Mao Was My Neighbour: Yao Zhongda and the "Opening" of Chinese Adult Education

Autor/in	Boshier, Roger
Titel	Mao Was My Neighbour: Yao Zhongda and the "Opening" of Chinese Adult Education
Quelle	In: Brock Education: A Journal of Educational Research and Practice, 22 (2013) 2, S.11-27 (17 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1183-1189
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Adult Education; Biographies; Adult Educators; Asian History; Social Systems; Lifelong Learning; Educational Change; Illiteracy; Educational Policy; Social Change; Asian Culture; Interviews; China + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Adult; Adults; Education; Adult basic education; Adult training; Erwachsenenbildung; Biography; Biografie; Biographie; Adult education teacher; Adult education; Teacher; Teachers; Adult educator; Erwachsenenbildner; Lehrer; Lehrerin; Lehrende; Social system; Soziales System; Life-long learning; Lebenslanges Lernen; Bildungsreform; Analphabetismus; Politics of education; Bildungspolitik; Sozialer Wandel; Interviewing; Interviewtechnik
Abstract	After Deng Xiaoping's 1978 reform and opening, foreigners had a chance to see adult education in China. As a result, many met Yao Zhongda, Chief of the Bureau of Workers' and Peasants Education. From 1921 onwards, adult education has been a vital corollary of Communist revolution. Although Yao's biography was extremely relevant to what foreigners saw, few knew much about their host. Yao made enthusiastic responses to Roby Kidd's efforts to "open" China to the Toronto-based International Council of Adult Education. By 2013, he was 88 years old. The primary purpose of this paper was to capture his biography and reflect on what it means for 21st century China. A secondary purpose was to alert Beijing scholars to the importance of this key actor in the colourful drama of globalization and adult education in China. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01