An overall program for political and vocational education in elementary schools is discussed. (DE)

The importance for rural Chinese schools to train laborers in socialist consciousness and culture is emphasized. (DE)

Educational reforms since the Cultural Revolution are described. (DE)

Educational reforms since the Cultural Revolution are described. A comparison between education in the city and countryside is included. (DE)

Several issues must be addressed in the process of developing inclusive education in China. This paper reveals that the relevant stakeholders should deal carefully with the relations between universalization and quality enhancement, "learning in a regular classroom" (LRC), and the physical and psychological development of the students.…

A topic of growing concern in Chinese higher education to policy-makers, scholars, and future student applicants is social justice. With the trend toward increasing enrollments in China's higher-education institutions, issues of equity and access have begun to surface, especially as they relate to China's minority population of over 100 million…

This study discusses China's experience in facilitating the UNESCO APPEAL goals of education for all by: (1) achieving universal primary education; (2) eradicating illiteracy; and (3) providing continuing education in support of the two preceding goals by the year 2000. China plans to establish a training facility in each province to coordinate…

The impact of the cultural revolution on China's education system includes greater emphasis on politics, practical learning, the dignity of manual labor and more open educational opportunities. (DE)

Twenty essays on rural mass education by T'ao Hsing-Chih (1891-1946), one of China's most effective early exponents of mass-education movements, are provided. (DE)

National studies of the progress being made toward the universalization of primary education in 12 Asian countries are reported in this collection. Begun in 1983, the studies were conducted to analyze the stage reached by the participating countries and the problems encountered by them in providing educational opportunities to all children at the…

Educational reforms since the Cultural Revolution are described. (DE)

Compares types of ability grouping (mixed, homogenous, acceleration/retention) used in educational systems in the United States, China, Japan, south Korea, France, Germany, and Quebec and how they reflect cultural patterns and shape educational outcomes. Discusses tensions between the competing demands of excellence and equity. (SK)

Using statistical data on the implementing conditions of China's educational expenditure published by the state, this paper studies the Gini coefficient of the budget educational public expenditure per student in order to examine the concentration degree of the educational expenditure for China's basic education and analyze its balanced…

This study investigates, statistically and econometrically, the income level, income inequality, education inequality, and the relationship between education and income of different social groups, on the basis of the Chinese Urban Household Survey conducted in 2005, the Gini coefficient and the quartile regression method. Research findings…