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Kwong, Julia – Comparative Education, 1985
Studies changes in the political culture of China from 1970-1976 through an analysis of elementary/secondary language textbooks. Agrees that texts are political handbooks for the young, providing them with rules and guidelines for behavior and revealing political reality as leaders would like the young to view it. (NEC)
Descriptors: Comparative Education, Educational History, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries
Miles, M. – 1998
This paper discusses the education of people with blindness in China and India prior to the establishment of formal schools for the blind. Key people who advanced the education of people with blindness are highlighted, such as missionary teacher Mary Gutzlaff, who integrated Chinese orphan girls with blindness into her school at Macau. One of the…
Descriptors: Blindness, Braille, Comparative Education, Cultural Influences
Ashmore, Rhea A.; Cao, Zhen – 1997
Since the late 1970s, the central government in China has focused on education reform as one of the key components to achieve the goal of the four modernizations: (1) agriculture; (2) industry; (3) science and technology; and (4) defense. Reform outlines and government mandates have significantly affected education in China at all levels. A brief…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Educational History, Educational Practices, Elementary Secondary Education
Saywell, William G. – Canadian Journal of Higher Education, 1980
Policies in Chinese education, especially higher education, have undergone major shifts since 1949 in response to general swings in Chinese policy, ideological debates, and leaders. The shifts have been between education as a party device to sustain revolutionary values and education as a government instrument to promote modernization. (MSE)
Descriptors: Communism, Curriculum, Educational History, Educational Policy

Lee, Wai-man; Lo, L. Nai-kwai – Chinese University Education Journal, 1988
Discusses dependency theory in comparative education studies. Examines U.S. educational transfer to China during the Republican period as it functioned through the public health delivery model of the Dingxian Experiment. Notes that resistance to dependency in this case could serve as a model for avoiding the technological misfitting of programs.…
Descriptors: Comparative Education, Cultural Influences, Educational History, Educational Policy
Bullough, Vern L.; Ruan, Fang-fu – Health Education, 1990
China has moved from condemning sex education, on political grounds, to according it high national priority. This article gives a brief overview of the history of sex education in China from 1949 to 1988, outlines reasons for the many changes, and lists various texts that have been used. (Author/IAH)
Descriptors: Educational Environment, Educational History, Educational Trends, Elementary Secondary Education

Lai, Kwok Hung – Educational Studies, 1999
Provides information on civic education in Hong Kong, from colonization to decolonization. States that Hong Kong youth are apathetic in political and community affairs and addresses the resistance to national identify formation. Contends that civic education should be included in tertiary education and describes different civic education programs.…
Descriptors: Citizenship Education, Civics, Educational History, Elementary Secondary Education
Ho, Wai-Chung – Research and Issues in Music Education, 2006
The purpose of the present study was to investigate how the national development of Taiwan has shaped the context of music learning through the development of local cultures in current education reform. Through the examination of relevant literature, official documents, websites and a selection of music education publications that are commonly…
Descriptors: Music Education, Educational Change, Foreign Countries, Humanities Instruction
EFA 2000 Bulletin, 1998
This issue of "EFA 2000" focuses on the theme of inclusive education, i.e., including children with disabilities in general education classrooms. The cover story discusses a 1995 UNESCO survey of 63 countries that showed that integration of children with disabilities in regular schools is a declared policy in almost every country.…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Educational Change, Educational History, Elementary Secondary Education
Prillaman, A. Renee; Day, Barbara D. – WCCI Forum: Journal of the World Council for Curriculum and Instruction, 1987
Examines data gathered from a survey of literature, observations, and interviews conducted during a 1985 trip to China. Specifically focuses on changes in Chinese education as influenced by politics, economics, and social values. Includes a comparison of similarities and differences in current Chinese and U.S. education. (BSR)
Descriptors: Case Studies, Chinese Culture, Comparative Education, Educational History
Walling, Donovan R. – Curriculum Review, 1984
Briefly reviews the educational history of the People's Republic of China, discusses four specific avenues of structural reform in secondary education--joint business/government ventures, independent vocational schools, modified liberal arts schools, and regional coordinating centers--and points out parallel needs in US secondary education. (MBR)
Descriptors: Developing Nations, Educational Change, Educational History, Educational Needs
Deyun, Song – English Teacher: An International Journal, 2000
Gives a brief introduction to the history and the present Teaching English-as-a-Foreign-Language (TEFL) situation in China, and puts forward an analysis of methodological trends for he coming years. (Author/VWL)
Descriptors: Educational History, Educational Trends, English (Second Language), Foreign Countries

Spodek, Bernard – Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 1989
Presents a profile of Chinese kindergarten. Problems discussed are related to: (1) provision of kindergarten education; (2) the only child; (3) teacher training; (4) the knowledge basis of kindergarten education; and (5) reform of the kindergarten curriculum. (Author/BB)
Descriptors: Access to Education, Educational Change, Educational History, Educational Policy
Pan, Su-Yan; Law, Wing-Wah – Education and the Law, 2006
This article explores the role of law in shaping the growth of private education, as a part of educational reforms in response to social change in the People's Republic of China (PRC) after the 1980s. This paper argues that law acts as a new social game rule, one used by the state to govern, regulate and promote new relations and interactions…
Descriptors: Private Education, Social Change, Educational Change, Government Role
Mingchuan, Dong; And Others – 1989
This document contains six case studies of Chinese adult education: (1) China's Adult Education at Present and in Prospect (Mingchuan and Zhongdan); (2) Aging Issue and Education for the Aged in China (Mingchuan and Zhongdan); (3) Adult Education in Beijing Municipality (Youren); (4) A University without Campus: Introduction to China's Higher…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Aging (Individuals), Case Studies, Developing Nations