Book launch “Getting schools to work better: insights and reflections from China and India”

Date & time: 

Thursday 21 March 2024 6:30pm to 8:00pm (UK time)

Venue:

In person: MAR.1.08, Marshall Building, WC2A 3LY (Register link: https://www.tickettailor.com/events/londonschoolofeconomicsandpoliticalscience/1168193)

On Zoom- register link below:

https://lse.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_aAQY9XMcROigyBCg6T7pew#/registration

(The event will be recorded and the recording will be shared once available.)

Organizers:

LSE School of Public Policy

LSE-Fudan Global Public Policy Hub

Chair: 

Dr. Shuang Chen, Assistant Professor in International Social and Public Policy at the Department of Social Policy, LSE

Speaker: Dr. Yifei Yan, Lecturer (Assistant Professor) in Public Administration and Public Policy at the Department of Politics and International Relations, University of Southampton

Discussant: 

Dr. Mobarak Hossain, Assistant Professor in the Department of Social Policy, LSE

Abstract: 

This event launches the book Getting Schools to Work Better: Educational Accountability and Teacher Support in India and China by Yifei Yan.

Getting schools to work better is a challenge just about everywhere. Many policy experts prescribe measures for strengthening school accountability either by government command and control or through alternative market and societal actors. In challenging this conventional wisdom, Yifei Yan's book examines how China and India are tackling the challenge of getting schools to work better, with a specific focus on supporting teachers, along with traditional accountability-strengthening measures. The book draws implications from its case studies for how education systems can be designed to enhance student learning towards the fulfilment of Sustainable Development Goal 4. 

This book will appeal to a wide spectrum of scholars and practitioners in the fields of comparative education, public administration, public policy, and development studies, among others. It will be especially interesting to those from the developing world facing similar accountability challenges described.

Bio: 

Dr. Yifei Yan, Lecturer (Assistant Professor) in Public Administration and Public Policy at the Department of Politics and International Relations, University of Southampton. Her research on comparative public policy and administration has won international awards from the Indian Public Policy Network and European Group for Public Administration, among others. (https://yifeiyan.weebly.com/)

Book website: 

https://www.routledge.com/Getting-Schools-to-Work-Better-Educational-Accountability-and-Teacher-Support/Yan/p/book/9781032136677

20% off discount code: AFL04

Public Policy | Spotlight video in which the author/speaker explains her research on public administration and educational governance:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O5Y8_DG1FxY&ab_channel=PublicPolicySouthampton