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Shirk, Susan L. – Comparative Education Review, 1979
This paper summarizes educational reforms of the Cultural Revolution in China and their results, and describes the recent policy moves away from these reforms. It speculates about the impact of these two sets of policies and suggests how these effects led particular groups to support or choose certain policies. (Author/KC)
Descriptors: Attitude Change, Economic Change, Educational Change, Educational History
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Kwong, Julia – Comparative Education Review, 1979
The educational programs of the Great Leap Forward (GLF) represented the first organized attempt by the Chinese government to restructure and align the educational system with the national economy. The educational policies of the GLF ultimately foundered because of patterned inertia within the educational system.(Author)
Descriptors: Administrative Problems, Adoption (Ideas), Educational Change, Educational History
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Carter, David; And Others – B.C. Journal of Special Education, 1996
This article reviews the historical development of special education in the People's Republic of China, with special emphasis on trends and issues that have emerged in the period since the Cultural Revolution of 1966-69. Major positive developments are identified along with continuing obstacles and possible solutions. (Author/CR)
Descriptors: Disabilities, Educational Change, Educational History, Educational Practices
Feng, Youlan – Chinese Education: A Journal of Translations, 1989
Recounts the history of Beijing University prior to the founding of the People's Republic of China. Provides insights through the author's personal memoirs. Gives a sense of the past through the liberal use of anecdotes. (KO)
Descriptors: Educational History, Educational Practices, Foreign Countries, Higher Education
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Wong, Ting-Hong – British Journal of Sociology of Education, 2006
When Singapore underwent decolonization after World War II, its government--keen on constructing a Singapore-centered identity--sought to replace Chinese schools, which taught a China-centered worldview. This attempt provoked tough resistance from the local Chinese. Succumbing to this pressure, the ruling regime accommodated Chinese schools as…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Change, National Curriculum, National Standards
Feng, Jianhua – 1989
This paper examines John Dewey's major educational thoughts and his influence on education from a dynamic-historical perspective. Dewey's marked and enduring influence on Chinese educational thought and practice is a central theme. The paper argues that because Dewey himself and his ideas grew and matured in a dramatically changing and developing…
Descriptors: Change Agents, Child Development, Curriculum Development, Democracy
Spodek, Bernard – 1987
The present discussion attempts to relate current changes in kindergarten education in China to contemporary political, social, and intellectual reforms. Kindergarten education in China has always reflected the country's social policy as well as its view of the nature of childhood. Currently, in China, more kindergartens exist under more varied…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Educational Development, Educational History, Educational Methods
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Yonemura, Margaret – National Elementary Principal, 1974
Reviews recent publications dealing broadly with values, objectives, and the role of women in the education of young children. (WM)
Descriptors: Book Reviews, Early Childhood Education, Educational History, Educational Objectives
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Hayhoe, Ruth – Interchange, 1988
This article focuses on the epistemological changes evident in twentieth-century educational reform in China. Reflections on linkages between knowledge and modernization, based on sociological literature, are presented. The Chinese knowledge tradition, current changes in the higher education curriculum, and curricular experiments at six…
Descriptors: College Curriculum, Communism, Curriculum Development, Educational Change
Chen-chung, Yu – Language Learning and Communication, 1984
Discusses the underlying philosophy of English teaching in China from the point of view of its historical development and the effects on the teaching and learning of both Confucian and socialist principles. (nine references) (VWL)
Descriptors: Confucianism, Cultural Influences, Educational History, Educational Principles
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Qing, Tian – Chinese Education and Society, 2004
This article presents the historical review of environmental education in China. As China's economy began to grow, environmental pollution and ecological destruction initially appeared locally in the early 1980s. These local environmental issues were primarily managed and controlled by state and local environmental protection agencies. In…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Local Issues, Middle School Teachers, Elementary School Teachers
Feng, Yuan – 1994
This comparative historical study examines political centralism in China in the Imperial Examination and the National College Entrance Examination (NCEE). Both systems served the political needs of the ruling classes and the commoners, although in a limited way for the latter. The Imperial Examination was once a positive force for social…
Descriptors: College Entrance Examinations, Comparative Analysis, Education Work Relationship, Educational History
Gilliom, M. Eugene – 1977
This document consists of transcripts that were taken from tape recordings made during a tour of China by U.S. social studies education students and their professor in 1977. The transcripts record briefings that the tour group received at educational institutions, briefings that the tour group received at educational institutions, factories and…
Descriptors: Communism, Comparative Education, Educational Development, Educational History
Parker, Franklin – 1986
Citing as a central focus of the Chinese government since the People's Republic of China was established in 1949, this paper presents a brief sociopolitical and historical description of China in the twentieth century and suggests reasons for its lack of modern development and low educational attainment as of 1949. The importance of education as a…
Descriptors: Chinese Culture, Educational Attainment, Educational History, Elementary Secondary Education
Sizer, Nancy F. – 1974
John Dewey's 2-year visit to China after World War I resulted in a continuing influence of his ideas on institutions and beliefs of modern Chinese education. Looked at against background of both traditional and Communist China, Dewey's ideas serve to illustrate the thesis that, while he is vilified, Deweyism is alive in Communist China and that…
Descriptors: Comparative Education, Democratic Values, Educational History, Educational Philosophy
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