Stumbling on Two Legs: Education and Reform in China.

Robinson, Jean C.

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Publication Date: 1991

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Stumbling on Two Legs: Education and Reform in China.

Robinson, Jean C.

Comparative Education Review, v35 n1 p177-89 Feb 1991

Reflects on education in China in light of the changing Communist world. Focuses on the tension among four competing educational goals--economic modernization, education as a universal right, recruitment of elites, and dissemination of ideology--while addressing problems in rural education, literacy education, teacher training, educational finance, and ideological conflict. (SV)

Descriptors: Educational Objectives, Educational Policy, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Ideology, Literacy Education, Political Socialization, Politics of Education, Public Policy, Rural Education, Rural Urban Differences, Teacher Shortage

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Information Analyses; Opinion Papers

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Location: China

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