Educating the Chinese Individual

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"In twenty-first-century China, socialist educational traditions have given way to practices that increasingly emphasize the individual. This volume investigates that trend, drawing on fieldwork in a rural high school in Zhejiang where students, teachers, and officials of different generations, genders, and social backgrounds form what is essentially a miniature version of Chinese society. Hansen paints a complex picture of the emerging "neo-socialist" educational system and shows how individualization of students both challenges and reinforces state control of society"--Jacket.

subjects: Rural youth,  Education, china,  Education, rural,  Educational change,  Education and state,  Education,  History,  Rural Education