Peggy A Kong

Parenting, Education, and Social Mobility in Rural China

Cultivating dragons and phoenixes

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book examines how parents in rural China engage strategies to support their children's education that are largely invisible in the discussion of parental participation. It provides insights into how rural parents envision their role with their children, schools and larger society, and how these relationships shape student and family mobility.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: CRC Press
• Seitenzahl: 150
• Erscheinungstermin: 12. Februar 2018
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 8mm
• Gewicht: 218g
• ISBN-13: 9781138494695
• ISBN-10: 1138494690
• Artikelnr.: 51281118

Autorenporträt

Peggy A. Kong is an assistant professor in Comparative and International Education at Lehigh University, USA. Her research interests include educational inequality including rural education, gender issues and private tutoring.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction 1. Conceptual and Theoretical Framework 2. What does it mean
to be rural? 3 ."To walk out" 4. "It is up to them" 5. Active rural
parents' hidden work: creating a good learning environment 6. Information
network: Support of family and friends 7. Migration. Conclusion