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Spotlight on China

Changes in Education under China’s Market Economy

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Editors:
  1. Shibao Guo

    1. University of Calgary, Canada

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  2. Yan Guo

    1. University of Calgary, Canada

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  • This book offers a most contemporary and comprehensive analysis of changes in education under China’s market economy
  • Spotlight on China examines profound social and economic transformation that has resulted from the market economy and its concomitant impact on education in China
  • Lessons learned from the China experiment will inform researchers and educators about social and educational reforms in other countries which are undergoing similar fundamental changes

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Table of contents (22 chapters)

  1. Transitions from Education to Work

    1. Social Inequality in Postgraduate Transition

      • Yixi Lu, Li Zong
      Pages 267-289

    2. Transitions from Education to Work

      • Limin Bai
      Pages 291-308

  2. Market Economy and Social Inequality

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 309-309
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    2. Inequalities in China’s Compulsory Education

      • Hillary ParkHouse, Xue Lan Rong
      Pages 311-327

    3. Widening Urban Rural Divides

      • Li Wang
      Pages 329-343

    4. Navigating the Aspirational City

      • Lorin Yochim
      Pages 345-363

    5. Educating Migrant Children

      • Charlotte Goodburn
      Pages 365-380

    6. PostScript

      • Allan Luke
      Pages 381-386

  3. Back Matter

    Pages 387-396
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About this book

Fuelled by forces of globalization, China has gradually shifted from a centrally planned economy to a socialist market economy. Under the market economy China has experienced a massive and protracted economic boom. It is not clear however whether recent economic changes have brought the same miracle to education in China. Spotlight on China brings together established and emerging scholars from China and internationally in a dialogue about the profound social and economic transformation that has resulted from the market economy and its concomitant impact on education in China. The book covers a wide range of topics, including:


• Market economy and curriculum reform
• Teaching under China’s market economy
• Changes in higher education
• Transitions from education to work 
• Market economy and social inequality 
With its broad scope and fresh critical perspectives, this collection offers a most contemporary and comprehensive analysis of possibly the largest education system in the world. Lessons learned from the China experiment will inform researchers and educators about social and educational reforms in other countries which are undergoing similar fundamental changes.


Spotlight on China provides a state of the art picture: dynamic, partial, full of contradictions and tensions, and, as we speak, in movement and local reconfiguration.” – Allan Luke, Queensland University of Technology.


“The book moves social science research on China’s education another step forward by refining the balance between the viability of mainstream western concepts and the analytical possibilities of creating a new scholarship based on a deeper understanding of the historically grounded realities of contemporary Chinese education.” – Gerard A. Postiglione, The University of Hong Kong"

Editors and Affiliations

  • University of Calgary, Canada

    Shibao Guo, Yan Guo

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Spotlight on China

  • Book Subtitle: Changes in Education under China’s Market Economy

  • Editors: Shibao Guo, Yan Guo

  • Series Title: Spotlight on China

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6209-881-7

  • Publisher: SensePublishers Rotterdam

  • eBook Packages: Education, Education (R0)

  • Copyright Information: SensePublishers-Rotterdam, The Netherlands 2016

  • eBook ISBN: 978-94-6209-881-7Published: 22 March 2016

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Topics: Education, general

  • Industry Sectors: Engineering, Pharma

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