Education in China Since 1976

by Xiufang Wang

Overview

China has the largest education system in the world. The total enrollment of students in regular and adult schools at all levels exceeds 320 million, accounting for more than a quarter of the nation's population. Western educators, foreign companies, and individual entrepreneurs have invested in Chinese education but, perhaps because of the complexity of the Chinese education system and the rapid development of educational reforms, have had little success.

This work examines the education system in post-Mao China from 1976 to the present. It explores how the Chinese government sees the development of its educational practices within the nation's broader social, economic, political, and cultural contexts; how it identifies new issues that emerge in the process of what might be called educational globalization; how it translates these issues into specific educational policies, activities, and goals; how the education reforms fit China's social and political realities and objectives; how the new policies affect foreign student affairs and Chinese students studying abroad; the ways in which the government promotes international educational cooperation and exchange; the opportunities for Western institutions to introduce programs in China; and current trends and their effect on the internationalization of education.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780786413942
Publisher:	McFarland & Company, Incorporated Publishers
Publication date:	01/07/2003
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	319
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.64(d)
Age Range:	18 Years

About the Author

Xiufang Wang is the Dean of Business Development and International Cooperation at Canadian Tourism College. A former visiting professor at Renmin University of China, she lives in Calgary, Alberta Canada.

Table of Contents

Table of Contents

Tables and Charts    
Preface    

PART I: THE CHINESE EDUCATION SYSTEM
1 Introduction: Managing Educational Reforms     
2 China’s Educational Administrative System     
3 Financial System of China’s Education     
4 Legal System of China’s Education     
5 Personnel System of China’s Education     

PART II: CHINESE EDUCATION OF VARIOUS TYPES AT DIFFERENT LEVELS
6 Basic Education (Preschool, Regular Primary and Secondary Education)    
7 Regular Higher Education    
8 Vocational Education    
9 Special Education    
10 Adult Education    
11 Distance Education    
12 Private Education    

PART III: INTERNATIONALIZATION OF CHINESE EDUCATION
13 International Cooperation and Exchange in China's Education    
14 Conclusion: Chinese Educational Development in a Global Economy    

Notes    
Bibliography    
Index    
About the Author    

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