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).
Contents
Introduction
âRuth Hayhoe
1 âModernising Conservatismâ in Early Twentieth-Century China: the Discourse and Practice of Womenâs Education
âPaul J. Bailey
2 Culture, Gender, and Female Students: Church-Run Womenâs Colleges, 1900sâ1930s
âZhang Suling, Translated by Tom Smith
3 Educational Life in Weaving: Tracing It Back to Feng Qiupingâs Time
âMao Yijing, Translated by Chad Meyers
4 Entering the Gendered World of Classroom Teaching Materials
âShi Jinghuan, Translated by Chad Meyers
5 Equality of Education in the School Environmentâan Investigation and Consideration of the Inferior Position of the Male Gender in Basic Education
âDing Gang and Yue Long, Translated by Chad Meyers
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.