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Munch, Joachim; Risler, Matthias – 1987
This report, which describes a study conducted through a literature search and a two-month visit to the People's Republic of China, is organized in three parts. In the first part, the general situation and historical development of the Chinese education system is discussed. Topics include the structural features of the country, party and state,…
Descriptors: Education Work Relationship, Educational Finance, Educational History, Educational Improvement
Hengmin, Lei – Prospects: Quarterly Review of Education, 1985
How the People's Republic of China trains its workers is discussed. Topics specifically examined include the history of worker education, the role of worker education in training and production, worker education institutions, and current educational practices, e.g., the selection and training of teachers, study time. (RM)
Descriptors: Comparative Education, Education Work Relationship, Educational Facilities, Educational History
Petri, Ann E. – 1984
Provided in this report are (1) a discussion of the effects of historical events and linguistic complexities on elementary education in the People's Republic of China and (2) information on the Chinese educational system from early childhood education through the middle school (the equivalent of junior and senior high schools in the United…
Descriptors: Administrative Organization, Chinese, Contraception, Day Care
Paulston, Rolland G.
Socioeconomic development in China between the two world wars included an extensive mass education effort by reform-minded young Chinese. Focusing on adult literacy and rural reconstruction, Chinese educators employed various strategies to stimulate and assist self-help efforts in Chinese villages. Paramount among these educational techniques were…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Literacy, Asian Studies, Chinese Culture
Price, R. F. – 1970
This book examines the part played both by tradition and by the Cultural Revolution in the educational system of Communist China. The author discusses Mao's thoughts on the nature of man, society and knowledge, his relation to European Marxism and his ideas on education. These are then seen in the context of traditional history, philosophy, and…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Area Studies, Communism, Comparative Education
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Kam, Louie – Comparative Education, 1984
Chinese educationists since 1949 have attempted to continue the Confucian educational tradition, emphasizing attributes which are compatible with Marxism. (MH)
Descriptors: Comparative Education, Confucianism, Educational History, Educational Philosophy
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Hope, Andrea; Butcher, Bob – Quarterly Review of Distance Education, 2005
Hong Kong's economic fortunes have always depended on trade with China. By the mid-1980s, the colonial higher education system was catering to only 6% of the 18-20 age cohort and there was a backlog of adult learners who had been denied access. The Open Learning Institute of Hong Kong was launched in 1989 to overwhelming public response. It…
Descriptors: Open Universities, Distance Education, Adult Students, Foreign Countries
Thompson, Debra S. – 1985
The primary aim of this annotated bibliography is to collect resources for those interested in acquiring a broad, cross-cultural understanding of early childhood education. Chapter I provides an overview of comparative and international perspectives of early childhood education. Subsequent chapters focus on aspects of early childhood education in…
Descriptors: Administration, Annotated Bibliographies, Child Rearing, Comparative Education
Kobayashi, Fumio – 1976
The booklet discusses educational problems in China after the 1949 Revolution and describes policies of the Chinese Communist Party to counteract those problems. Examining the educational problems in the context of the sociocultural environment, the booklet identifies major problems as low levels of productivity, limited educational resources, and…
Descriptors: Asian Studies, Chinese Culture, Communism, Comparative Education
Sih, Paul K. T., Ed. – 1978
The document consists of 15 papers presented at a conference to determine how much attention American institutions of higher education gave to Chinese studies from 1958-1978. Presented by representatives of American graduate and undergraduate institutions who are also members of the American Association for Chinese Studies, the papers reflected…
Descriptors: Area Studies, Asian Studies, Chinese Culture, Conference Proceedings
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Unger, Jonathan – Comparative Education, 1984
Discusses the attempt, during China's Cultural Revolution (1968-1976), to sever links between school performance, often dependent on social class, and admission to higher education and resulting upward mobility. Most students then felt it useless to study because success or failure at school work had no bearing on their future. (MH)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, College Admission, Comparative Education, Competitive Selection
Mackaye, Hazel – Bureau of Education, Department of the Interior, 1924
The theme or story of the pageant is Youth's search for a school in which his threefold being--body, mind, and soul--may find release and fulfillment. This fulfillment has been the purpose of education "down through the ages," however unconsciously or gropingly it has moved toward its goal. In the "school of to-day," however,…
Descriptors: School Activities, Educational Objectives, Educational History, Educational Principles
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Lee, Wing On; Postiglione, G. A. – Chinese University Education Journal, 1994
Maintains that China has established "window cities," designed to view and absorb Western policies. Asserts that education is categorized as one of the Chinese development strategies. Examines the relationship between educational development and the window effects. (CFR)
Descriptors: Communism, Developed Nations, Developing Nations, Economic Change
Lee, Hsiang-po – 1972
How education has been used for rural development in the People's Republic of China since 1949 may have important lessons for other nations, particularly in the area of nonformal schools. Responsibility for all education lies with the commune. Educational programs, enthusiastically received by the people, support local needs and development rather…
Descriptors: Administrator Education, Adult Education, Agriculture, Change Agents
Perrolle, Pierre M.; Reed, Linda A. – 1980
Information is presented on China's higher education system, China's current educational exchanges, and the U.S.-China educational exchange process. China's higher education system is considered in terms of historical themes and implications for the present, the number and types of institutions, graduate education, operation of the higher…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, College Faculty, College Students, Educational History
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