Handbook of Education in China: (Handbooks of Research on Contemporary China series)

The Handbook of Education in China provides both a comprehensive overview and an original interpretation of key aspects of education in the People's Republic of China. With a sharp focus on specific policy areas and using both original Chinese sources and other commentaries, it expertly places the topic within its historical and political context. The Handbook has four distinct and thematic parts: The Historical Background; The Contemporary Chinese System; Problems and Policies; The Special Administrative Regions: Macau and Hong Kong. The chapters address fundamental issues facing Chinese society, including the rapid educational expansion in support of economic development in the post-Mao period, the evolution of education as public policy, concern for access to education as social justice and the parallel educational systems of the Special Administrative Regions. The editors and contributors are Chinese and foreign academics expert in this important field. The Handbook of Education in China is an essential reference for those interested in Chinese education, as well as a comprehensive resource that provides valuable supplementary material for those studying Chinese politics, economy, culture and society more generally.

Table of Contents:
Contents: Preface Introduction: Education in China W. John Morgan, Qing Gu and Fengliang Li Part I: The Historical Background 1. The Origins of Modern Chinese Education Muchu Zhang with Ruth Hayhoe 2. Maoist Ideology and Education W. John Morgan Part II: The Contemporary Chinese System 3. The Structure, Governance and Finance of Education: Xianan Hu and Fengliang Li 4. Early Childhood Education Xin Zhou 5. Primary Education John Chi-Kin Lee and Huan Song 6. Secondary Education Yu Zhang 7. Teacher Education Ping Zhao, Jun Zhou, and Qiong Li 8. Universities and Higher Education Yuzhuo Cai and Fengqiao Yan 9. Technical and Vocational Education Zhiqun Zhao and Xueping Wu 10. Distance Education and Lifelong Learning Fengliang Li, Nianchun Wang, and Xianan Hu Part III: Problems and Policies 11. Citizenship Education Wing-Wah Law 12. Educational Inequality Yanbi Hong and Yandong Zhao 13. Special and Inclusive Education Sarah Dauncey 14. Education and Minorities Miaoyan Yang 15. Private Tutoring Peggy A. Kong, Xiaoran Yu, and Xia Zhao 16. Education and the Labour Market Yongpo Tian and Wenwen Ji 17. The Education of Migrant Workers and their Children Litao Lu, Li Yuan, and Feng Gao 18. Science, Technology, and Mathematics Education Su Wang 19. Environmental Education Qing Tian, Yu Huang, Gerald A. McBeath, and Jenifer Huang McBeath 20. Chinese Students Overseas: Choice of destination Dan Liu and W. John Morgan 21. Chinese Students Overseas: Studying and returning Qing Gu and Michele Schweisfurth Part IV: The Special Administrative Regions 22. Education in the Macao Special Administrative Region Stephanie W. Lee and Tsz Kit Cheng 23. Education in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Kai-ming Cheng Index

About the Author :
Edited by W. John Morgan, Professor Emeritus, School of Education; Senior Fellow, China Policy Institute, University of Nottingham; Honorary Professor, School of Social Sciences, Cardiff University, Qing Gu, Director, London Centre for Leadership in Learning (LCLL) and Professor of Leadership in Education, UCL Institute of Education, UK and Fengliang Li, Associate Professor of the Economics of Education, Institute of Education, Tsinghua University, People’s Republic of China

Review :
‘This edited volume is a highly comprehensive Handbook that contains everything a beginning scholar in Chinese education might need to know. It offers highly detailed chapters with some significant areas of critique, which will be of interest to the non-Chinese scholar. Students and others who are new to Chinese education will find it an essential Handbook.’ ‘The Handbook of Education in China is the essential sourcebook for those interested in education in the People’s Republic of China. All the chapters are written by active and experienced researchers in their respective fields; and the reader will learn how and why China’s education has developed in the way it has, about its political, economic, and social context, and how it is likely to develop in future. It is a significant milestone in the study of education in a country which continues to grow in global importance and interest.’ ‘This book offers something qualitatively different in that it provides, for the first time, a detailed, comprehensive, and critical commentary on Chinese education in all of its many aspects. Each chapter gives the reader a clear account of developments in the specific area of education under consideration, together with a review of research-based knowledge of the problems faced, and possible solutions.’  ‘This Handbook provides a panoramic view on the latest developments and challenging issues facing China's education sector. By bringing together historic perspectives, theoretic reflections and empirical evidence, it sheds new light on the complexity of its educational system, relationship between education and society, as well as new trends, dynamics and possible impacts of its education reform in China and beyond.’