Research Trends in Mainland Chinese Comparative Education
Research Trends in Mainland Chinese Comparative Education
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中国大陆比较教育研究动向
DOI:
10.1086/447243
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发表时间:
1994
影响因子:
1.8
通讯作者:
Shu
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作者:
Shu
The study of comparative education in Mainland China resumed soon after the end of the Cultural Revolution and developed substantially in the first post-Mao decade (roughly, from the late 1970s to the summer of 1989). The major features of this development included: (a) A significant increase in the number of institutions and programs focusing on comparative education. By the end of 1989, there were four institutes and 20 programs of comparative education across the country.' (b) A rapid expansion in the number of comparative educators. Shortly after the Cultural Revolution ended, there were fewer than 30 researchers in the five programs of comparative education that then existed, but by the end of 1989, there were over 200.2 (c) The establishment of an integrated system for training graduate students majoring in comparative education. As a result, graduate studies became the major way to train the new generation of Chinese comparative educators, with enrollment increasing from seven in 1979 to 36 in 1989. Doctoral programs in comparative education began in 1984, and the scholars associated with these programs were responsible for new directions. (d) The establishment in 1979 of a national academic organization-the Chinese Comparative Education Society (CCES). Since its inception, it has become part of the international comparative education community, thus ending China's isolation in the field. and (e) Considerable advancement in the quality of research and studies completed although the standards of scholarship remain somewhat inadequate. To disseminate research findings, seven journals devoted exclusively to comparative education were developed.3 In addition, 123 scholarly books on