Investigate Differences in Policy Enactment and Leadership Styles Between Chinese and England Higher Education Reforms

• In Event: AERA Roundtable Session Saturday 5:10 pm Four Seasons Ballroom 4
  In Roundtable Session: Global Perspectives on Policy Implementation and Educational Equity: Case Studies From China, Kazakhstan, and Beyond (Table 13)

Abstract

This research conducts two institutional case studies, focusing on curriculum reform in both an English university and a Chinese university, with the purpose of scrutinising the distinct facets of policy enactment across diverse cultural, institutional, and disciplinary settings. Additionally, this study examines the role of leadership styles, functioning as a type of policy actorhood, in shaping the dynamics of the policy enactment process. This research begins with a document analysis of policy artefacts and subsequently, interviews is conducted with key policy actors at different levels. Overall, this thesis contributes to the advancement of micro-level comparative studies between China and England, theorising the framework and discourse of policy enactment and its relation to educational leadership styles in higher education institutions. .

Author

• Dandan Li, University of Bath