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The 'Double-Reduction' Education Policy in China: Three Prevailing Narratives
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Haiyan Qian; Allan Walker; Shuangye Chen – Journal of Education Policy, 2024
In July 2021 the Chinese Government unexpectedly released what has become known colloquially as the 'Double-Reduction' policy. The policy decreed the reduction of homework pressure on students and greater control of private tutorial companies. In this paper, we set out to understand why the Chinese central government launched the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Policy, Public Policy, Homework
An Ontology of Off-Task Behavior in a Number Activity: The Body, Space-Time, and Mathematics
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Chen, Lin – Contemporary Issues in Early Childhood, 2021
This article aims to interrogate the Cartesian rationality determining current early childhood mathematics by highlighting the irrational aspect of mathematics learning, which is usually underemphasized and even devalued by the dominant discourse. Using Deleuze and Guattari's concept of refrain as the method, the article explores the unfolding…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Numbers, Time on Task, Learning Activities
Stated Briefly: What Does the Research Say about Increased Learning Time and Student Outcomes? REL 2015-061
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Kidron, Yael; Lindsay, Jim – Regional Educational Laboratory Appalachia, 2014
REL Appalachia conducted a systematic review of the research evidence on the effects of increased learning time. After screening more than 7,000 studies, REL Appalachia identified 30 that met the most rigorous standards for research. A review of those 30 studies found that increased learning time does not always produce positive results. However,…
Descriptors: Time Factors (Learning), Time on Task, Meta Analysis, Academic Standards