Like many countries around the world, China has been implementing policies aimed at improving parent-school relationships. However, unlike many developed countries, the historical context of family-school relationships has been limited and parents typically do not participate in the school context. Until now, there has been little research conducted in rural China on parental involvement in their children's education.
This book investigates the nature of parental involvement in primary children's education in rural China by using a combination of quantitative and...
Like many countries around the world, China has been implementing policies aimed at improving parent-school relationships. However, unlike many dev...
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. ...