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Discourses on the Education of China

ISBN10: 0071847391 | ISBN13: 9780071847391

Discourses on the Education of China
ISBN10: 0071847391
ISBN13: 9780071847391
By Zhu Yongxin

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“In this book, I try my best to contribute my observations and reflections on Chinese educational issues, to raise awareness and inspire confidence and hope.” —Zhu Yongxin As one of China’s leading experts on education, Professor Zhu Yongxin has seen schools change and grow by leaps and bounds. But with this change comes a wide range of new challenges which need to be recognized and addressed. In these insightful essays and discourses, Yongxin examines China’s past, present, and future—offering new ideas for moving forward as educators, as a community, and as a nation. You’ll discover: * The greatest achievements of modern Chinese education * The biggest problems facing the school system today * The best solutions for ensuring a brighter tomorrow Chinese education has witnessed radical changes and remarkable achievements over the past forty years. While there have been many advancements, there also have been many mistakes, leading to a growing crisis in education that needs to be fixed. Only by raising awareness of the problems and defects in the system can China build upon its past successes and create future opportunities for educational excellence. In Discourses on the Education of China, Professor Zhu Yongxin addresses these challenges head-on. Drawing from his lifelong experience as an educator, as well as his firsthand observations and illuminating insights, Yongxin tackles some of the biggest issues in education today, including: * The lack of adequate funding and school resources * The gap between eastern and western China, rural and urban schools * The devaluing of teachers and decreasing involvement of parents * The need for moral education as well as intellectual education * The wide-ranging challenges of compulsory education * The question of public versus privately run schools * The rise of the Internet and decline of reading skills * The essential keys to building a better learning environment For anyone interested in the future of education in China, this book is a powerful wake-up call. New problems demand new solutions, and the only way to achieve this is by shining a light on each problem—one by one—and searching for bold new strategies to provide the best education for the next generation. “I believe we can go beyond the plight of education and create a brilliant tomorrow,” Zhu Yongxin writes. “We must be full of hope…” Zhu Yongxin is a member of the National People’s Congress (NPC) Standing Committee, vice chairman of the China Association for Promoting Democracy (CAPD), and vice president of Chinese Society of Education (CSE). He also serves as a professor and PhD supervisor at Soochow University. A sponsor of the New Education Experiment in China, Professor Zhu has won several awards for his influential work, including “60 great contributors in China’s Education of 60 years” (2009), “30th Anniversary of Reform and Opening Up: Person of the Year in China’s Education Area” (2008), “Top 10 News Figures in China’s Reform” (2007), and “Top 10 Elites in China’s Education” (2006). Professor Zhu has published more than 400 articles on education both at home and abroad, and published over 30 books as well.

Part I 1949 to 1989
CHAPTER 1 China’s Education: Achievements and Mistakes
CHAPTER 2 On Teachers
CHAPTER 3 Insight into Weariness-of-Study Psychology
CHAPTER 4 Malformed Combination
CHAPTER 5 Inadequate Educational Appropriations
CHAPTER 6 Worry About Moral Education
CHAPTER 7 Infantilism in Family Education
CHAPTER 8 Light of Hope
Part II 1990 to 2003
CHAPTER 9 China’s Education: Achievements and Problems
CHAPTER 10 Who Pays for Compulsory Education?
CHAPTER 11 Balanced Development: Varying Differences
CHAPTER 12 Reading: It Is Hard to Say I Love You
CHAPTER 13 Examination: A Thousand Sad Reasons
CHAPTER 14 On the Merits and Demerits of the Internet
CHAPTER 15 Privately Run Education: Where Is the Way?
CHAPTER 16 A Long-Term and Arduous Task
Part III 2004 to 2010
CHAPTER 17 Worry About the Starting Line: Problems of Preschool Education
CHAPTER 18 Injured Angels: The Problems of Elementary and Secondary School Students’ Physical Quality
CHAPTER 19 Adolescent Restlessness: Sex Education for Elementary and Secondary School Students
CHAPTER 20 No Life, No Education: Campus Safety
CHAPTER 21 To Whom Does School Open: The Craze for Choosing the Top Schools and the Schooling of Children of Rural Migrant Workers
CHAPTER 22 Where Is Tomorrow: Difficult Employment for College Graduates
CHAPTER 23 Answer to Qian Xuesen’s Question: University Reform and Talent Training
CHAPTER 24 China’s Education: From Expansion of Scale to Improvement of Quality
POSTSCRIPT: A SILENT REVOLUTION
NOTES
REFERENCES
INDEX

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