More Important than Guns: Chinese Adult Education after the Long March

Autor/inn/en	Boshier, Roger; Yan Huang,
Titel	More Important than Guns: Chinese Adult Education after the Long March
Quelle	In: Adult Education Quarterly: A Journal of Research and Theory, 60 (2010) 3, S.284-302 (19 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0741-7136
DOI	10.1177/0741713609358450
Schlagwörter	Adult Education; Foreign Countries; Theory Practice Relationship; Political Socialization; Informal Education; Nonformal Education; Social Change; Activism; Politics of Education; Interviews; Site Analysis; Educational History; Historical Interpretation; Content Analysis; Change Strategies; China + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Adult; Adults; Education; Adult basic education; Adult training; Erwachsenenbildung; Ausland; Theorie-Praxis-Beziehung; Politische Sozialisation; Informelle Bildung; Nichtformale Bildung; Non-formal education; Non formal education; Sozialer Wandel; Aktivismus; Politischer Protest; Educational policy; Bildungspolitik; Interviewing; Interviewtechnik; History of education; Bildungsgeschichte; Historische Interpretation; Inhaltsanalyse; Lösungsstrategie
Abstract	Without adult education, there would have been no Communist government in China. Once the Long March arrived in Yan'an, Mao and Communist leaders used adult education in informal and nonformal settings to build momentum for revolution. This article analyzes the theory and practice of adult education during the Yan'an "golden years" (1936-1939) of Chinese communism. Data were derived from interviews in Yan'an and close analysis of writings by foreign visitors to the Red base. Because of 1950s McCarthyism in the United States and tyrannical behavior in post-1949 China, Chinese Communists rarely appear in orthodox adult education history in the west. But after 30 years of "reform and opening," this is a good time to recall Yan'an adult education and remarkable foreigners who studied and contributed to it. Although Chinese are now obsessed with modernization and money, looking into a rearview mirror might help illuminate adult education on the Red road ahead. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10