History 214 - COLQ: CHINESE EDUC & POP CULTR

Topics course.: This course examines the history of education in China with a focus on the 17th–20th centuries. Students examine the theories, institutions, politics and texts (in translation) that formed systems of education. We examine how these components worked to produce and circulate ideals of what it meant to be Chinese in different moments in time. We discuss the implications of the history of education to other developments in Chinese history, particularly with reference to groups considered marginal in Chinese culture. We also examine the limits of the state in implementing educational regimes. (E)

Topic: Learning to be Chinese: Education and Popular Culture in Chinese History.