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The Haitong Project: Exploring a collaborative approach to implement TBLT in primary classrooms in China

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 September 2017

Yan Zhu  and
Dingfang Shu
Yan Zhu
Affiliation:
College of Foreign Languages and Literatures, Fudan Universityyan_zhu@fudan.edu.cn
Dingfang Shu
Affiliation:
The Shanghai Centre for Research in English Language Education, Shanghai International Studies Universityshudfk@yahoo.com
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As one of the two ‘educational special zones’ in China, Shanghai is launching a new round of curriculum reforms centring on lide shuren, viz. ‘fostering integrity and promoting rounded development of people’ (Hu 2012). Apart from piloting a new plan for Gaokao, the national college entrance examination in 2014, a ground-breaking endeavour by the Shanghai Municipal Education Commission was to establish 17 key research centres at higher institutions for 16 basic education subjects in an effort to push forward city-wide curriculum innovations through in-depth university-school collaborations. Founded in 2016, the Shanghai Centre for Research in English Language Education (SCRELE) is one of these key research platforms.

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Research in the News
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Language Teaching , Volume 50 , Issue 4 , October 2017 , pp. 579 - 585
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2017 

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