The influences of the soviet educational model on the education of P. R. China |
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| Authors: | Li Li-xu |
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| Institution: | (1) Shan-dong Teachers’ University, P. R. China;(2) Department of Education, Seoul National University, San 56-1, Shinlim-dong, Kwanak-gu, 151-742 Seoul, Korea |
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| Abstract: | When looking at the reasons for China’s rapid development, it is necessary to make a thorough analysis on the formation and
development of Chinas education so that we can make out what its educational system has done in the process of helping China
achieve its success.
Since 1949, when the Chinese Communist Party gained control of mainland China, they needed a new kind of educational model
to replace the old one, which was basically based on Western models. Naturally, the Soviet model of education became the inevitable
choice for the “New China”. The writer of this paper will focus on how New China transplanted the Soviet model of education
into the Chinese environment and what kind of positive and negative effects occurred in the process of transplantation.
Before 1958, China basically adopted the educational systems created by the former U.S.S.R. However, since 1958, China began
to criticize and deny the systems created by the Soviet Union, along with the deterioration of the relations between China
and the former U.S.S.R. This paper will describe the main facts and characteristics that existed before 1958, and then analyze
and summarize what the Soviet model of education has brought about to the education environment of China. The writer believes
that from this background, we can not only make clear the relationship between the recent rapid development achieved by China
and the educational tradition that had taken shape in the process of following Soviet footsteps, but also understand the causes
for China to push forward with large-scale reform of education since the late 1990’s.
This paper relies mainly on much historical data originated mainly from China, especially from a book named “The Important
Educational Documents of P. R. China”, which included in it much restricted or secret documents that hadn’t been made open
to the public before due to the special identity of its editor-in-chief, i.e., Mr. He Dong-Chang, a former Minister of Education
of China, who actually dominated the education of China more than 10 years, from 1982 to 1992.
A paper presented at the 2nd iAPED International Conference on Education Research, Seoul National University, Korea, Oct 25~6,
2001. |
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