Transformative market reforms in China since the late 1970s have improved living standards dramatically, but have also led to unprecedented economic inequality. During this period, China's educational system was restructured to support economic development, with educational reforms occurring at a startling pace. Today, the educational system has diversified in structure, finance, and content; it has become more market-oriented; and it is serving an increasingly diverse student population. These changes carry significant consequences for China's social mobility and inequality, and future...
Transformative market reforms in China since the late 1970s have improved living standards dramatically, but have also led to unprecedented economi...
Why has schooling failed to deliver on its promise of reducing economic and social disparities? This volume addresses this and other questions, taking the reader into a variety of nations and cultural settings. It illuminates how schools can reduce or reinforce the layered stratification of society, even in nations with non-western traditions.
Why has schooling failed to deliver on its promise of reducing economic and social disparities? This volume addresses this and other questions, taking...
In recent decades, sociological research has investigated the nature of the school institution and its uneven effects on the progress of families, societies, and the global community. Yet, relatively little comparative research on schooling has dealt in a serious way with links between schooling and the other major contexts of childhood: families and communities. This edition of Research in the Sociology of Education speaks to the diverse contexts in which children function around the world, and to how these contexts shape school experiences and outcomes. The edition??'s authors are...
In recent decades, sociological research has investigated the nature of the school institution and its uneven effects on the progress of families, soc...
This book investigates the interplay between China's social, economic, and educational policy changes, its rural households and urban communities. It is divided into the two main spheres of teaching and learning: Part I contextualizes the home environment and Part II describes teachers and students in the schooling environment. A unique contribution of the book is its emphasis on the intersection of resource-constrained rural environments, limited knowledge networks, and urbanization of parent support, student engagement in learning, teacher and student retention.
This book investigates the interplay between China's social, economic, and educational policy changes, its rural households and urban communities. ...
