Germany And Vocational Education In Republican China

Author : Henrike Rudolph
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 344 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2022-05-13
Category : History
ISBN : 9783030949341

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Germany and Vocational Education in Republican China by Henrike Rudolph Pdf

This book offers a new perspective on the transnational dimensions of China’s educational and economic history by focusing on Sino-German interactions in the field of vocational education. It explores how Chinese perceptions of manual work, vocational skills, and educational practices changed dramatically throughout the first half of the twentieth century as Chinese educators increased their efforts to study and translate German pedagogical writings. Case studies researched in this book illustrate how a Chinese appreciation for German technological and scientific advances and German interests in profiting from a growing Chinese economy are not just recent phenomena but have their roots in the early twentieth century.

Author : Joanne Miyang Cho
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 345 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2021-06-17
Category : History
ISBN : 9783030733919

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Sino-German Encounters and Entanglements by Joanne Miyang Cho Pdf

Adopting a transnational approach, this edited volume reveals that Germany and China have had many intense and varied encounters between 1890 and 1950. It focuses on their cross-cultural encounters, entanglements, and bi-directional cultural flows. Although their initial relationship was marked by the logic of colonialism, interwar Sino-German relations established a cooperative relationship untainted by imperialist politics several decades before the era of decolonization. A range of topics are addressed, including pacifists in Germany on the Boxer Rebellion, German investment in Qingdao, teachers at German-Chinese schools, social and pedagogical theories and practice, female literary and missionary connections, Sino-German musical entanglements, humanitarian connections during the Nanjing Massacre, Manchukuo-German diplomacy, and psychoanalysis during the Shanghai exile.

Author : William C. Kirby,Dean College of Arts and Sciences and Edith and Benjamin Geisinger Professor of History William C Kirby
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 361 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 1984
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0804712093

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Germany and Republican China by William C. Kirby,Dean College of Arts and Sciences and Edith and Benjamin Geisinger Professor of History William C Kirby Pdf

Author : Zhenyi Guo,Stephen Lamb
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 198 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2010-07-03
Category : Education
ISBN : 9789048187430

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International Comparisons of China’s Technical and Vocational Education and Training System by Zhenyi Guo,Stephen Lamb Pdf

China is experiencing an unprecedented phenomenon: breakneck industrialization on a scale and at a pace not seen before. It is trying to achieve in just a few decades what Western nations took more than a century to do. The arrival in the country’s cities of tens of millions of rural dwellers, at most semi-skilled, has put huge strain on the country’s system of vocational education, known as TVET. How have the Chinese authorities and their education administrators responded? Is China’s TVET system adapting to the rapidly evolving needs of its industry? Using the province of Yunnan as a subject, this detailed case study is a closely argued and sanguine analysis of the operation of TVET in China. The authors deployed a set of internationally comparable criteria to offer a searching assessment of current performance, at the same time documenting areas of strength and weakness. The question the authors’ methodology answers is how well China’s TVET system is performing compared to technical and vocational education structures in other countries. In fact, they discover that in Yunnan, a province representative of the challenges faced nationwide, much has indeed been done, from a wholesale overhaul of programs to make them relevant to industry requirements, to major investment in infrastructure. Teacher training has been reformed, and take-up of professional master’s and doctoral courses has been encouraged. Joint initiatives with bodies such as UNESCO have improved training and vocational education at high school level. While there is a strong international history of such comparative evaluations, which are essential for policy makers to benchmark their administration, few studies have included China despite the enormous amount of value that can be learned from that country’s experience. This work will provide vital material for researchers, governments and development agencies alike.

Author : Roger B. Jeans
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 408 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : History
ISBN : 0847687074

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Democracy and Socialism in Republican China by Roger B. Jeans Pdf

This groundbreaking book is the first full-length English-language study to explore the struggles for constitutional democracy and democratic socialism of Zhang Junmai (Carsun Chang, 1887-1969), a major political and intellectual figure in Republican China. Focusing on Zhang's writings, Roger Jeans has provided detailed descriptions and extensive translations of Zhang's key books and essays. He sets the context for these seminal works by describing Zhang's personal situation, the social and intellectual milieu, and the political climate at the time.

Author : Joachim Münch,Matthias Risler,European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training
Publisher : Berlin : European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 1987
Category : Education
ISBN : UCSD:31822007123854

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Vocational Training in the People's Republic of China by Joachim Münch,Matthias Risler,European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training Pdf

This report, which describes a study conducted through a literature search and a two-month visit to the People's Republic of China, is organized in three parts. In the first part, the general situation and historical development of the Chinese education system is discussed. Topics include the structural features of the country, party and state, population distribution and development, level of education, the socioeconomic framework, historical development, philosophical roots, the state bureaucracy and examination system, craft guilds and apprenticeships, development of a public education system, and the education system since the establishment of the People's Republic of China. The second section of the report examines structures and problems. These include the education system in the early 1980s, vocational education, adult education, vocational education teachers, competencies and forms of cooperation, financing, and characteristics of the Chinese employment system. The final section of the report presents 18 recommendations to improve vocational education and job training in China. A list of terms used in the study is given in English and Chinese, and a table presents statistics on Chinese schools and universities from 1949 to 1983. (KC)

Author : Charlene Tan
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 202 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2016-02-22
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781317802587

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Educational Policy Borrowing in China by Charlene Tan Pdf

For over a decade, Mainland China has been embarking on an ambitious nation-wide education reform ('New Curriculum Reform') for its basic education. The reform reflects China’s propensity to borrow selected educational policies from elsewhere, particularly North America and Europe. Chinese scholars have used a local proverb "the West wind has overpowered the East wind" to describe this phenomenon of ‘looking West’. But what do we mean by educational policy borrowing from the West? What are the educational policies in China's new curriculum reform that are perceived to be borrowed from the West? To what extent have the borrowed educational policies in China's new curriculum reform been accepted, modified, and rejected by the various educational stakeholders? How does culture influence the various educational stakeholders in China in interpreting and mediating educational policy borrowing from the West? How do the findings of this study on China’s education reform inform and add to the existing theories on and approaches to on cross-cultural educational policy borrowing? This book answers the above questions by critically discussing China’s policy borrowing from the West through its current reform for primary and secondary education. It presents the latest in-depth research findings from a three-year empirical study (2013-2015) with school principals, teachers, students and other educational stakeholders across China. This study offers new insights into China’s educational policy borrowing from the West and international implications on cross-cultural educational transfer for academics, policymakers and educators.

Author : Xueping Wu,Yiqun Ye
Publisher : Springer
Page : 306 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2018-09-21
Category : Education
ISBN : 9789811308390

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Technical and Vocational Education in China by Xueping Wu,Yiqun Ye Pdf

This book provides comprehensive and up-to-date coverage of research on technical and vocational education in China. It discusses various aspects that range from such conventional topics as teaching at different levels, development history, regulations, policies, curriculum, specialty setup, teaching, faculty and management; to the status quo, transformation and current trends; as well as quantity expansion and quality improvement, all of which highlight the unique characteristics of technical and vocational education in China. This book is intended for researchers and graduate students, and will also help international readers to grasp the general situation regarding technical and vocational education in China. Combining rich content and a broad scope, the book will undoubtedly offer a valuable key to understanding China’s technical and vocational education in the 21st century.

Author : Edward Vickers,Zeng Xiaodong
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 409 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2017-06-26
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781351719742

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Education and Society in Post-Mao China by Edward Vickers,Zeng Xiaodong Pdf

The post-Mao period has witnessed rapid social and economic transformation in all walks of Chinese life – much of it fuelled by, or reflected in, changes to the country’s education system. This book analyses the development of that system since the abandonment of radical Maoism and the inauguration of ‘Reform and Opening’ in the late 1970s. The principal focus is on formal education in schools and conventional institutions of tertiary education, but there is also some discussion of preschools, vocational training, and learning in non-formal contexts. The book begins with a discussion of the historical and comparative context for evaluating China’s educational ‘achievements’, followed by an extensive discussion of the key transitions in education policymaking during the ‘Reform and Opening’ period. This informs the subsequent examination of changes affecting the different phases of education from preschool to tertiary level. There are also chapters dealing specifically with the financing and administration of schooling, curriculum development, the public examinations system, the teaching profession, the phenomenon of marketisation, and the ‘international dimension’ of Chinese education. The book concludes with an assessment of the social consequences of educational change in the post-Mao era and a critical discussion of the recent fashion in certain Western countries for hailing China as an educational model. The analysis is supported by a wealth of sources – primary and secondary, textual and statistical – and is informed by both authors’ wide-ranging experience of Chinese education. As the first monograph on China's educational development during the forty years of the post-Mao era, this book will be essential reading for all those seeking to understand the world’s largest education system. It will also be crucial reference for educational comparativists, and for scholars from various disciplinary backgrounds researching contemporary Chinese society.

Author : Terry Woronov
Publisher : Stanford University Press
Page : 196 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2015-11-25
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780804796934

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Class Work by Terry Woronov Pdf

Images of Chinese teens with their heads buried in books for hours on end, preparing for high-stakes exams, dominate understandings of Chinese youth in both China and the West. But what about young people who are not on the path to academic success? What happens to youth who fail the state's high-stakes exams? What many—even in China—don't realize is that up to half of the nation's youth are flunked out of the academic education system after 9th grade. Class Work explores the consequences for youth who have failed these exams, through an examination of two urban vocational schools in Nanjing, China. Through a close look at the students' backgrounds, experiences, the schools they attend, and their trajectories into the workforce, T.E. Woronov explores the value systems in contemporary China that stigmatize youth in urban vocational schools as "failures," and the political and economic structures that funnel them into working-class futures. She argues that these marginalized students and schools provide a privileged window into the ongoing, complex intersections between the socialist and capitalist modes of production in China today and the rapid transformation of China's cities into post-industrial, service-based economies. This book advances the notion that urban vocational schools are not merely "holding tanks" for academic failures; instead they are incipient sites for the formation of a new working class.

Author : Tze-ki Hon,Robert Culp
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 340 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2007-08-13
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9789004160231

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The Politics of Historical Production in Late Qing and Republican China by Tze-ki Hon,Robert Culp Pdf

By examining various forms of historical production happening outside the mainstream of academic history in early 20th century China, this book shows how historical writings were central to the Chinese debate on the nation, elite authority, and active citizenry.

Author : David Phillips
Publisher : Symposium Books Ltd
Page : 178 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2000-01-01
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781873927939

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Education in Germany since Unification by David Phillips Pdf

This volume is concerned with aspects of education in Germany over the 10 years prior to 2000, focusing on schools, teachers, vocational training and higher education in those eastern parts of the Federal Republic which formerly constituted the territory of the German Democratic Republic. The articles deal with notions of transition and adaptation at a time of considerable upheaval and rapid change. There is a particular focus in some contributions on the problems involved in conducting research on the views of teachers involved in complex processes of adjustment to a new status quo.

Author : Paul John Bailey
Publisher : University of Washington Press
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 1990
Category : Education
ISBN : UOM:39015022038593

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Reform the People by Paul John Bailey Pdf

Reform the People is an intellectual history of the earlyyears of popular education in China and an account of how the new ideaswere put into practice. Paul Bailey draws on a wide variety of sources-- in particular contemporary Chinese educational journals notavailable in the West -- and describes how the educators promotedliteracy by establishing day-schools, vocational schools, and publiclibraries and encouraged a hard-working, disciplined andpublic-spirited citizenry.

Author : J. Megan Greene
Publisher : Harvard University Press
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2008-04-30
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780674033849

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The Origins of the Developmental State in Taiwan by J. Megan Greene Pdf

The rapid growth of Taiwan's postwar miracle economy is most frequently credited to the leading role of the state in promoting economic development. Megan Greene challenges this standard interpretation in the first in-depth examination of the origins of Taiwan's developmental state. Greene examines the ways in which the Guomindang state planned and promoted scientific and technical development both in mainland China between 1927 and 1949 and on Taiwan after 1949. Using industrial science policy as a lens, she shows that the state, even during its most authoritarian periods, did not function as a monolithic entity. State planners were concerned with maximizing the use of Taiwan's limited resources for industrial development. Political leaders, on the other hand, were most concerned with the state's political survival. The developmental state emerged gradually as a result of the combined efforts of technocrats and outsiders, including academicians and foreign advisors. Only when the political leadership put its authority and weight behind the vision of these early planners did Taiwan's developmental state fully come into being. In Taiwan's combination of technocratic expertise and political authoritarianism lie implications for our understanding of changes taking place in mainland China today.

Author : Russ Russell
Publisher : Hyperion Books
Page : 54 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 1983
Category : Education
ISBN : PSU:000011179825

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Vocational Education and Training in the Federal Republic of Germany by Russ Russell Pdf

Since the states of the Federal Republic of Germany enjoy autonomy regarding all educational matters, coordination is ensured by various commissions and ministries. Compulsory full-time education from ages 6 to 15 is followed by compulsory part-time release until age 18. Education is divided into primary, lower secondary, upper secondary, and higher. The basic system of vocational education and training is the Dual System, under which a young person on a training contract or apprenticeship receives vocational training in the firm while attending a vocational school. The upper secondary system is divided into vocational schools and general education and "mixed-type" schools. Adult Education Institutes provide a wide variety of leisure, cultural, and vocational studies. (Brief overviews are offered on teachers, examinations, and curriculum coordination.) The country has responded with five sets of measures to solve the problems of the transition from school to working life: the curriculum component, learning about the world of work, vocational guidance, the vocational orientation year, a basic vocational training year, and apprenticeships. Problems of the 1980s include graduate unemployment and need for labor force flexibility. Appendixes include a typical plan of the states' educational systems, a glossary, and background information on the country. (YLB)