From Mao to Now: Does K'angta Still Shape Adult Education in China?

Autor/inn/en	Boshier, Roger; Huang, Yan
Titel	From Mao to Now: Does K'angta Still Shape Adult Education in China?
Quelle	In: Convergence, 41 (2008) 4, S.51-78 (28 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0010-8146
Schlagwörter	Higher Education; Learning Processes; Foreign Countries; Adult Education; Educational Philosophy; Educational Practices; Educational Policy; Conflict; Theory Practice Relationship; Educational History; Intellectual History; Educational Change; Social Change; Politics of Education; Educational Theories; China + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Learning process; Lernprozess; Ausland; Adult; Adults; Education; Adult basic education; Adult training; Erwachsenenbildung; Bildungsphilosophie; Erziehungsphilosophie; Bildungspraxis; Politics of education; Bildungspolitik; Konflikt; Theorie-Praxis-Beziehung; History of education; Bildungsgeschichte; Geistesgeschichte; Bildungsreform; Sozialer Wandel; Educational policy; Educational theory; Theory of education; Bildungstheorie
Abstract	Soon after remnants of the Long March reached Yan'an, the Communist Party established adult and higher education institutions. K'angta--the anti-Japanese university--was at the centre of attempts to resist foreign invaders and, after October 1, 1949, became a model for the rest of China. K'angta owed much to Mao's essays On Practice and On Contradiction. The Chairman was convinced theory was formed from practice and had no patience with the esoteric--or delayed impact--of "book learning". Conflict between "useless theory" and practice flared up again in the Cultural Revolution with demands to "get back" to K'angta. Today, Chinese adult and higher education operates in the shadow of K'angta. The K'angta tradition triggers questions about student motivation, the search for correct answers, theory and practice, pure and applied research, the role of books and teaching and learning processes. Continuing disdain for theory and books, along with a preference for applied research, weakens the impact of Chinese adult and higher education. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10