Minority Education in China : Balancing Unity and Diversity in an Era of Critical Pluralism /
China has been ethnically, linguistically, and religiously diverse. This volume recasts the pedagogical and policy challenges of minority education in China in the light of the state's efforts to balance unity and diversity. It brings together leading experts including both critical voices writ...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Hong Kong :
Hong Kong University Press, HKU,
[2014]
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| Series: | Education in China: reform and diversity.
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | China has been ethnically, linguistically, and religiously diverse. This volume recasts the pedagogical and policy challenges of minority education in China in the light of the state's efforts to balance unity and diversity. It brings together leading experts including both critical voices writing from outside China and those working inside China's educational system. The essays explore different aspects of ethnic minority education in China: the challenges associated with bilingual and trilingual education in Xinjiang and Tibet; Han Chinese reactions to preferential minority education; the role of inland boarding schools for minority students, and the mediation of religion and culture in multiethnic schools. The book covers these topics from a range of different perspectives: Uyghur, Tibetan, Korean, Mongolian, Han, and those of the West, combining empirical field studies with theoretical approaches. Previous scholarship has explored the pedagogical and policy challenges of minority education in China; this is the first volume to recast these problems in light of the Chinese Party-state's efforts to balance ethnic diversity and cohesion through a shared sense of national belonging in the twenty-first century. |
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| Item Description: | Electronic resource. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xx, 405 pages) : illustrations, maps |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9789888268290 9888268295 |