A review of the modern history of China's medical education chronicles the introduction of Western-style training in the late nineteenth century and the shift to modern medical education after 1950. The latter period is divided into periods of reorganization and development (1950-65), arrest and decline (1966-76), and renaissance and expansion…

Describes main trends in the administration and financing of higher education in China over two decades and analyzes the resource allocation under the reform policies of administrative decentralization and financing diversification. Points out the economic significance of overcoming diseconomies of scale and inefficiencies. (SLD)

This article reviews the history and development of special education in China. The historical review covers antiquity to the 1800s, 1800s to 1900s, 1949 to 1965, and 1966 to 1976. Current special education in China is discussed in terms of laws and regulations and major achievements. Major problems and future prospects are also noted. (Author/DB)

This paper reviews the development of special education in China and identifies the following critical social and cultural variables: economic conditions, the Confucian tradition, Western cultural influences, and prevailing socialist ideology. These factors are credited with changes from no special education to special education starting at birth,…

Although the discourse system of China's educational economics has a short history of only 20 years, it has gained an important position in the discourse system of pedagogy. This system consists of rich discourse branches including the relations between education and economy, educational investment and educational finance, educational cost and…

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…

Opportunities for higher education in China have grown continually since the reestablishment of the college entrance examination system in 1978, with a percentage of overall enrollment that soared from 1.56 percent in 1978 to 15 percent in 2002, showing that China had already entered the era of mass higher education. However, does the expansion of…

A total of 84 publications which contain information related to education in the People's Republic of China are presented in this annotated bibliography. With few exceptions publication dates range from the 1950's to the present; a small selection of earlier materials printed in the 1920's and 1930's is also included. Listed alphabetically by…

The Chinese tradition in higher education and the challenge it presents to its modernizers are discussed. German, American, and French higher education projects in China in the early decades of the 20th century are analyzed comparatively to see how far and in what ways they contributed to Chinese educational modernization. (RM)

Discusses the the vicissitudes of history teaching in China and the compilation of curricula since 1949. There had been and continues to be very little history taught in China's schools. Policies governing the writing and dissemination of curriculum materials about the past have varied over the years. (RM)

It is not surprising that private education is gaining importance in China, given the overall context of huge national efforts toward building up a "socialist market economy." However, the fast growth rate in both quantity and quality of profitable private schools in a socialist society has exceeded expectations. This paper examines the…

This report provides ethnographic descriptions of schools in the People's Republic of China derived from a visit to the PRC in December, 1972; the paper begins with a brief background, describes the schools visited, and concludes with interpretative comments. (Author/JM)

The Chinese student's role in political, social, and economic developments, and the growth of the communist government is examined. Problems affecting educational reform in Red China are discussed. (SM)

Foreign language teaching has made considerable progress in China in recent years, despite serious handicaps. A concerted effort is being made to overcome shortcomings and modernize teaching methods. Barring further major political upheaval, China should achieve recognition as a leader in foreign language methodology before the turn of the…

The two biggest educational issues facing China are critical and related--how to provide for equality of educational opportunity and how to maintain an intellectual community that is both "red" and expert. (Author/IRT)