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Competition and Compassion in Chinese Secondary Education XU ZHAO Palgrave Studies on Chinese Education in a Global Perspective Competition and Compassion in Chinese Secondary Education Palgrave Studies on Chinese Education in a Global Perspective Series Editors: Xiangyun Du , Confucius Institute for Learning and Development, Aalborg University, Denmark Fred Dervin , University of Helsinki, Finland Titles include: Fred Dervin (e ditor ) CHINESE EDUCATIONAL MIGRATION AND STUDENT-TEACHER MOBILITIES Experiencing Otherness Anni Kajanus CHINESE STUDENT MIGRATION, GENDER AND FAMILY Lihong Wang CHINESE STUDENTS, LEARNING CULTURES AND OVERSEAS STUDY Xu Zhao COMPETITION AND COMPASSION IN CHINESE SECONDARY EDUCATION Palgrave Studies on Chinese Education in a Global Perspective Series Standing Order ISBN 978–1–137–40693–4 Hardback ISBN 978–1–137–40695–8 Paperback ( outside North America only ) You can receive future titles in this series as they are published by placing a standing order. Please contact your bookseller or, in case of diffi culty, write to us at the address below with your name and address, the title of the series and one of the ISBNs quoted above. Customer Services Department, Macmillan Distribution Ltd, Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire RG21 6XS, England Competition and Compassion in Chinese Secondary Education Xu Zhao COMPETITION AND COMPASSION IN CHINESE SECONDARY EDUCATION Copyright © Xu Zhao, 2015. Softcover reprint of the hardcover 1st edition 2015 978-1-137-47940-2 All rights reserved. First published in 2015 by PALGRAVE MACMILLAN® in the United States— a division of St. Martin’s Press LLC, 175 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10010. Where this book is distributed in the UK, Europe and the rest of the world, this is by Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited, registered in England, company number 785998, of Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire RG21 6XS. Palgrave Macmillan is the global academic imprint of the above companies and has companies and representatives throughout the world. Palgrave® and Macmillan® are registered trademarks in the United States, the United Kingdom, Europe and other countries. ISBN 978-1-349-55675-5 ISBN 978-1-137-47941-9 (eBook) DOI 10.1007/978-1-137-47941-9 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Zhao, Xu, 1970 June 30– Competition and compassion in Chinese secondary education / by Xu Zhao. pages cm.—(Palgrave studies on Chinese education in a global perspective) Includes bibliographical references and index. 1. Education, Secondary—Social aspects—China. 2. Academic achievement—Social aspects—China. 3. Educational psychology—China. 4. Competition (Psychology) I. Title. LA1132.Z43 2015 370.951—dc23 2015012892 A catalogue record of the book is available from the British Library. Design by Newgen Knowledge Works (P) Ltd., Chennai, India. First edition: October 2015 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 To my parents Contents List of Tables ix Foreword xi Preface xv Acknowledgments xix Introduction: Th e Stressed and Lonely Chinese Teens 1 Part I 1 Promoting Competition: A Dramatic Shift of Discourse 17 2 Reducing Competition: Th e Cat and Mouse Game 33 3 Th e Friendship Dilemma: Competition and Emotional Isolation 51 4 “What’s Your Friend’s Ranking Position?” Parental Peer-Related Beliefs and Practices 73 Part II 5 Th e Ratty Shoe Case: Friendship and Compassion 97 With Robert L. Selman 6 Adolescents’ Perspectives on China’s Social Problems 117 With Robert L. Selman and Helen Haste 7 Can Education Be Both Competitive and Compassionate? 139 With Robert L. Selman Appendix on Methodology 151 Notes on Contributors 165 Notes 167 References 173 Index 189 Tables 2.1 Participating schools and students in the 2008 study 39 3.1 Examples and coding of adolescents’ responses to Da Ming’s dilemma (N=20) 56 4.1 Demographic information of six mothers 76 5.1 Participating schools and students in the 2011 study 101 5.2 Justifi cations associated with standing up or being a bystander 108 6.1 Civic narratives, perspectives on social problems, and views of civic protest 137 A.1 Codebook for thematic analysis of journal articles on competition 153
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