Charlene Tan is an associate professor at the Policy and Leadership Studies Academic Group, National Institute of Education, Nanyang Technological University. A visiting scholar at the Institute of International and Comparative Education, Beijing Normal University in 2013, she has been teaching school leaders, teachers and administrators from various parts of China since 2008.

This book critically discusses China's borrowing from the West through its current educational reform. It presents the latest research findings from a three-year empirical study (2013-2015) with school principals, teachers, students and other educational stakeholders across China. This study offers new insights into China's educational borrowing from the West and international implications on cross-cultural educational transfer for academics, policymakers and educators.

Preface
1. Concepts, Theories, and Models of Educational Policy Borrowing
2. Educational Policy Borrowing in China: Historical Perspectives
3. Introduction to the New Curriculum Reform in China
4. Looking West: Chinese Perceptions of the New Curriculum Reform
5. The New Curriculum Reform in the Classroom
6. Constructivism and Postmodernism for Education in China: A Critique
7. Looking East: Confucian Influences on Chinese Education
8. When East Meets West: Cultural Scripts, Indigenisation and the 'Teacher-Directed, Student-Engaged' Approach
9. Surprises and Paradoxes in China's Education Reform: The Example of Dulangkou Secondary School
10. Conclusions and Implications