School days in China: an interview with Ling Li, Professor and Associate Director of the Center for International and Comparative Education, Southwest University, Chongqing, China

Abstract

Ling Li, who is an education professor in China, initiated the conversations that resulted in the dialog presented in this article. She sought out Susan’s support for a grant from the Chinese government for arts-based educational research. Correspondences between Susan and Ling have continued over two years and set the stage for Morgan’s research about Chinese public policy. The resulting interviews are greatly abridged for this article; with the authors choosing to focus on just a few topics about Chinese educational policy and practice. Ling Li provided a great many photographs as “visual field notes.” Selected photographs are presented here to expand the verbal text.

Keywords:

• Chinese educational policy
• arts-based educational research
• perspective