The demoralization of teachers : crisis in a rural school in China / Dan Wang.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Wang, Dan, 1969-

Series:

Emerging perspectives on education in China.

Emerging perspectives on education in China

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Education, Rural--China--Chongqing Region.

Education, Rural.

Rural schools--China--Chongqing Region.

Rural schools.

Education and state--China--Chongqing Region.

Education and state.

Teacher morale--China--Chongqing Region.

Teacher morale.

Teachers--Job satisfaction--China--Chongqing Region.

Teachers.

Chongqing Region (China)--Rural conditions.

Chongqing Region (China).

Chongqing Region (China)--Economic conditions.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (163 p.)

Place of Publication:

Lanham, Md. : Lexington Books, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book offers a rich ethnographic account that meticulously portrays teachers' life and work, hopes and despairs, and daily struggles within and beyond a Chinese rural school. Through a vivid narrative, the book elucidates little by little the structural, systemic causes for the local predicaments and reveals the profound moral crisis in the Chinese society after decades of the capitalist economic reform.

Contents:

Contents; List of Figures and Tables; Acknowledgments; 1 Introduction; 2 Chaoyang Township and Its School; 3 Struggles over the Work Routine; 4 The Clash of Cultures in Rural Classrooms; 5 Workplace Demoralized: Authoritarian Administration; 6 Workplace Depoliticized: Corruption and Bureaucracy; 7 Bureaucracy, Culture, and Workplace Democracy; Bibliography; Index; About the Author

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0-7391-6943-2