Alone and "Left Behind": A Case Study of "Left-Behind Children" in Rural China

Autor/inn/en	Hong, Yang; Fuller, Carol
Titel	Alone and "Left Behind": A Case Study of "Left-Behind Children" in Rural China
Quelle	In: Cogent Education, 6 (2019) 1, Artikel 1654236 (17 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	2331-186X
DOI	10.1080/2331186X.2019.1654236
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Case Studies; Rural Areas; Boarding Schools; Elementary School Students; Context Effect; Middle School Students; Child Behavior; At Risk Persons; Aspiration; Family Relationship; Migrants; Rural to Urban Migration; Parent Child Relationship; Life Satisfaction; Disadvantaged Youth; China + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Case study; Fallstudie; Case Study; Rural area; Ländlicher Raum; Boarding school; Internat; Middle school; Middle schools; Student; Students; Mittelschule; Mittelstufenschule; Schüler; Schülerin; Risikogruppe; Streben; Migrantin; Landflucht; Parents-child relationship; Parent-child-relation; Parent-child relationship; Eltern-Kind-Beziehung; Lebensvollendung; Benachteiligter Jugendlicher
Abstract	China has been experiencing rapid economic growth over the past few decades accompanied by an overwhelmingly large number of rural habitants out-migrating to urban areas for work and better earnings. However, children of migrants are not entitled to free schooling provisions in these urban destinations and so millions of school-aged rural children have to be "left behind" by their migrating parent(s) in their home place. This study investigates the educational aspirations of Chinese "left-behind children". Via an ethnographic, qualitative case study approach it captures the impact of "left-behind-ness" on aspirations Findings indicate that whilst educational aspirations are embedded in left-behind children's disadvantaged social background, they are also shaped by the consequences of being "left-behind". By doing so, it seeks to highlight an important area as well as illustrating the value--or not--of using Western theories of social inequalities with an Eastern context. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01