1st Edition

China's National Minority Education Culture, Schooling, and Development

Edited By Gerard A. Postiglione Copyright 1999
440 Pages
by Routledge

436 Pages
by Routledge

438 Pages
by Routledge

This volume focuses on policies and practices in the education of China's national minorities with the purpose of assessing the goals and impact of state sponsored education for China's non-Han people's. The essays in the four sections of this book examine cultural challenges to state schooling, the extent of educational provision in minority areas, the perspectives of Tibetan and Uyghur... Read more
Series Editor's Forward, 1. Introduction: State Schooling and Ethnicity in China, I. Cultural Challenges to State Schooling: Religion and Language. II. Educational Disparities: Literacy Levels and Access to Higher Education, III. Case Studies of Ethnic Minority Schooling: The Vi, Tai, Tibetan and Monguor, Chinese Glossary, Selected Reference Material, Contributors, Index

Biography

Gerard A. Postiglione