Rural Education in China's Social Transition

1. Auflage 2017
ISBN: 978-1-138-68140-8
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)

Buch, Englisch, 256 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 540 g

Reihe: Education and Society in China

In the first decade of the twenty-first century, the People's Republic of China experienced dramatic growth and expansion that altered the educational environment of children. Rapid economic development increased prosperity and educational opportunities for children expanded in a wealthier society. Yet, a by-product of rising wealth was rising inequality. While the children of the emerging urban middle and elite classes enjoyed new prosperity, the children of hte persistently poor in rural communities continued to experience challenges such as food insecurity, illness, hardships of family separation, and migrant life on the margins of the cities. This time period saw a large resource gap emerge between the home conditions of poor rural children compared with those of their wealthier urban counterparts.

This book highlights the complexities China has experienced in seeking to extend full educational access to rural children— including rural- to- urban migrant and ethnic minority children—during a momentous period in China. Chapters delve into the experiences, perceptions, strategies, and diffi culties of rural- origin children and their families in the school system, and lay bare the challenges of policy initiatives designed to support rural education.

We hope the experiences detailed here will be of interest to students and scholars of rural educational policy and practice in China and worldwide.

Zielgruppe

Postgraduate and Professional

Autoren/Hrsg.

Kong, Peggy A

Hannum, Emily

Postiglione, Gerard A

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Agrarsoziologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Pädagogik Bildungssystem Vergleichende und Empirische Bildungsforschung
• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Pädagogik Bildungswesen: Organisation und Verwaltung
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Arbeit/Sozialpädagogik Community Care, Bildung, Freizeit, Freiwilligenarbeit
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften Interdisziplinär Regionalwissenschaften, Regionalstudien
• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Teildisziplinen der Pädagogik Multikulturelle Pädagogik, Friedenserziehung
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Stadt- und Regionalsoziologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Teildisziplinen der Pädagogik Erziehung in der Familie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

PART I: HOW RURAL FAMILIES SUPPORT AND THEIR CHILDREN’S EDUCATION 1. Credit Limits as an Element of Family Socioeconomic Status: An Application to the Case of Children's Educational Outcomes in Rural Gansu Province 2. Engendering a Love for Learning: Family and School Contexts and Children’s Educational Engagement in Rural Gansu, China 3. Educational Differences in Parental Support for Children’s Schooling in Rural China 4. Parental Involvement in Rural Anhui: Coping with the Burden of Guanxi PART 2: CHALLENGES FOR MINORITY YOUTH IN RURAL AREAS 5. “Two Basics” in a Rural Muslim Area of Northwest China 6. Exceptions to the Rule: Rural and Nomadic Tibetans Gaining Access to Dislocated Elite Inland Boarding Schools PART 3: CHALLENGES OF PROVIDING QUALITY EDUCATION IN RURAL COMMUNITIES 7. Universalization of Preschool Education in Rural Shanxi 8. Correlates and Implications of Grade Retention in Rural Northwest China 9. Schools as De Facto Childcare Centers: Adolescents’ Lives and Educational Paths in Rural China PART 4: CHALLENGES FOR RURAL MIGRANT CHILDREN 10. Access and Equity for Rural Migrants in Shanghai 11. Migrant Education: Family Strategies and Public Policies

Über Autor(innen)

Peggy A. Kong, Visiting Scholar, Drexel University.

Emily Hannum, Professor of Sociology, University of Pennsylvania.

Gerard A.Postiglione, Emeritus Professor and Honorary Professor, Faculty of Education, the University of Hong Kong.