The Educational Experiment of the Great Leap Forward, 1958-1959: Its Inherent Contradictions.

Kwong, Julia

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Publication Date: 1979-Oct

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The Educational Experiment of the Great Leap Forward, 1958-1959: Its Inherent Contradictions.

Kwong, Julia

Comparative Education Review, v23 n3 p443-55 Oct 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, Educational Planning, Educational Policy, National Programs, Program Implementation, Social Change

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers; Historical Materials

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Location: China

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