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Parenting, Education, and Social Mobility in Rural China - Cultivating dragons and phoenixes (Paperback)
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Parenting, Education, and Social Mobility in Rural China - Cultivating dragons and phoenixes (Paperback)
Series: Routledge Contemporary China Series
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Like many countries around the world, China has been implementing
policies aimed at improving parent-school relationships. However,
unlike many developed countries, the historical context of
family-school relationships has been limited and parents typically
do not participate in the school context. Until now, there has been
little research conducted in rural China on parental involvement in
their children's education. This book investigates the nature of
parental involvement in primary children's education in rural China
by using a combination of quantitative and qualitative methods. It
outlines the layered strategies of how rural parents are involved
in their children's schooling, showing that rural parents strongly
desire educational success for their children and view education as
a means to their children gaining social mobility. It demonstrates
that few rural parents engage in visible forms of parental
involvement in their children's schools, such as attending
parent-teacher meetings. Rather, they are more likely to engage
strategies to support their children's education which are largely
invisible to schools. It adds to the growing body of parental
involvement research that suggests that culture, location, and
socio-economic status influence different forms of parental
involvement, and highlights nuances in invisible forms of parental
involvement. Providing insights into how poor rural parents
envision their role with their children, schools, and the larger
society, and how these relationships can affect the social mobility
of students and families, this book will be of huge interest to
students and scholars of Asian education, comparative and
international education, and Chinese society.
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