Reviewing Schools (Unraveling the Knots of School Management)

Author: Ge Jinguo, Wu Ling
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Publish Date: 2001-02-01
Features: This series of books is a collection of works that describe and analyze the current state and reform trends of Chinese education. It explores the most urgent, fundamental, and crisis-ridden issues facing Chinese education today, which are hot topics of concern across society, such as the "3+X" college entrance examination reform, private education, university expansion, the education industry, innovative education, school management, gifted education, teachers, curriculum reform, and more. This series also reflects a spirit of embracing realism, critique, and reform. It does not blindly follow textbooks, authority, or superficial stability, nor does it alarmist or sensationalize problems. This is precisely what our current society and education urgently need. This series is not a scholarly monograph on purely academic issues but rather an educational reflective reading for the general public. It provides concise yet insightful commentary on the hot topics of contemporary Chinese education. The series is well-researched, analytically rigorous, and clearly written, combining pioneering and critical perspectives with a lively and engaging style, making it highly accessible and readable. It examines the practical social effects of Chinese education policies and strategies, applying the latest achievements of modern educational science to analyze the challenges facing Chinese education today, evaluate the strengths and weaknesses of the education system and strategies, and explore ways to overcome gaps between educational theory and practice. Its original intention was to introduce the latest reflections of young scholars on the current state and future of Chinese education to the public. It serves all those who are concerned about educational development but are unfamiliar with modern educational theory. Therefore, every thoughtful reader will find valuable inspiration in this series.
Being a principal is difficult, being a good principal is even more so, and being an "excellent principal" is the hardest of all. Why is it so difficult? What are the challenges? How should these difficulties be faced and resolved? This book places school management within the context of contemporary transformation, focusing on the practical issues commonly concerned by principals. Based on extensive factual investigations and analysis, it adopts a documentary-like approach to reveal the root causes of current school management in China and propose strategies for overcoming them.