Title The demoralization of teachers : crisis in a rural school in China / Dan Wang

Published Lanham, Maryland : Lexington Books, [2013]

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Description 1 online resource (x, 151 pages) Series Emerging perspectives on education in China Emerging perspectives on education in China. Contents List of Figures and Tables; Acknowledgments; 1 Introduction; 2 Chaoyang Township and Its School; 3 Struggles over the Work Routine; 4 The Clash of Cultures in Rural Classrooms; 5 Workplace Demoralized: Authoritarian Administration; 6 Workplace Depoliticized: Corruption and Bureaucracy; 7 Bureaucracy, Culture, and Workplace Democracy; Bibliography; Index; About the Author Summary This book offers a rich ethnographic account that meticulously portrays teachers' life and work, hopes and despairs, and daily struggles within and beyond a Chinese rural school. Through a vivid narrative, the book elucidates little by little the structural, systemic causes for the local predicaments and reveals the profound moral crisis in the Chinese society after decades of the capitalist economic reform Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 141-146) and index Notes English Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed Subject Education, Rural -- China -- Chongqing Region Rural schools -- China -- Chongqing Region Teacher morale -- China -- Chongqing Region Teachers -- Job satisfaction -- China -- Chongqing Region Education and state -- China -- Chongqing Region EDUCATION -- Comparative. EDUCATION -- History. Economic history Education and state Education, Rural Rural conditions Rural schools Teacher morale Teachers -- Job satisfaction China -- Chongqing Region Form Electronic book LC no. 2021675677 ISBN 9780739169438 0739169432 1299660398 9781299660397 0739169424 9780739169421

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