NotesFAQContact Us
Collection
Advanced
Search Tips
Audience
Laws, Policies, & Programs
Assessments and Surveys
Trends in International…1
What Works Clearinghouse Rating
Showing all 9 results Save | Export
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Wang He; Liang Ding – SAGE Open, 2023
China's rapid economic growth and correlating growth of metropolitan areas has attracted young people leaving their hometowns from the rural areas. Revitalizing the rural areas has been a national development strategy in China. College students returning home to start businesses is one way to alleviate the current shortage of young talents in…
Descriptors: Rural Areas, Entrepreneurship, Foreign Countries, Rural Development
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Li Ou; Jianchao Ni; Xiao Qiu; Dongchen Li – SAGE Open, 2023
With the increasing employment pressure of college students and the steady promotion of China's rural revitalization strategy, attracting college students to participate in rural revitalization has become an important issue. This study explores the relationship between rural volunteering, role identity, and career expectations of college students'…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Students, Rural Areas, Student Volunteers
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
PDF on ERIC Download full text
Cai, Qingfeng; Wu, Guanchen; Chen, Wuyuan – Best Evidence in Chinese Education, 2022
Based on data from the China Statistical Yearbook and China Family Panel Survey (CFPS), this article investigated the influence of regional transportation infrastructure development on family education expectations. Research results show that there is a significant positive correlation between transportation infrastructure and family educational…
Descriptors: Transportation, Family Attitudes, Expectation, Foreign Countries
Cho, Eun Ji – International Association for Development of the Information Society, 2014
China has been undergoing a rapid development over the past decades, and rural areas are facing a number of challenges in the process of the change. The "New Channel" project, initiated to promote sustainable development and protect natural and cultural heritage in Tongdao county in China from a rapid urbanization and economic…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Rural Areas, Sustainable Development, Ethnography
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
PDF on ERIC Download full text
Mack Shelley Ed.; Mevlut Unal Ed.; Sabri Turgut Ed. – International Society for Technology, Education, and Science, 2023
The aim of the International Society for Technology, Education, and Science (iHSES) conference is to offer opportunities to share ideas, discuss theoretical and practical issues, and connect with the leaders in the fields of "humanities," "education" and "social sciences." It is organized for: (1) faculty members in…
Descriptors: Television, Race, Anxiety, Athletics
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Zhou, Huiquan – Frontiers of Education in China, 2012
Due to imbalanced social and economic development, education in poverty-stricken rural areas in China is lagging behind that of urban areas. The current study explores the role of the nonprofit organizations (NPOs) involved in rural compulsory education promotion. Results show that the NPOs are providing a variety of programs to promote rural…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Economic Development, Urban Areas, Compulsory Education
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Chinese Education and Society, 2008
This policy is the first manifestation of the state's effort to organize youth to volunteer in rural China where the help is most needed. It emphasizes key tasks that can be accomplished by the volunteers in terms of education and training for rural China, especially through science and education. The Promotion Action reflects the mission of the…
Descriptors: Poverty, Foreign Countries, Volunteers, Youth Employment
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Geng, Diane – Chinese Education and Society, 2008
Most university students in China have their sights firmly set on future job and study opportunities in urban cities and abroad. However, a network of student volunteers felt compelled to join the cause of rural development and villager empowerment, reminiscent of efforts promoted forty years ago by Chairman Mao who sent "educated youth"…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Rural Development, Student Volunteers, Rural Education
Noguchi, Fumiko – Online Submission, 2010
Since its establishment in 2003, the Japan Council on the UN Decade of Education for Sustainable Development (ESD-J) has paid close attention to informal learning processes in community-based efforts to promote local sustainable development. ESD-J carried out two projects to collect information on and visualise community-based ESD practice: the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Sustainable Development, Informal Education, Community Programs