The ‘Double-Reduction’ Education Policy in China

Three Prevailing Narratives

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ID11488754
AutoresHaiyan Qian (0000-0002-5810-3577, Education University of Hong Kong), Allan Walker (0000-0002-1191-0419, Adjunct Chair Professor of International Educational Leadership, Education University of Hong Kong, Shanghai, China), Shuangye Chen (0000-0003-3399-2790, East China Normal University, autor de correspondencia)
Año2024
Volumen39
Número4
Páginas602-621
Fecha de publicación2024-07-03
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaJournal of Education Policy (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0268-0939 • E-ISSN: 1464-5106
EditorialInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/02680939.2023.2222381
OpenAlexW4380322963
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas24
Referencias citadas45

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 ‘Double-Reduction’ policy in mid−2021 by using narratives to analyse the three most circulated explanations for the policy and its timing. We use data from a range of formal and informal policy texts. The three narratives, including one policy narrative dominant in the official discourse and two alternative ones, constructed the causal stories about the policy’s rationale from multiple perspectives. The combination of multiple perspectives and a narrative approach helps reveal the policy event’s complexity and lays a foundation for researchers interested in tracking the development trajectory of this new policy

China · Economic growth · Economics · Education policy · Government (linguistics · Higher education · Linguistics · Narrative · Policy analysis · Political science · Set (abstract data type · Sociology · Computer Science · Global Educational Reforms and Inequalities · Law · Public Administration

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