Grouplised Schools in China

Teacher Agency under Neoliberal Influences

Guopeng Fu

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Routledge
09 June 2023

Educational strategies & policy; Organisation & management of education; Schools; Teacher training

This book presents how neoliberal trends, as reflected in the grouplised school structure, affect teachers’ professional learning and daily practice, and discusses how teacher agency is enabled and constrained at both individual and collective levels.

The author interviewed teachers and administrators from eight different grouplised schools. He argues that the neoliberal trends in high-stakes accountability largely constrained teacher agency. School grouplisation was generally top-down, and a bottom-up structure is needed to support teachers' professional growth. Collective agency and administrator support could protect students against the neoliberal trends in education by enabling teachers to make conscious, moral decisions and take actions in their daily practice. He further identifies principles of invoking collective agency among teachers and proposes suggestions for educational reform implementation in neoliberal contexts.

Policymakers, school administrators and teachers interested in grouplised schools and collective agency may find this book insightful.

By: Guopeng Fu
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm,
Weight: 412g
ISBN: 9781032510286
ISBN 10: 1032510285
Pages: 124
Publication Date: 09 June 2023
Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Primary , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Guopeng Fu is an associate professor at the College of Teacher Education, East China Normal University. His research focuses on science teacher agency in curriculum reforms. His works have been published on Studies in Science Education and Journal of Research in Science Teaching.