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Zhao, Litao – International Journal of Educational Development, 2009
From the early 1980s, China underwent perhaps the world's largest and most comprehensive experiment of decentralization in education. There has been a shift from decentralization to some degree of recentralization, however, since the mid-1990s, particularly since the early 2000s. The purpose of this shift was to establish a stable and regularized…
Descriptors: Primary Education, Rural Urban Differences, Administrative Organization, Foreign Countries
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John, Lee Chi Kin; Jiayi, Wang – Open Learning, 2005
This case study is set in a remote rural area of China--the Tianshui area of Gansu Province. It examines a strategy involving the use of Video Compact Discs (VCDs) to enhance primary education in these areas. Firstly, the challenging context of Tianshui area is described. Secondly, strategies for promoting rural education using VCDs and the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Development, Rural Areas, Rural Education