Rural education reform in China [electronic resource] : a policy mapping perspective / Eryong Xue, Jian Li.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Xue, Eryong.

Contributor:

Li, Jian (Education teacher)

Series:

Exploring education policy in a globalized world

Exploring Education Policy in a Globalized World: Concepts, Contexts, and Practices Ser.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Educational change--China.

Educational change.

Education, Rural--China.

Education, Rural.

Education and state--China.

Education and state.

China.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Place of Publication:

Singapore : Springer, 2023.

Summary:

This book contextually explores the rural education reform in China from a policy mapping perspective. It discusses a wide range of topics in the context of China's rural areas, including rural school layout adjustment, rural teacher development, rural students' all-round education development, vocational education in rural areas, and rural education informatization development. With the challenges outlined and recommendations provided, the chapters offer a holistic view on Chinas rural education reform. This book serves as a guide for scholars and researchers who are interested and work in research on Chinas rural education reform, administrators, and stakeholders in China's education system and graduate students who major or minor in the field of rural educational policy.

Contents:

Intro

Preface

Acknowledgments

Contents

About the Authors

1 The Rural School Layout Adjustment in China

1.1 The Policy of "One Village, One School" in the Early Days of Reform and Opening Up

1.1.1 "Withdraw and Merge" Policy

1.1.2 "Retreat Point and School": Adjustment of Rural School Layout in the New Era

1.2 Historical Policy Review

1.2.1 Concept of Location Theory and Its Development

1.2.2 The Relationship Between Location Theory and Rural School Layout

1.2.3 The Relationship Between Scale Economy Theory and Rural School Layout

1.2.4 The Adaptation of Policy Development to Society

1.2.5 The Inevitable Requirement of Students' Healthy Growth and All-Around Development

1.2.6 The Purpose of Adjusting the Rural School Layout Policy Since the 18th CPC National Congress

1.3 Challenges and Problems in Practice

1.3.1 Local Governments Lack Reasonable Layout Adjustment Plans, Increasing the Pressure of Financial Investment in Education

1.3.2 Imbalance and Waste of Educational Resources (Teachers, Infrastructure, Students, Students' Education Costs)

1.3.3 Differences and Drawbacks at the School Scale

1.3.4 The Disappearance of the School's Cultural Radiation Function Aggravates the Cultural Crisis in Rural Areas

References

2 Rural Teacher Development in China

2.1 Existing Research on the Construction of Rural Teachers in China

2.1.1 Problems Existing in the Construction of Rural Teachers in China

2.1.2 The Rural Revitalization Strategy Requires the Help of Rural Education

2.2 Policy Analysis and Implementation Data Analysis of Rural Teacher Team Construction

2.2.1 Rural Teachers Have Little Room for Improvement

2.2.2 Rural Characteristics Lead to a Series of Problems, Such as Poor Educational Environment, Low Quality of Students and Backward Educational Concepts

2.2.3 The Quality and Quantity of Rural Teachers Can Be Prevented in This Kind of Selection to Some Extent

3 Rural Students' All-Around Education Development in China

3.1 Literature Review

3.1.1 Good Physical Quality and a Healthy Physique

3.1.2 The Excellent Ideological and Moral Character and Psychological Quality

3.2 The Theoretical Tools

3.2.1 "All-round Development"

3.2.2 Theoretical Explanation and Guidance

3.2.3 Liang Shuming's Rural Education Theory

3.3 Challenges and Problems in Practice

3.3.1 Rural Students Drop Out of School

3.3.2 Lack of Quality Education in Rural Schools

3.3.3 Information Asymmetry Under the Urban-rural Dual Pattern

3.3.4 Rural Education Financial System Adjustment Caused Economic Difficulties

3.4 The Suggestions and Comments

Notes:

Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed December 15, 2022).

Other Format:

Print version:

ISBN:

9789811983641

981198364X

OCLC:

1352421064

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.