Research on Modern Compulsory Education in China

Author: Xiong Xianjun
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Publish Date: 2006-12-01
Features: This book explores the characteristics of compulsory education from the perspective of comparative education against the backdrop of modern China's opening to the world. It analyzes the distinctions between compulsory education, universal education, national education, mass education, and rural education, and subsequently interprets the concept of compulsory education. Based on an analysis of China's traditional education system, the author argues that the emergence of modern compulsory education in China was influenced by foreign missionaries, as well as the recognition and strong advocacy by Chinese officials, scholars, and overseas students, concluding that traditional Chinese education struggled to foster compulsory education. Under the guidance of the renowned historian Zhang Kaiyuan, the author examined long-neglected archives, delving into the stages and features, school system, teacher training, administrative supervision, funding, and evaluation of modern compulsory education in China, thereby constructing a comprehensive research framework for the subject. To enhance the book's relevance, the author shifts the focus to modern compulsory education in China in the final section, pointing out issues such as inequality,, heavy student burdens, and insufficient administrative supervision, and proposing corresponding solutions.