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Article: The educational reforms in the cultural revolution in China: a postmodern critique.
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- Education
- Article date:
- September 22, 2001
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Like many Chinese educators and students whose teaching and schooling experiences happened to coincide with the period of the Cultural Revolution, the author personally experienced the educational reforms that came along with this political movement. People in China have always been bewildered by what happened in that period, why it had such a devastating impact on education in China, and why the reform failed its promises to people. Many questions remain unanswered. This article is a critical analysis of the educational reforms and the drastic curriculum changes that took place in China during its Cultural Revolution (1966-1976)in light of postmodern curriculum theories. ...