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Education for economic and social transformation in rural China : voices from the field / Xu Liu and Steven Cowan.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Liu, Xu (Professor of education), author.
- Cowan, Steven, author.
- Series:
- Education and society in China
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Education, Rural--Economic aspects--China.
- Education, Rural.
- Education, Rural--Social aspects--China.
- Rural development--China.
- Rural development.
- Social change--China.
- Social change.
- China--Rural conditions.
- China.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource.
- Place of Publication:
- Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2023.
- Biography/History:
- Xu Liu is an Assistant Professor at the Research Centre of Higher Education, Southern University of Science and Technology in China. She has received her PhD from the UCL Institute of Education, London. Her research interests are in educational sociology and higher education. She has worked in the field of education many years and brought an intimate, insider's knowledge to the research project. Steven Cowan has a PhD from the UCL Institute of Education, London. He worked there as a researcher and lecturer. His research focuses on education history and Chinese studies. Steven has visited and lectured at many universities and schools across China and this first-hand experience deepened his understanding about education in China.
- Contents:
- Introduction to the county
- Education authority and its development plan in the county
- Pre-school education and compulsory education
- Primary schools in the county
- Junior middle and special education schools
- Senior middle school
- Vocational senior middle school
- Continuity versus change.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Electronic reproduction. London Available via World Wide Web.
- Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on November 14, 2022).
- Other Format:
- Print version: Liu, Xu Education for economic and social transformation in rural China
- ISBN:
- 9781003202363
- 1003202365
- 9781000779929
- 1000779920
- 9781000779905
- 1000779904
- Publisher Number:
- 99992096347
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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