Selected Essays on Chinaâs Education: Research and Review (4 volumes) consists of 22 most influential theses on the history and tradition of Chinese Education. These essays, selected and translated from Chinaâs Education: Research and Review, a serial publication in Chinese, reflect the progress of qualitative research on Chinese education both within and outside China.
Volume 1 focuses on Written and Oral Narratives, including six articles; Volume 2 focuses on History and Current Reality, including five articles; Volume 3 focuses on Knowledge and Tradition, including six articles; and Volume 4 focuses on Gender and Education, including five articles. Aiming to promote academic dialogues on Chinese culture and education, these essays explore important educational and cultural issues in China with a transcultural perspective.
Gang DING, Ph.D. (1953), East China Normal University, is Professor of Educational Culture and History Studies at that university. He has published monographs, translations and many articles on China, including A Series of Chinese Educational Tradition and Culture Studies (Guangxi Normal University Press, 2009).
Introduction
âRuth Hayhoe
1 Why Study Chinese Education?
âRuth Hayhoe
2 Perspectives on Globalization and Research on Education in China
âDing Gang and Zhou Yong, Translated by Chad Meyers
3 Selection and Distribution: A Sociological Analysis of the History of Chinese Education and Knowledge
âWu Gang, Translated by Chad Meyers
4 Knowledge, Cultivation and Desire: Educational Discourses in Eleventh Century China
âZhou Yong, Translated by Chad Meyers
5 Rural Education during the Radical Era (1957â1977): Success and Failure of an Experiment with a Global Impact
Paper for the conference Chinese Education in Global Perspective: Dialogue Across Cultures, East China Normal University, Shanghai, 19â20 December 2002
âStig Thøgersen
All researchers and students who are interested in Chinese education culture & history and seeking for detailed descriptions or qualitative analyses concerning Chinese education tradition and reality.