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Education under Mao: Class and Competition in Canton Schools, 1960-1980.
Thomas B. Gold,Jonathan Unger +1 more
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In this article, the authors present an overview of the history of the school system before and after the Cultural Revolution in China and its effect on higher education in the 1970s and 1980s.Abstract:
AcknowledgementsIntroductionI. The Sixties: Impending Crisis1. Up the School Ladder2. The Senior High School Bulge and Dwindling Career Openings3. Flawed Reforms: Rural and Urban Alternatives to the Regular Ladder4. Memorization and Tests5. Student Ideals and Competition: The Gathering Storm6. The Cultural RevolutionII. After the Cultural Revolution: The Disastrous Leap Into a New School System7. Back to School, 1968-19708. Down to the Countryside9. Troubled Schools, 1970-197610. The Fight Over Higher EducationEpilogue: The Return of the Old Order, 1977-1980Appendix A: The Debates Over TalentAppendix B: The Upper Reaches of the Pre-Cultural Revolution Ladder: Into and Out of the UniversitiesAppendix C: The Course Curricula and Daily Schedules of High Schools Before and After the Cultural RevolutionSources and Abbreviations Used in NotesNotesFor Further ReadingIndexread more
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Guanxi, Networks and Economic Development: The Impact of Cultural Connections
TL;DR: In this article, the authors explore the mechanics of guanxi in an organizational setting, focusing on the use of interpersonal relationships within Chinese firms to discover how firms initiate, build and use Guanxi networks.
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Distance higher education in the People's Republic of China
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors investigated the development of distance learning systems in the post-Mao period (1976-1991), and assessed their roles in higher education as a whole, concluding that the government at local and national level has sought to control some of the systems to suit its planning needs for the economy, and to conform to its view of quality.
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The SAGE Handbook of Contemporary China
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors define contemporary China Studies for the social sciences: investigating how we can best study China, exploring the transformations of contemporary China that inform how we study China; presenting the breadth and depth of the China Studies field; and identifying future directions for China Studies.
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Developing positive teacher pupil relationships in response to current Chinese educational reform : the potential contribution of circle time
TL;DR: In this paper, a mixed design research sought to introduce, conduct and investigate Circle Time as a pedagogical practice for developing an equal and positive teacher-pupil relationship in a Chinese secondary school and as a contribution to current Chinese educational reform.
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Chinese social stratification and social mobility
TL;DR: This paper reviewed post-1980 research on class stratification, socioeconomic inequalities, and social mobility in the People's Republic of China and found that occupational mobility, a rare opportunity under Mao, is becoming a living experience for many Chinese in light of emerging labor markets.
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Family scholarly culture and educational success: Books and schooling in 27 nations
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Career Mobility and the Communist Political Order
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The Impact of the Cultural Revolution on Trends in Educational Attainment in the People's Republic of China1
Zhong Deng,Donald J. Treiman +1 more
TL;DR: This paper examined the effects of social origins on educational attainment, using data from the 1982 census of the People's Republic of China, and found that intergenerational relationships in Chinas were positively associated with educational attainment.
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Politics and life chances in a state socialist regime : Dual career paths into the urban Chinese elite, 1949 to 1996
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