Meritocracy and its discontents. Anxiety and the national college entrance exam in China.

Autor/in	Howlett, Zachary M.
Titel	Meritocracy and its discontents. Anxiety and the national college entrance exam in China.
Quelle	Ithaca (New York): Cornell University Press (2021), XIV, 266 S.Verfügbarkeit
Beigaben	Literaturangaben
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; Monographie
ISBN	9781501754432 (gebundene Ausgabe); 9781501754463 (Taschenbuch); 9781501754456 (E-Book); 9781501754449 (PDF)
Schlagwörter	China; Gaokao (Educational test); Social aspects; Universities and colleges; Entrance examinations; Achievement tests; Bildungstheorie; Bildungspraxis + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Social behavior; Social behaviour; Soziales Verhalten; University; Universities; College; Colleges; Universität; Hochschule; Fachhochschule; Entrance examination; Aufnahmeprüfung; Achievement test; Achievement; Testing; Test; Tests; Leistungsbeurteilung; Leistungsüberprüfung; Leistung; Testdurchführung; Testen
Abstract	Prologue : The Final Battle -- A Fateful Rite of Passage : The Gaokao and the Myth of Meritocracy-"Study Changes Fate" -- Mobility, Time, and Value : The High Stakes of Examination and the Ideology of Developmentalism-"Water Flows Downwards and People Move Upwards" -- Counterfeit Fairness : State Secrets and the False Confidence of Test Takers-"My Generation Was Raised on Poison Milk" -- Diligence versus Quality : Merit, Inequality, and Urban Hegemony-"The Way of Heaven Is to Reward Hard Work" -- Courage under Fire : The Paradoxical Role of Head Teachers and the Individualizing Moment of Examination-"Attitude Determines Knowledge" -- Magic and Meritocracy : Popular Religious Responses to Examination Anxiety-"If Your Faith Is Sincere, Your Prayer Will Be Effective" -- Epilogue : Lost and Confused. "An ethnography of the National College Entrance Examination, the Gaokao, in contemporary China. Discusses the exam as a fateful rite of passage that justifies and reinforces social inequality and the myth of meritocracy while enabling people to personify the cultural virtues of diligence, grit, composure, and divine favor or luck"--Provided by publisher.
Erfasst von	Library of Congress, Washington, DC
Update	2023/3/07