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Article: Rural Education and Urbanization: Experiences and Struggles in China since the Late 1970s
Title | Rural Education and Urbanization: Experiences and Struggles in China since the Late 1970s |
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Keywords | Rural education Urbanization Rural migration Education policy China |
Issue Date | 2015 |
Publisher | Mercy College, School of Education. The Journal's web site is located at http://ger.mercy.edu/index.php/ger |
Citation | Global Education Review, 2015, v. 2 n. 4, p. 78-100 How to Cite? |
Abstract | China has adopted an unbalanced development economic policy to improve its domestic economy and international competiveness for more than three decades. During this process, rural education has undergone a series of reforms. With reference to compulsory education, this article argues that rural education in China is a pragmatic instrument for the state to expand and improve the quality of urbanization. Rural education can be used to serve urbanization, is influenced by the rural-urban disparities brought about by urbanization, and receives urban aids and support in exchange for following state guidelines. Due to deep-rooted disparities and long-standing unequal institutions, rural education still faces challenges and difficulties related to effectively financing rural education, handling urban-based curricula and evaluation standards, recruiting qualified and stable teachers, and the outflow of original rural residents. This article concludes by offering an explanation of its policy implications for the functions and constraints of state-directed rural education in serving urbanization. |
Persistent Identifier | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/229527 |
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dc.contributor.author | Xu, S | - |
dc.contributor.author | Law, WW | - |
dc.date.accessioned | 2016-08-23T14:11:42Z | - |
dc.date.available | 2016-08-23T14:11:42Z | - |
dc.date.issued | 2015 | - |
dc.identifier.citation | Global Education Review, 2015, v. 2 n. 4, p. 78-100 | - |
dc.identifier.issn | 2325-663X | - |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/229527 | - |
dc.description.abstract | China has adopted an unbalanced development economic policy to improve its domestic economy and international competiveness for more than three decades. During this process, rural education has undergone a series of reforms. With reference to compulsory education, this article argues that rural education in China is a pragmatic instrument for the state to expand and improve the quality of urbanization. Rural education can be used to serve urbanization, is influenced by the rural-urban disparities brought about by urbanization, and receives urban aids and support in exchange for following state guidelines. Due to deep-rooted disparities and long-standing unequal institutions, rural education still faces challenges and difficulties related to effectively financing rural education, handling urban-based curricula and evaluation standards, recruiting qualified and stable teachers, and the outflow of original rural residents. This article concludes by offering an explanation of its policy implications for the functions and constraints of state-directed rural education in serving urbanization. | - |
dc.language | eng | - |
dc.publisher | Mercy College, School of Education. The Journal's web site is located at http://ger.mercy.edu/index.php/ger | - |
dc.relation.ispartof | Global Education Review | - |
dc.subject | Rural education | - |
dc.subject | Urbanization | - |
dc.subject | Rural migration | - |
dc.subject | Education policy | - |
dc.subject | China | - |
dc.title | Rural Education and Urbanization: Experiences and Struggles in China since the Late 1970s | - |
dc.type | Article | - |
dc.identifier.email | Law, WW: wwlaw@hku.hk | - |
dc.identifier.authority | Law, WW=rp00921 | - |
dc.description.nature | published_or_final_version | - |
dc.identifier.hkuros | 259971 | - |
dc.identifier.volume | 2 | - |
dc.identifier.issue | 4 | - |
dc.identifier.spage | 78 | - |
dc.identifier.epage | 100 | - |
dc.publisher.place | United States | - |
dc.identifier.issnl | 2325-663X | - |