Chinese Communist Education: Records of the First Decade

Published by Vanderbilt University Press, Nashville, TN, 1965

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24 cm, 542 pages, footnotes, bibliograpy, index, DJ worn, soiled, edge tears, and chips, former owner's stamp on front endpaper, edges soiled. Education in China is a state-run system of public education run by the Ministry of Education. All citizens must attend school for at least nine years, known as the nine-year compulsory education, which the government funds. It includes six years of primary education, starting at age six or seven, and three years of junior secondary education (middle school) for ages 12 to 15. Some provinces may have five years of primary school but four years for middle school. After middle school, there are three years of high school, which then completes the secondary education. The Ministry of Education reported a 99 percent attendance rate for primary school and an 80 percent rate for both primary and middle schools. Emeritus Professor Stewart E. Fraser (1929-2001) was born and spent much of his childhood in Tianjin, China. He was educated at the Universities of Melbourne, Oxford, Stanford, Colorado and London. In 1976, with Professor Ronald Goldman, they established the then innovative School of Education at La Trobe University. Breaking with the tradition of organising the School in terms of disciplines, they structured it in centres , according to the research interests of the teaching staff. Professor Fraser was committed to building strong connections with Asia, particularly with China and Vietnam, well before these countries began opening up to the West. His interest in public health issues led him to begin collecting posters, intrigued with the poster as a medium of communication. In 1976 he published the text 100 Great Chinese Posters, one of the earliest publications on the area.…

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Title
Chinese Communist Education: Records of the First Decade
Author
Fraser, Stewart E.
Publisher
Vanderbilt University Press, Nashville, TN
Publication year
1965
Condition
good
Dust jacket
fair
Binding
Hardcover
Edition
First? Edition. First? Printing.
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