuing section will then discuss the potential motives and agendas behind the Chinese embrace or, alternatively, rejection of PISA. The conclusion will relate these perceptions and projections to the wider transnational, hegemonic educational policy regimes that permeate the implementation of, and conclusions drawn from, PISA. (Less)
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keywords
China, PISA, education, externalization
host publication
Understanding PISA’s attractiveness: Critical analyses in comparative policy studies
series title
New Directions in Comparative and International Education
editor
Steiner-Khamsi, Gita and Waldow, Florian
pages
177 - 197
publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN
978-1350057289
project
Family, Migration and Welfare
language
English
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yes
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2a824e95-a5bb-420e-876e-643c830005fe
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2017-12-07 09:53:01
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2019-05-07 02:19:50
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  author       = {{Schulte, Barbara}},
  booktitle    = {{Understanding PISA’s attractiveness: Critical analyses in comparative policy studies}},
  editor       = {{Steiner-Khamsi, Gita and Waldow, Florian}},
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  keywords     = {{China; PISA; education; externalization}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  pages        = {{177--197}},
  publisher    = {{Bloomsbury Publishing}},
  series       = {{New Directions in Comparative and International Education}},
  title        = {{Curse or Blessing? Chinese Academic Responses to China’s PISA Performance}},
  url          = {{https://lup.lub.lu.se/search/files/63722996/Schulte_PISA_China_preprint.pdf}},
  year         = {{2019}},
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