Springer Comprehensive Regional Reform: The Transformation and Breakthrough in China’s Educational Reform (Research in Chinese Education)

This book ambitiously presents the current directions and goals of the Chinese idea of modernization in education. Searching for a neutral way to understand educational reform and policy-making in the midst of many different theories in the field, the authors combine the theories of ecology, regional studies, and educational philosophy to focus on the hot topics relating to the current problems in Chinese education. In addition to the theory of education, it offers an interdisciplinary approach to educational policy and administration, including perspectives from history, evaluation and (big) data processing, modernization, planning-making, curriculum and teaching, element analysis etc. within or beyond the limits of education. This book is a valuable resource for policy-makers and administrators as well as teachers and students majoring in education or related fields. It is also beneficial to those interested in interdisciplinary approaches to educational theory studies and regional studies in education, and practitioners in schools and higher education institutes as well as anyone wanting insights into Chinese education from the perspective of regional studies. From the Back Cover This book ambitiously presents the current directions and goals of the Chinese idea of modernization in education. Searching for a neutral way to understand educational reform and policy-making in the midst of many different theories in the field, the authors combine the theories of ecology, regional studies, and educational philosophy to focus on the hot topics relating to the current problems in Chinese education. In addition to the theory of education, it offers an interdisciplinary approach to educational policy and administration, including perspectives from history, evaluation and (big) data processing, modernization, planning-making, curriculum and teaching, element analysis etc. within or beyond the limits of education. This book is a valuable resource for policy-makers and administrators as well as teachers and students majoring in education or related fields. It is also beneficial to those interested in interdisciplinary approaches to educational theory studies and regional studies in education, and practitioners in schools and higher education institutes as well as anyone wanting insights into Chinese education from the perspective of regional studies. About the Author Liu Guihua, PhD in Education, Professor, Vice-President of the National Institute of Education Sciences (NIES). His research areas include education administration, educational ecology, educational development strategies and higher education. He has published more than 100 papers in Educational Research, International and Comparative Education, and Curriculum, Teaching Material and Method, and more than 12 monographs, including: On the nine quality problems of education research projects (in Educational Research, 2015, No. 9); The mission and responsibility of education research (in Educational Research, 2018, No. 9); Comprehensive Regional Reform: the Transformation and Breakthrough in China's Educational Reform (2015); and Research on Breakthroughs in “Double First Class” Construction Project (2020).  He has led more than 20 research programs, such as the National Key Projects of Education Sciences Planning, China Postdoctoral Science Foundation project, Chinese Fund for the Humanities and Social Sciences project, NIES Public Welfare Fund programs, etc. He won the second prize in the 4th National Outstanding Educational Scientific Research Achievements, the first prize in the Provincial Philosophy and Social Science Research Achievements, and the second prize in the Provincial Teaching Research Achievements. He also won the titles of provincial ministerial “management and cultivate” advanced individual and “excellent teacher”. He is a member of the China Association of Higher Education and Vice