Title: Competition and compassion in Chinese secondary education /
Authors: Zhao, Xu, 1970 June 30-
Year: 2015
Subjects: Education, Secondary Social aspects China.; Academic achievement Social aspects China.; Educational psychology China.; Competition (Psychology); EDUCATION / Educational Psychology.; EDUCATION / Multicultural Education.; EDUCATION / Students & Student Life.; PSYCHOLOGY / Education & Training.; EDUCATION / Secondary.; PSYCHOLOGY / Developmental / Adolescent.; PSYCHOLOGY / Social Psychology.; Academic achievement Social aspects; Competition (Psychology); Education, Secondary Social aspects; Educational psychology; China
Abstract: "Competition and Compassion in Chinese Secondary Education examines the nature of academic competition in Chinese schools and demonstrates its debilitating effects on adolescents' psychosocial development. Zhao shows how global economic competition induces changes in national education policies, which in turn shapes how school-aged youth are encouraged by their parents and teachers to relate to others and society. Facing extreme pressures of global economic competition, how can education both in the East and West sustain the kind of humanistic learning that is critical for promoting public reasoning or discourse? The book proposes a research-based approach for balancing academic achievement with the promotion of social and civic engagement in China and elsewhere"--
Contents: Promoting Competition : A Dramatic Shift of Discourse -- Reducing Competition : The Cat and Mouse Game -- The Friendship Dilemma : Competition and Emotional Isolation -- "What's Your Friend's Ranking Position?" Parental Peer-Related Beliefs and Practices -- The Ratty Shoe Case : Friendship and Compassion / with Robert L. Selman -- Adolescents' Perspectives on China's Social Problems / with Robert L. Selman and Helen Haste -- Can Education be Both Competitive and Compassionate? / with Robert L. Selman.