Bridging the Implementation Gap: An Ethnographic Study of English Teachers' Implementation of the Curriculum Reform in China

Autor/inn/en	Yan, Chunmei; He, Chuanjun
Titel	Bridging the Implementation Gap: An Ethnographic Study of English Teachers' Implementation of the Curriculum Reform in China
Quelle	In: Ethnography and Education, 7 (2012) 1, S.1-19 (19 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1745-7823
DOI	10.1080/17457823.2012.661585
Schlagwörter	Curriculum Development; Ethnography; Educational Quality; Educational Change; Foreign Countries; English (Second Language); Language Teachers; Second Language Learning; Secondary School Teachers; Classroom Techniques; Decision Making; Context Effect; Teacher Attitudes; Curriculum Implementation; Second Language Instruction; China + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Curriculum; Development; Curriculumentwicklung; Lehrplan; Entwicklung; Ethnografie; Quality of education; Bildungsqualität; Bildungsreform; Ausland; English as second language; English; Second Language; Englisch als Zweitsprache; Language teacher; Sprachunterricht; Zweitsprachenerwerb; Klassenführung; Decision-making; Entscheidungsfindung; Lehrerverhalten; Fremdsprachenunterricht
Abstract	This article reports on a study of secondary English teachers' perceptions of and implementation of the New English Curriculum Reform in China initiated in 2009. Ethnography and triangulated data collection methods were employed to gather information about three senior secondary English teachers' interpretations of the New Curriculum and their teaching behaviours. It was found that a considerable implementation gap emerged as a major obstacle to teachers' implementation of the New Curriculum requirements in their classroom practices due to a series of contextual constraints, namely teacher intransigence, examination imperatives, learner reluctance and pedagogy/policy inconsistencies. The study suggests the necessity to address the gap between reform ideas at the macro level and the school realities at the micro level throughout the implementation process, particularly at the initial stage. The study highlights three conditions to be fulfilled to bridge the implementation gap, that is, long-term goals, teachers as contextual decision makers and nurturing and developing teachers. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10