The People's Republic of China has dedicated itself to the achievement of the Four Modernizations--science and technology, agriculture, industry, and national defense--which will move the nation to the high levels of technology found in the advanced nations of the world. (JOW)

Explains that education and research, after having been neglected during the Cultural Revolution in China, are once again receiving emphasis, aided by extensive reading and by the reprinting of Western scientific literature. (Author/GA)

Describes the history of science education in the People's Republic of China since the 1950s, and discusses the new Chinese emphasis on "theory" and "expertness" to produce the scientists necessary for China's development and modernization. (GA)

This unit of study focuses on the historic period from 1920 to 1966 when China's Mao Zedong and India's Mohandas Gandhi constructed and applied their social and moral visions to their respective nationalist movements. These leaders developed contrasting methods to achieve social change and to establish the goals set for achieving the ideal…

Work force development in the Peoples' Republic of China (PRC) is affected by sundry but interrelated factors. Included among these are the following: (1) the PRC's population of one billion people; (2) a recent history of political turmoil and violence, resulting in profound changes in national leadership and vacillation in national policy; (3)…

In the People's Republic of China, science and technology policy is directed by the state and is an all encompassing managerial system through which courses of action are determined. The Chinese Academy of Sciences (Academia Sinica), a national comprehensive research center was established in 1949 to train qualified scientists and technicians. The…

The author reviews the changes in China's educational policy since the downfall of the "Gang of Four," emphasizing the nation's return to stricter academic standards and credentialing. (SJL)

Studies environmental education in southern China with regard to factors that have determined the nature of environmental curricula in secondary schools. Describes the nature and curriculum history of environmental education in Guangzhou. (Contains 20 references.) (Author/YDS)

The article presents (1) a theoretical perspective describing rural development in the People's Republic of China which allows for generalization and comparison to the other developing rural settings, and (2) four conceptual systematic variables, a concrete policy variable, and a series of illustrative propositions linking them. (NQ)

Presents a geopolitical history of the African continent. Its geography, mineral resources, regional industrial development, and international role are discussed. The impact of African foreign policies on the struggle between China and Taiwan is examined. (AM)

Examines the current emphasis in the People's Republic of China on education for modernization in light of policy swings since 1949 between "Red" and "Expert" education for technological advancement and education for communist values. Particular attention is given to moral and political education. (SJL)

The Chinese economy is changing rapidly. Government policy, which once promoted self-sufficiency in production, trade, and financing and rejected the idea of an international division of labor, is now seeking to participate actively in international trade and to operate its economy as efficiently as possible. (IS)

During the Second Five Year Plan (1958-1962), the Chinese Communists expanded spare-time adult education schools to part-work, part-study Red-and-Expert universities and schools to provide ideological indoctrination and cultivate socialist citizens (Red) and to train skilled manpower for modern industry and economic development (Expert). The…

The objectives of this workshop, jointly sponsored by the State Education Commission of the People's Republic of China and the International Institute for Educational Planning (IIEP), were to: discuss the problem of the relationship between the development of higher education, industrial growth, and technical change; analyze the growth of the…

This junior high school level student manual contains three units on the role of women in world history. The units, designed to supplement what is customarily taught in world history courses at this level, are entitled Women Under Feudalism: Western Europe and China, Women in the Industrial Revolution, and Women in Change: 20th Century Women in…