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Walsh, Daniel J. Daniel J. Walsh Anderson, Richard C. Bresler, Liora Greene, Jennifer C. Liu, Wei 2014-05-30T17:03:45Z 2014-05-30T17:03:45Z 2016-09-22T20:59:25Z 2014-05 2014-05-30T17:03:45Z 2014-05 This study examines contemporary Chinese teachers’ beliefs of what constitutes a good child. It explores the meanings that underlie these conceptions and scrutinizes the changes that have transpired in the classrooms as well as in teachers’ beliefs over the past ten years. The study employs a combination of observations, interviews, and a survey to examine the research questions. I identified seven principal attributes in a good child: Individuality, Independence, Optimism, Collaboration, Collectivity, Responsibility, and Honesty. The meaning of these attributes is exemplified through vignettes and interview excerpts. Based on these principal attributes, a survey was developed and distributed to a larger population of teachers in attempt to confirm the findings of the interviews and observations and to further explore the research question. Three hundred and forty nine teachers participated in the survey. Both descriptive and inferential statistics were used to analyze the questionnaires. The overall findings indicate a shift of values and beliefs of Chinese teachers that has simultaneously occurred with changes that have taken place in their classrooms as well as in Chinese society. Item withdrawn by Mark Zulauf (zulauf@illinois.edu) on 2014-04-23T18:16:26Z Item was in collections: University of Illinois Theses & Dissertations (ID: 1) No. of bitstreams: 2 Liu_Wei.pdf: 806595 bytes, checksum: 19d12bb83135643e95c5d24af45fa404 (MD5) Liu_Wei.pdf: 806595 bytes, checksum: 19d12bb83135643e95c5d24af45fa404 (MD5) Made available in DSpace on 2014-05-30T17:03:45Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 3 Wei_Liu.pdf: 801785 bytes, checksum: db90434ff9c43d886155da0a9812e150 (MD5) Liu_Wei.pdf: 806595 bytes, checksum: 19d12bb83135643e95c5d24af45fa404 (MD5) license.txt: 4056 bytes, checksum: d700c0eab73383645c66b0fac305752b (MD5) Restriction data tranferred 2014-07-01T11:38:23-05:00 Original Data Group with Access UIUC Users [automated] Release Date: 2016-05-30 12:09:03 UTC Reason: Author requested U of Illinois access only (OA after 2yrs) in Vireo ETD system Item marked as restricted to the 'UIUC Users [automated]' Group (id=2) by Seth Robbins (robbins.sd@gmail.com) on 2014-05-30T17:09:23Z Item is restricted until 2016-05-30T17:09:03Z U of I Only Restriction Lifted for Item 49717 on 2016-09-22T20:59:25Z. http://hdl.handle.net/2142/49666 en Copyright 2014 Wei Liu Chinese teachers values Chinese preschool Chinese teachers beliefs Chinese culture changes Chinese education Chinese children Chinese morality "Chinese teachers' conceptualization of ""what is a good child""" text Dissertation Curriculum and Instruction 1613 Elementary Education 0095 University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Ph.D. PHD:Elementary Education -UIUC 10KS0095PHD