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Foreign Teachers in China - Old Problems for a New Generation, 1979-1989 (Hardcover, New)
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Foreign Teachers in China - Old Problems for a New Generation, 1979-1989 (Hardcover, New)
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Since 1979, thousands of Westerners have been entering China. These
include numbers of foreign teachers who have been invited by the
Chinese to observe and participate in the educational system. Why
were they invited? And just what did the foreign teachers expect to
contribute? In Foreign Teachers in China, Edgar A. Porter addresses
and explores these and other questions. Although the events
surrounding June 4, 1989 have brought many more issues and
realities to light, the book seeks to present the ten-year period
of East-West relationships, beginning in 1979, and tests Jonathan
Spence's argument in his book To Change China that Chinese invite
foreigners only for their technical expertise and that foreigners
enter China primarily to change it in their own image. Porter sums
up both Chinese and foreign perceptions regarding the role of
foreign teachers in China's colleges and universities during 1979
(post-Mao years) and up until the events in Beijing in June of
1989. Divided into three sections, the first presents the history
of the role of foreigners in China's institutions of higher
learning. The second section is drawn from interviews conducted
during 1987-1989. It is here that the role, the motivation, and the
future of the modern involvement between the Chinese and foreign
teachers is placed in the context of Chinese history. The third
section presents supporting documents, agreements between various
U.S. and Chinese programs, and an internal document from China
describing how Chinese should relate to foreign teachers and other
experts. Students of Chinese culture and society--from history to
foreign policy to Chinese modernization--will find this book
helpful and fascinating. The book is also highly appropriate for
colleges and universities offering courses in International
Education, American Studies, and Asian Studies.
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