Home Schooling in China: Culture, Religion, Politics and Gender

Cover -- Half Title -- Series Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Acknowledgements -- 1 Setting the scene -- Introduction -- The focus of the book -- Relevant research in Western countries -- Theoretical frameworks -- Cultural, social and economic capital -- Habitus -- Resea...

Full description

Saved in:  
Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Sheng, Xiaoming (Author)
Format: Electronic Book
Language:English
Subito Delivery Service: Order now.
Check availability: HBZ Gateway
Interlibrary Loan:Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany)
Published: Milton Routledge 2019
In:Year: 2019
Series/Journal:Routledge Research in Language Education Ser.
Further subjects:B Home schooling-China
B Electronic books
Online Access: Volltext (lizenzpflichtig)
Parallel Edition:Erscheint auch als: 9780367202767
Description
Summary:Cover -- Half Title -- Series Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Acknowledgements -- 1 Setting the scene -- Introduction -- The focus of the book -- Relevant research in Western countries -- Theoretical frameworks -- Cultural, social and economic capital -- Habitus -- Research methodology -- Research strategy -- Sampling -- Ethics of this research -- Structure of the book -- References -- 2 Choices with market: Being marginalised in marketisation of education -- Introduction -- Review of literature -- The context of marketisation of education in Beijing -- Marginalised position of some middle-class families in terms of choice of selective secondary schools -- Struggling in making choices in education marketisation -- Exclusion and parents' strategies in the process of choice -- Conclusions -- References -- 3 Social class and choice: An inside perspective on families vs schools in China -- Introduction -- Literature regarding the relationship between family and school -- Literature on social class and home education in the Western context -- Unequal distribution of educational resources -- Exclusion and inclusion: do I choose schools or home education? -- The relationship between social class, cultural values, and parents' decision to home educate -- What benefits do middle-class parents see in home education? -- Conclusions -- References -- 4 Christian home education in China -- Introduction -- Christian home education in the Western context -- Christian education in the Chinese context -- The size of Christian home education in China -- The process of Christian home education in China -- The motivation to practise Christian home education -- The types of Christian home education -- Teaching content -- Teaching style -- Outcomes -- Conclusions -- The growth of Christian home education in China.
Item Description:Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources
Physical Description:1 online resource (233 pages)
ISBN:978-0-429-52277-2