TY - JOUR
T1 - Chinese teachers’ imaginaries
T2 - Comparing the pros and cons of Chinese education and other education systems
AU - Wang, Xi
AU - Wang, Ting
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2019 British Association for International and Comparative Education.
PY - 2021
Y1 - 2021
N2 - The article presents a qualitative study which explores Chinese school teachers’ imaginaries of Chinese and other education systems. It also investigates how social media has shaped their imaginaries. By reference to the literature on imaginary, discourse, and media, the study views imaginary as an instantiation of a particular discourse or discourses. This research employs qualitative coding methods and textual analysis to interpret the meanings of 163 opinion articles written by part-time graduate students, who were full-time school teachers. These methods were also used to analyse interview and observation transcripts. The findings reveal that most participants adopted stereotypical perspectives of western and Chinese education, and exhibited a strong sense of self-deprecation. Interestingly, WeChat, a popular Social Network Services (SNSs), played a prominent role in constructing these teachers’ imaginaries. The study highlights the hegemonic power given to western education and the critical role played by social media in the Chinese context.
AB - The article presents a qualitative study which explores Chinese school teachers’ imaginaries of Chinese and other education systems. It also investigates how social media has shaped their imaginaries. By reference to the literature on imaginary, discourse, and media, the study views imaginary as an instantiation of a particular discourse or discourses. This research employs qualitative coding methods and textual analysis to interpret the meanings of 163 opinion articles written by part-time graduate students, who were full-time school teachers. These methods were also used to analyse interview and observation transcripts. The findings reveal that most participants adopted stereotypical perspectives of western and Chinese education, and exhibited a strong sense of self-deprecation. Interestingly, WeChat, a popular Social Network Services (SNSs), played a prominent role in constructing these teachers’ imaginaries. The study highlights the hegemonic power given to western education and the critical role played by social media in the Chinese context.
KW - Chinese education
KW - discourse
KW - Imaginary
KW - social media
KW - WeChat
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85074020553&partnerID=8YFLogxK
UR - http://www.mendeley.com/research/chinese-teachers-imaginaries-comparing-pros-cons-chinese-education-other-education-systems
U2 - 10.1080/03057925.2019.1672521
DO - 10.1080/03057925.2019.1672521
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85074020553
SN - 0305-7925
VL - 51
SP - 725
EP - 744
JO - Compare
JF - Compare
IS - 5
ER -