Perceived double reduction policy, perception of educational involution: exploring the mediating role of parental educational anxiety and the moderating influence of gender—insights from a survey conducted in a city in China
Education policies align with evolving needs and changes in education. Two years ago, the double reduction policy was widely welcomed. But new challenges have emerged now, it is necessary to examine whether it still meets parental expectations, and whether adjustments in details are needed. We inves...
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| author | Zhang, Shuyang Sulong, Rose Manisah Che Hassan, Norlizah |
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| description | Education policies align with evolving needs and changes in education. Two years ago, the double reduction policy was widely welcomed. But new challenges have emerged now, it is necessary to examine whether it still meets parental expectations, and whether adjustments in details are needed. We investigated parents' perception of policy implementation intensity; and its relationship with parents' perception of educational involution; and parents' educational anxiety, as well as the roles played by gender. Findings highlight parents who perceive a stronger policy implementation intensity experience higher levels of educational anxiety and are more likely to feel educational involution; education anxiety acts as a mediator, while gender plays a moderating role. We highlighted policy's advantages while emphasizing the necessity to avoid policy rigidity and one‐size‐fits‐all. We recommend establishing a flexible, real‐time parental feedback mechanism and promoting continuous monitoring and evaluation. This approach would enable it to meet the changing demands of education. |
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| spelling | upm-1089492024-05-15T16:35:45Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/108949/ Perceived double reduction policy, perception of educational involution: exploring the mediating role of parental educational anxiety and the moderating influence of gender—insights from a survey conducted in a city in China Zhang, Shuyang Sulong, Rose Manisah Che Hassan, Norlizah Education policies align with evolving needs and changes in education. Two years ago, the double reduction policy was widely welcomed. But new challenges have emerged now, it is necessary to examine whether it still meets parental expectations, and whether adjustments in details are needed. We investigated parents' perception of policy implementation intensity; and its relationship with parents' perception of educational involution; and parents' educational anxiety, as well as the roles played by gender. Findings highlight parents who perceive a stronger policy implementation intensity experience higher levels of educational anxiety and are more likely to feel educational involution; education anxiety acts as a mediator, while gender plays a moderating role. We highlighted policy's advantages while emphasizing the necessity to avoid policy rigidity and one‐size‐fits‐all. We recommend establishing a flexible, real‐time parental feedback mechanism and promoting continuous monitoring and evaluation. This approach would enable it to meet the changing demands of education. Wiley 2023-12 Article PeerReviewed Zhang, Shuyang and Sulong, Rose Manisah and Che Hassan, Norlizah (2023) Perceived double reduction policy, perception of educational involution: exploring the mediating role of parental educational anxiety and the moderating influence of gender—insights from a survey conducted in a city in China. European Journal of Education. pp. 1-12. ISSN 0141-8211; ESSN: 1465-3435 (In Press) https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/ejed.12604 10.1111/ejed.12604 |
| spellingShingle | Zhang, Shuyang Sulong, Rose Manisah Che Hassan, Norlizah Perceived double reduction policy, perception of educational involution: exploring the mediating role of parental educational anxiety and the moderating influence of gender—insights from a survey conducted in a city in China |
| title | Perceived double reduction policy, perception of educational involution: exploring the mediating role of parental educational anxiety and the moderating influence of gender—insights from a survey conducted in a city in China |
| title_full | Perceived double reduction policy, perception of educational involution: exploring the mediating role of parental educational anxiety and the moderating influence of gender—insights from a survey conducted in a city in China |
| title_fullStr | Perceived double reduction policy, perception of educational involution: exploring the mediating role of parental educational anxiety and the moderating influence of gender—insights from a survey conducted in a city in China |
| title_full_unstemmed | Perceived double reduction policy, perception of educational involution: exploring the mediating role of parental educational anxiety and the moderating influence of gender—insights from a survey conducted in a city in China |
| title_short | Perceived double reduction policy, perception of educational involution: exploring the mediating role of parental educational anxiety and the moderating influence of gender—insights from a survey conducted in a city in China |
| title_sort | perceived double reduction policy, perception of educational involution: exploring the mediating role of parental educational anxiety and the moderating influence of gender—insights from a survey conducted in a city in china |
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