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Private schools resurfaced in China after 1978 when the Chinese government embarked on an economic reform for modernization. This book offers a comprehensive review of the development, characteristics, issues, and problems of private schools at primary, secondary and university levels, especially elite private schools for children of very wealthy families.
Based on fieldwork at about 40 private and public schools in China, this study also critically examines social response and government reactions to private education development, and ends with reflections on its significance and future prospects, touching on issues concerning social equality, efficiency, public school reform, and democratization in China.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Introduction
Overview and Context of Private Education DevelopmentPrivate Education Development: An Overview
Economic Reform and Social Transformation Since 1948
Chinese Culture and Society and Dilemnas in the Public School System
Profiles and Characteristics of Private Schools and UniversitiesElite Private Schools
Ordinary Private Schools
Private Universities
Culture, Characteristics and Moral and Democratic Education in Private SchoolsCharacteristics and Culture of Private Schools
Moral and Democratic Education in Private Schools
Private Education Responses: Issues, Problems, and Theoretical ReflectionResponse from the Public, Scholars, and the Government
Issues and Problems
Equality and Choice: Theoretical and Practical Concerns
Significance and Future Prospect
Bibliography
Appendix: Regulation on Schools Run by Social Forces
Index
Über den Autor / die Autorin
JING LIN is Associate Professor of Education at McGill University. She is the author of several books including
The Opening of the Chinese Mind (1994),
Education in Post-Mao China (1993), and
The Red Guards' Path to Violence (1991) all by Praeger Publishers.
