Handbook of Education in China by W.J. Morgan (English) Hardcover Book

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The Handbook of Education in China provides both a comprehensive overview and an original interpretation of key aspects of education in the People's Republic of China.

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The Handbook of Education in China provides both a comprehensive overview and an original interpretation of key aspects of education in the People's Republic of China. With a sharp focus on specific policy areas and using both original Chinese sources and other commentaries, it expertly places the topic within its historical and political context. The Handbook has four distinct and thematic parts: The Historical Background; The Contemporary Chinese System; Problems and Policies; The Special Administrative Regions: Macau and Hong Kong. The chapters address fundamental issues facing Chinese society, including the rapid educational expansion in support of economic development in the post-Mao period, the evolution of education as public policy, concern for access to education as social justice and the parallel educational systems of the Special Administrative Regions. The editors and contributors are Chinese and foreign academics expert in this important field. The Handbook of Education in China is an essential reference for those interested in Chinese education, as well as a comprehensive resource that provides valuable supplementary material for those studying Chinese politics, economy, culture and society more generally.

Author Biography

Edited by W. John Morgan, Professor Emeritus, School of Education; Senior Fellow, China Policy Institute, University of Nottingham; Honorary Professor, School of Social Sciences, Cardiff University, Qing Gu, Director, London Centre for Leadership in Learning (LCLL) and Professor of Leadership in Education, UCL Institute of Education, UK and Fengliang Li, Associate Professor of the Economics of Education, Institute of Education, Tsinghua University, People's Republic of China

Table of Contents

Contents:PrefaceIntroduction: Education in ChinaW. John Morgan, Qing Gu and Fengliang LiPart I: The Historical Background1. The Origins of Modern Chinese EducationMuchu Zhang with Ruth Hayhoe2. Maoist Ideology and EducationW. John MorganPart II: The Contemporary Chinese System3. The Structure, Governance and Finance of Education:Xianan Hu and Fengliang Li4. Early Childhood EducationXin Zhou5. Primary EducationJohn Chi-Kin Lee and Huan Song6. Secondary EducationYu Zhang7. Teacher EducationPing Zhao, Jun Zhou, and Qiong Li8. Universities and Higher EducationYuzhuo Cai and Fengqiao Yan9. Technical and Vocational EducationZhiqun Zhao and Xueping Wu10. Distance Education and Lifelong LearningFengliang Li, Nianchun Wang, and Xianan HuPart III: Problems and Policies11. Citizenship EducationWing-Wah Law12. Educational InequalityYanbi Hong and Yandong Zhao13. Special and Inclusive EducationSarah Dauncey14. Education and MinoritiesMiaoyan Yang15. Private TutoringPeggy A. Kong, Xiaoran Yu, and Xia Zhao16. Education and the Labour MarketYongpo Tian and Wenwen Ji17. The Education of Migrant Workers and their ChildrenLitao Lu, Li Yuan, and Feng Gao18. Science, Technology, and Mathematics EducationSu Wang19. Environmental EducationQing Tian, Yu Huang, Gerald A. McBeath, and Jenifer Huang McBeath20. Chinese Students Overseas: Choice of destinationDan Liu and W. John Morgan21. Chinese Students Overseas: Studying and returningQing Gu and Michele SchweisfurthPart IV: The Special Administrative Regions22. Education in the Macao Special Administrative RegionStephanie W. Lee and Tsz Kit Cheng23. Education in the Hong Kong Special Administrative RegionKai-ming ChengIndex

Review

'This edited volume is a highly comprehensive Handbook that contains everything a beginning scholar in Chinese education might need to know. It offers highly detailed chapters with some significant areas of critique, which will be of interest to the non-Chinese scholar. Students and others who are new to Chinese education will find it an essential Handbook.' -- Compare: A Journal of Comparative and International Education'The Handbook of Education in China is the essential sourcebook for those interested in education in the People's Republic of China. All the chapters are written by active and experienced researchers in their respective fields; and the reader will learn how and why China's education has developed in the way it has, about its political, economic, and social context, and how it is likely to develop in future. It is a significant milestone in the study of education in a country which continues to grow in global importance and interest.' -- Ding Xiaohao, Peking University, China'This book offers something qualitatively different in that it provides, for the first time, a detailed, comprehensive, and critical commentary on Chinese education in all of its many aspects. Each chapter gives the reader a clear account of developments in the specific area of education under consideration, together with a review of research-based knowledge of the problems faced, and possible solutions.'  -- Qian Tang, United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization'This Handbook provides a panoramic view on the latest developments and challenging issues facing China's education sector. By bringing together historic perspectives, theoretic reflections and empirical evidence, it sheds new light on the complexity of its educational system, relationship between education and society, as well as new trends, dynamics and possible impacts of its education reform in China and beyond.' -- Bin Wu, Nottingham University Business School, UK

Review Quote

'This Handbook provides a panoramic view on the latest developments and challenging issues facing China's education sector. By bringing together historic perspectives, theoretic reflections and empirical evidence, it sheds new light on the complexity of its educational system, relationship between education and society, as well as new trends, dynamics and possible impacts of its education reform in China and beyond.'

Details ISBN1783470658 Language English Year 2017 ISBN-10 1783470658 ISBN-13 9781783470655 Format Hardcover Publication Date 2017-08-25 DEWEY 370.951 Pages 584 Publisher Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd Series Handbooks of Research on Contemporary China series Imprint Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd Place of Publication Cheltenham Country of Publication United Kingdom AU Release Date 2017-08-25 NZ Release Date 2017-08-25 UK Release Date 2017-08-25 Author Fengliang Li Edited by Fengliang Li Audience Professional & Vocational We've got this

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