China's Formal Online Education under COVID-19: Actions from Government, Schools, Enterprises, and Families

This book explores how schools, businesses, and families in China have coped with formal online education during the COVID-19 epidemic, focusing on the problems they have encountered and potential solutions. It identifies four main issues: platform selection, teacher training, resource integration, and flexibility of returning to schools. It provides insights into the process of online learning in an educational emergency and offers best countermeasures and paths for other countries.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 178 pages
Publication date: 25 September 2023
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd

This comprehensive book delves into the intricate dynamics of how schools, businesses, and families in China have navigated the challenges posed by the formal online education system during the COVID-19 epidemic outbreak, with a special emphasis on the issues they have encountered and potential solutions. Through the rigorous application of grounded theory, a comprehensive analysis was conducted on over 1000 posts retrieved from public online forums, utilizing a 4*4 framework that encompassed four distinct time nodes (proposal period, exploratory period, full deployed period, and exiting period) and four primary subjects (government, schools, enterprises, and families).

The book identifies four primary challenges that emerged during the massive online education experiment: the selection of platforms during the proposal period, the training of teachers during the exploratory period, the integration of resources during the full deployed period, and the flexibility of returning to physical schools during the exiting period. These findings offer a profound insight into the intricacies of online learning in an educational emergency, providing valuable guidance for developing effective countermeasures in similar situations and offering valuable insights for other countries seeking to emulate China's successful approach.

This book is of immense interest to teachers, researchers, and school administrators involved in the field of online education and emergency management, as well as those with a general interest in the Chinese education landscape during the COVID-19 pandemic. Its comprehensive coverage and insightful analysis make it a valuable resource for anyone seeking to understand the complexities of this rapidly evolving educational landscape.

Weight: 453g
Dimension: 234 x 156 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781032036281