Parenting, Education, and Social Mobility in Rural China: Cultivating Dragons and Phoenixes

ISBN-13: 9781138494695 / Angielski / Miękka / 2018 / 140 str.

Peggy A. Kong

Opis

This book examines how parents in rural China engage strategies to support their children’s education that are largely invisible in the discussion of parental participation. It provides insights into how rural parents envision their role with their children, schools and larger society, and how these relationships shape student and family mobility.

Spis treści

Introduction 1. Conceptual and Theoretical Framework 2. What does it mean to be rural? 3 ."To walk out" 4. "It is up to them" 5. Active rural parents’ hidden work: creating a good learning environment 6. Information network: Support of family and friends 7. Migration. Conclusion

O autorze

Peggy A. Kong is an assistant professor in Comparative and International Education at Lehigh University, USA. Her research interests include educational inequality including rural education, gender issues and private tutoring.