China's education has experienced a series of challenges since 1978, when the Chinese Government started to reform its political and economic systems, and implement the so called "open door" policy. In the rapidly changing social context, private education reemerged along with the development of the market economy. Recently, elite private education has caught wide attention in both China and overseas. This research adopts a case study approach to examine the development of private schools in China. / This research is based on an elite private school in Beijing, where the researcher stayed for two weeks in order to collect data. Interviews and observations were conducted and documents were collected focusing on: (1) The background of re-emergence of private schools; (2) Characteristics of the private elite school; (3) The influence of sociopolitical factors on the school's operation and functioning. / This case study provides insight into the present development of private elite education in China, and discusses the implications for educational purpose, quality, and equality.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:LACETR/oai:collectionscanada.gc.ca:QMM.23340 |
| Date | January 1995 |
| Creators | Liu, Yufeng, 1962- |
| Contributors | Lin, Jing (advisor) |
| Publisher | McGill University |
| Source Sets | Library and Archives Canada ETDs Repository / Centre d'archives des thèses électroniques de Bibliothèque et Archives Canada |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Electronic Thesis or Dissertation |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Coverage | Master of Arts (Faculty of Education.) |
| Rights | All items in eScholarship@McGill are protected by copyright with all rights reserved unless otherwise indicated. |
| Relation | alephsysno: 001486054, proquestno: MM12049, Theses scanned by UMI/ProQuest. |
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