The Impact of Population Changes on Education

Author: Shi Renbing
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Publish Date: 2005-06-01
Features: What impact does the decline in fertility levels and the resulting reduction in the number of school-aged populations at various education levels have on the popularization of education, the improvement of educational quality, teaching organizational forms, and the quantity and quality of teachers? In the context of increased population mobility and rapid urbanization, how should the existing teaching network be adapted to meet the new demands of population spatial changes or the redistribution of school-aged populations? What population scale will China's education at all levels face in the next 20 years? How can scientific educational planning be conducted based on the characteristics of natural population changes and migration shifts? Based on years of collected population data, this book comprehensively studies the opportunities and challenges brought by China's population changes to educational development, providing clear answers and predictions to the aforementioned questions. The book also offers unique insights into current educational hot issues in China, such as the education of migrant children, the education of left-behind rural children, small-class education, teacher education, and the adjustment of primary and secondary school layouts.
Target Audience: Faculty and students of population studies and education at universities, as well as workers in educational management departments at all levels.