Expansion of Vocational Education in Neoliberal China: Hope and Despair among Rural Youth

Autor/in	Koo, Anita
Titel	Expansion of Vocational Education in Neoliberal China: Hope and Despair among Rural Youth
Quelle	In: Journal of Education Policy, 31 (2016) 1, S.46-59 (14 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0268-0939
DOI	10.1080/02680939.2015.1073791
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Vocational Education; Neoliberalism; Psychological Patterns; Rural Areas; Human Capital; Social Theories; Credentials; Stress Variables; Graduates; Manufacturing; Educational Change; Social Mobility; Employment Opportunities; Low Income; Salaries; Youth; Surveys; Interviews; High School Students; China + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Ausbildung; Berufsbildung; Neo-liberalism; Neoliberalismus; Rural area; Ländlicher Raum; Humankapital; Gesellschaftstheorie; Studienbuch; Graduate; Absolvent; Absolventin; Hochschulabsolvent; Hochschulabsolventin; Herstellung; Bildungsreform; Soziale Mobilität; Berufschance; Beschäftigungschance; Niedriglohn; Entlohnung; Gehalt; Jugend; Jugendlicher; Jugendalter; Survey; Umfrage; Befragung; Interviewing; Interviewtechnik; High school; High schools; Student; Students; Oberschule; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin
Abstract	The rise of China as the world factory in the last few decades has been accompanied by a rapid expansion in vocational education. A growing number of youth from rural backgrounds now have the chance to receive post-compulsory education in vocational training schools. Using human capital theory as an analytical focus, this study examines their strong desire to acquire educational credentials and explores the stress and frustration they experience after finding out that graduates in vocational schools are sent to factories to work as cheap labourers. This article argues that reform of the educational system in post-reform China has channelled a large group of rural youth to vocational education without granting them enough chance of upward mobility. When China relies heavily on a labour-intensive manufacturing economy to secure its place in neoliberal globalization, most of the jobs available are regarded as "undesirable", dead-end and low income. Returns of human capital investment among rural youth are not guaranteed. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01