Books in the Routledge Library Editions: Education in Asia series

Education is seen by the Chinese as a key element in the modernisation of their country and in maintaining socialism. This book, first published in 1984, examines the nature of modern education in China since 1976, and looks at different parts of the system, the content of teaching and teaching styles.

This reissue (1987) studies the practical and intellectual import of China's educational relations with the industrialised West, the Soviet Union and Japan. It provides a broad historical and philosophical context within which the possibilities and dangers inherent in China's educational involvement with developed countries may be considered.

Education is seen by the Chinese as a key element in the modernisation of their country and in maintaining socialism. This book, first published in 1984, examines the nature of modern education in China since 1976, and looks at different parts of the system, the content of teaching and teaching styles.

This reissue (1996) examines four aspects of schooling for women in Asia: the development experience of a country; the types of educational opportunities available to women; if the greater exposure to education results in greater participation in the public sphere; the impact of education and economic participation on women's domestic status.