Despite significant progress over the past fifteen years associated with School Mapping Restructure(SMR)in Chinese rural schools,many small schools have been closed or have merged with larger primary schools.This has ...Despite significant progress over the past fifteen years associated with School Mapping Restructure(SMR)in Chinese rural schools,many small schools have been closed or have merged with larger primary schools.This has resulted,among other things,in difficulties for many students in rural areas who now have to travel longer distances to a central(primary)school and whose families generally have to bear greater expenses for schooling.This paper examines the role of small rural schools in the Chinese education system,looks at the context and impacts of SMR on these schools in terms of quality,cost and access indicators,and highlights some of the key difficulties faced by these schools in the restructured education system.We argue that small rural schools have a significant role to play in delivering education services in rural China and should therefore be retained,supported and equipped with the right levels of facilities and quality services for them to fulfill their role.The policy implications of these findings for education officials are discussed in the context of continuing SMR.展开更多
Mind map is a simple and effective graphical thinking tool for expressing divergent thinking initiated by Tony Buzan in the 1970s. The author thinks that applying the mind map to the actual teaching of English in seni...Mind map is a simple and effective graphical thinking tool for expressing divergent thinking initiated by Tony Buzan in the 1970s. The author thinks that applying the mind map to the actual teaching of English in senior high school can not only help students to establish contacts, and promote English learning, but also develops students' divergent and creative thinking.展开更多
In a globalized world, it is increasingly necessary to study the regional and local identities in order to promote their recovery and educating citizens active in all spatial scales. This study conducts a discussion w...In a globalized world, it is increasingly necessary to study the regional and local identities in order to promote their recovery and educating citizens active in all spatial scales. This study conducts a discussion where approaches to memory with spatial representations made by elementary school students in the city of Jaguariaiva, Paranfi, Brazil. Cultural identities are treated as meaning production instance about the living spaces. The relations between formal education, especially the curriculum selected by school geography, and the knowledge of lived experience, can contribute to the study of the references and spatial horizons of residents of urban and rural regions. This perspective is proposed as discussion that aims to contribute to the advancement of reflections on the relationship between school mapping and the production of sense of belonging to different locations.展开更多
文摘Despite significant progress over the past fifteen years associated with School Mapping Restructure(SMR)in Chinese rural schools,many small schools have been closed or have merged with larger primary schools.This has resulted,among other things,in difficulties for many students in rural areas who now have to travel longer distances to a central(primary)school and whose families generally have to bear greater expenses for schooling.This paper examines the role of small rural schools in the Chinese education system,looks at the context and impacts of SMR on these schools in terms of quality,cost and access indicators,and highlights some of the key difficulties faced by these schools in the restructured education system.We argue that small rural schools have a significant role to play in delivering education services in rural China and should therefore be retained,supported and equipped with the right levels of facilities and quality services for them to fulfill their role.The policy implications of these findings for education officials are discussed in the context of continuing SMR.
文摘Mind map is a simple and effective graphical thinking tool for expressing divergent thinking initiated by Tony Buzan in the 1970s. The author thinks that applying the mind map to the actual teaching of English in senior high school can not only help students to establish contacts, and promote English learning, but also develops students' divergent and creative thinking.
文摘In a globalized world, it is increasingly necessary to study the regional and local identities in order to promote their recovery and educating citizens active in all spatial scales. This study conducts a discussion where approaches to memory with spatial representations made by elementary school students in the city of Jaguariaiva, Paranfi, Brazil. Cultural identities are treated as meaning production instance about the living spaces. The relations between formal education, especially the curriculum selected by school geography, and the knowledge of lived experience, can contribute to the study of the references and spatial horizons of residents of urban and rural regions. This perspective is proposed as discussion that aims to contribute to the advancement of reflections on the relationship between school mapping and the production of sense of belonging to different locations.
