Education in Post-Mao China

A rare insider's view of educational development and problems in China since economic reform began in 1978, this volume critically examines the issue of political socialization through curriculum and compares the curriculum used during the Cultural Revolution with that compiled and used throughout China in 1988. Also explored are problems with student dropouts and teacher motivation in rural education and government-supported nonformal education; the tracking system and vocational education development in urban schools; problems that came about with economic and political reform; and the issue of inequality existing between and within rural and urban schools.

Turning to recent decentralization efforts in school administration, Jing Lin analyzes evidence suggesting that educational policy is politically controlled. Additionally, the development of educational research in the 1980s and 1990s constitutes the topic of one chapter, based on hundreds of published books and papers. Finally, Lin reflects on the massive student movement that arose in the spring of 1989 and delineates the social, economic, and political changes that sparked it. This final section treats these educational changes as an interconnected whole that underlay the movement and gave it such distinctive characteristics as nonviolence and a rational, constructive outlook.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction
Socialization through Curriculum
Rural Education: Dropouts, Teacher Motivation, and Non-formal Education
Urban Education: The Tracking System and Vocational Education
Educational Administration: Reform and Problems
Educational Research: Development and Problems
What Led to the Student Movement in 1989?
Bibliography

Über den Autor / die Autorin

Jing Lin

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Jing Lin, Lin Jing
• Verlag: Bloomsbury
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Fester Einband
• Erschienen: 24.11.1992
• EAN: 9780275942700
• ISBN: 978-0-275-94270-0
• Themen: Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik > Pädagogik > Bildungswesen; China, Economics, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economics / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / Political Advocacy, EDUCATION / Philosophy, Theory & Social Aspects, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / Asian, EDUCATION / Curricula, Philosophy & theory of education, Pressure groups, protest movements and non-violent action, Philosophy and theory of education, c 1970 to c 1979, Curriculum planning & development, c 1970 to c 1980, c 1990 to c 2000, c 1990 to c 1999, Demonstrations & protest movements, C 1980 To C 1990, c 1980 to c 1989, Curriculum planning and development, Current Events and Issues: Education