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Schooling against the Countryside: Educational Migration and Rural Development in China book cover

1st Edition

Schooling against the Countryside Educational Migration and Rural Development in China

By Yuan Teng Copyright 2027
274 Pages 22 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

This book investigates educational migration (peidu) in rural China, where families relocate to access urban schooling for their children. Using a communal lens and drawing on questionnaire data, in-depth interviews, and field observations from a county in Central China, it examines the causes and impacts of this phenomenon. The study highlights how urban-biased development, rural decline, and... Read more

1. Introduction  2. Educational migration and rural development: Theoretical perspectives  3. Prevalent trends and motivations for rural educational migration: Escaping rural fate  4. Structural factors stimulating rural educational migration: Poor rural schools and county urbanisation  5. Educational migration and the widening rural–urban school gap  6. Educational migration and rural social stratification  7. Educational migration and rural community decline  8. Education against or for the countryside  9. Conclusion

Biography

Yuan Teng is an Associate Professor in the School of Education at Central China Normal University. Her research interests include the sociology of education, rural education, and rural development. Her recent research on educational urbanisation and rural community development has appeared in The China Journal and The China Quarterly.

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