TITLE:
Teaching and Learning in Chinese Schools: Core Values and Pedagogic Philosophy
AUTHORS:
David Halpin
KEYWORDS:
Interactive Whole Class Teaching; Chinese Schools; Confucius
JOURNAL NAME:
Chinese Studies,
Vol.3 No.1,
February
12,
2014
ABSTRACT: To understand better teaching and learning in schools in modern China, it is not enough to see its pedagogic philosophy as merely a reflection of communist ideology. Core values derived from China’s ancient civilization, especially the teachings of Confucius, arguably exert as much, maybe more, influence.