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A School in Ren Village

A Historical-Ethnographical Study of China's Educational Changes

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Authors:
  1. Hongchang Si

    1. Chinese National Academy of Education Administration, Beijing, China

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  • Presents insightful fieldwork and oral history
  • Describes a detailed microcosm of rural education in China
  • Offers a detailed description of the schools in a small Chinese village
  • Discusses China's educational development

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Table of contents (9 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xviii
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  2. Introduction

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    Pages 1-41

  3. Prelude

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    Pages 43-55

  4. One Village in North China

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    Pages 57-75

  5. History and Society of the Village

    • Hongchang Si
    Pages 77-123

  6. Heritage of the Late Qing Dynasty and the Republic of China: Replacement of Old Education by New Education

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    Pages 125-172

  7. New Schools and Educated People

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    Pages 173-311

  8. The Private School After 1991

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    Pages 313-394

  9. Epilogue

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    Pages 395-407

  10. Conclusion

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    Pages 409-415

  11. Back Matter

    Pages 417-420
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About this book

By adopting oral history and fieldwork methods and exploring historical data, this book chronologically depicts the development of the schools and education in a village in North China over a century. The book reveals how education and school life in the rural village are being impacted not only by its own history and traditions, but also by external powers; more specifically, the development of rural schools is influenced by the tensions between Chinese and Western culture, between history and reality, between countryside and cities, and between national and local powers. In essence, villagers’ educational experience is actually a battlefield for school education and local tradition – the children’s lives are dominated by school education, leaving local traditions few opportunities to exert an influence. The study also discusses how school education and local traditions have influenced villagers’ social mobility, a topic that has rarely been studied in previous literature. In summary, rural schools have been developing within an interactive network composed of various actors. With the fading of national power since the 1980s, local rural actors have enjoyed a much more liberal social and political space and thus now play a more active role in rural education.


Presenting a microcosm that reflects the historical development of rural education in China, the book is a valuable resource for researchers in the field of in rural education, educational history, and educational anthropology, as well as for readers interested in rural education in China.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Chinese National Academy of Education Administration, Beijing, China

    Hongchang Si

About the author

Hongchang SI currently works in the Chinese National Academy of Education Administration. He studied at Hebei University, Beijing Normal University and then East China Normal University. In his research, he examines rural education and higher education from an interdisciplinary perspective, combining history, anthropology and sociology. His PhD thesis, from which the book was translated, was awarded the "National 100 Excellent Doctoral Dissertations" in 2008.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: A School in Ren Village

  • Book Subtitle: A Historical-Ethnographical Study of China's Educational Changes

  • Authors: Hongchang Si

  • Translated by: Zhenjun Yao

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-7225-3

  • Publisher: Springer Singapore

  • eBook Packages: Education, Education (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. and Educational Science Publishing House 2018

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-981-10-7223-9Published: 24 May 2018

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-981-13-3925-7Published: 01 February 2019

  • eBook ISBN: 978-981-10-7225-3Published: 08 May 2018

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XVIII, 420

  • Number of Illustrations: 30 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: History of Education, Sociology of Education, Schools and Schooling

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