Educating the Chinese Individual
Life in a Rural Boarding School
Nonfiction, History, Asian, China, Social & Cultural Studies, Social Science, Anthropology, Reference & Language, Education & Teaching
| Author: | Mette Halskov Hansen | ISBN: | 9780295805436 |
| Publisher: | University of Washington Press | Publication: | February 27, 2015 |
| Imprint: | University of Washington Press | Language: | English |
| Author: | Mette Halskov Hansen |
| ISBN: | 9780295805436 |
| Publisher: | University of Washington Press |
| Publication: | February 27, 2015 |
| Imprint: | University of Washington Press |
| Language: | English |
In twenty-first-century China, socialist educational traditions have given way to practices that increasingly emphasize the individual. This volume investigates that trend, drawing on Hansen's fieldwork in a rural high school in Zhejiang where students, teachers, and officials of different generations, genders, and social backgrounds form what is essentially a miniature version of Chinese society. Hansen paints a complex picture of the emerging “neosocialist” educational system and shows how individualization of students both challenges and reinforces state control of society.
In twenty-first-century China, socialist educational traditions have given way to practices that increasingly emphasize the individual. This volume investigates that trend, drawing on Hansen's fieldwork in a rural high school in Zhejiang where students, teachers, and officials of different generations, genders, and social backgrounds form what is essentially a miniature version of Chinese society. Hansen paints a complex picture of the emerging “neosocialist” educational system and shows how individualization of students both challenges and reinforces state control of society.
