Competition and Compassion in Chinese Secondary Education. (2015)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Xu Zhao.
• Authors: Zhao, Xu
• Contents: PART I; 1. Promoting Competition: A Dramatic Shift of Discourse; 2. Reducing Competition: The Cat and Mouse Game; 3. The Friendship Dilemma: Competition and Emotional Isolation; 4. "What's Your Friend's Ranking Position?" Parental Peer-Related Beliefs and Practices; PART II; 5. The Ratty Shoe Case: Friendship and Compassion; 6. The Social Problems Facing China: Adolescents' Civic Perspectives; 7. Can Education be Both Competitive and Compassionate?
• Publisher Details: New York : Palgrave Macmillan
• Publication Date: 2015
• Extent: 1 online resource (224 pages), (7 illustrations)
• Subjects: Secondary; Social Psychology; Developmental/Adolescent; Students & Student Life; Social, group or collective psychology; Students & student organisations; Educational psychology
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781137479426; 1137479426
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.