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Elasticity and Toughness Ethnography of Minban Teachers’ Policy Implementation in Rural Chinese Society

By Feng Wei Copyright 2022
298 Pages
by Routledge

298 Pages
by Routledge

298 Pages
by Routledge

This book examines minban teacher policies and their implementation in China between 1949 and 2000, when rural areas were in severe shortage of qualified teachers. During this period of time, minban teachers made great contributions to education, doing the same work as state-employed school teachers while receiving much lower salaries due to non-official status. With solid fieldwork on oral... Read more
1. Society and Education in M County  2. Appointment and Dismissal of "Appointed Minban Teachers"  3. Comprehensive Assessments  4. Examination-based Recruitment of Contract Minban Teachers  5. Qualification Scrutiny  6. Dismissal and Anti-Dismissal Efforts  7. Professional Title Reform  8. Compensation  9. Transfer of Status  10. How Educational Policy is Implemented in Rural Society

Biography

Feng Wei is a professor of Educational Management at the Shanghai Normal University, China. His research interests focus on educational policy and governance. He published two papers on Education Management Administration and Leadership and hosted projects supported by the National Social Science Foundation of China.