Two Decades of Basic Education in Rural China Transitions and Challenges for Development

Two Decades of Basic Education in Rural China Transitions and Challenges for Development / by Lu Wang, Keith Lewin.

This book examines how educational change has progressed in three contrasting areas spread across China since 1990, exploring key issues concerning rural education in both poor and rich areas. Of the three areas covered in this book, the first is a rich one near Beijing; the second is in the northwe...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Wang, Lu (Author), Lewin, Keith (Author)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Singapore : Springer Singapore : Imprint: Springer, 2016.
Edition:1st ed. 2016.
Series:New Frontiers of Educational Research,
Springer eBook Collection.
Subjects:
International education .
Comparative education.
Educational policy.
Education and state.
Electronic resources (E-books)
Online Access:Click to view e-book
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Electronic access restricted to members of the Holy Cross Community.
Table of Contents:
  • Setting The Scene
  • Compulsory Education in A Rich District Tongzhou in Beijing
  • Nine Year Compulsory Education in A Poor District Ansai in Yan’an, Shannxi
  • Nine Year Compulsory Education in a National Minority Area Zhaojue County, Yi Autonomous Prefecture, Sichuan
  • Rural Teacher Issues
  • Financing Compulsory Education in Rural Areas: The Development of a Sustainable Fund
  • Marginalised Children and Universal Basic Education
  • School Mapping and Boarding in The Context of Demographic Change in Rural Areas of China
  • Education and Change – Retrospect and Prospect.

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