Competition and Compassion in Chinese Secondary Education
Competition and Compassion in Chinese Secondary Education examines the nature of academic competition in Chinese schools and documents its debilitating effects on Chinese adolescents' social, moral, and civic development.
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Palgrave Studies on Chinese Education in a Global Perspective
Competition and Compassion in Chinese Secondary Education
Palgrave Studies on Chinese Education in a Global Perspective Series Editors: Xiangyun Du, Confucius Institute for Learning and Development, Aalborg University, Denmark Fred Dervin, University of Helsinki, Finland Titles include: Fred Dervin (editor) CHINESE EDUCATIONAL MIGRATION AND STUDENT-TEACHER MOBILITIES Experiencing Otherness Anni Kajanus CHINESE STUDENT MIGRATION, GENDER AND FAMILY Lihong Wang CHINESE STUDENTS, LEARNING CULTURES AND OVERSEAS STUDY Xu Zhao COMPETITION AND COMPASSION IN CHINESE SECONDARY EDUCATION
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Competition and Compassion in Chinese Secondary Education Xu Zhao
COMPETITION AND COMPASSION IN CHINESE SECONDARY EDUCATION
Copyright © Xu Zhao, 2015. Softcover reprint of the hardcover 1st edition 2015 978-1-137-47940-2 All rights reserved. First published in 2015 by PALGRAVE MACMILLAN® in the United States—a division of St. Martin’s Press LLC, 175 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10010. Where this book is distributed in the UK, Europe and the rest of the world, this is by Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited, registered in England, company number 785998, of Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire RG21 6XS. Palgrave Macmillan is the global academic imprint of the above companies and has companies and representatives throughout the world. Palgrave® and Macmillan® are registered trademarks in the United States, the United Kingdom, Europe and other countries. ISBN 978-1-349-55675-5 ISBN 978-1-137-47941-9 (eBook) DOI 10.1007/978-1-137-47941-9 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Zhao, Xu, 1970 June 30– Competition and compassion in Chinese secondary education / by Xu Zhao. pages cm.—(Palgrave studies on Chinese education in a global perspective) Includes bibliographical references and index. 1. Education, Secondary—Social aspects—China. 2. Academic achievement—Social aspects—China. 3. Educational psychology—China. 4. Competition (Psychology) I. Title. LA1132.Z43 2015 370.951—dc23
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A catalogue record of the book is available from the British Library. Design by Newgen Knowledge Works (P) Ltd., Chennai, India. First edition: October 2015 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
To my parents
Contents
List of Tables
ix
Foreword
xi
Preface
xv
Acknowledgments
xix
Introduction: The Stressed and Lonely Chinese Teens
1
PartI 1
Promoting Competition: A Dramatic Shift of Discourse
17
2
Reducing
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