DOCUMENT RESUME ED 368 603 SO 023 438 AUTHOR Hackett, Peter; And Others TITLE Chinese Education fcr the 21st Century Conference Proceedings (Honolulu, Hawaii, November 19-22, 1991). INSTITUTION Virginia Univ., Charlottesville. School of Education. SPONS AGENCY Pacific Cultural Foundation, Taipei (Taiwan). PUB DATE 92 NOTE 153p. AVAILABLE FROM Chinese Education for the 21st Century Project, 294 Ruffner Hall, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA 22903. PUB TYPE Collected Works Conference Proceedings (021) EDRS PRICE MF01/PC07 Plus Postage. DESCRIPTORS Basic Skills; Church Related Colleges; Communism; Cultural Education; *Curriculum Development; *Educational Change; *Educational Planning; Elementary Secondary Education; *English (Second Language); Ethical Instruction; Foreign Countries; Higher Education; *International Educational Exchange; Literacy; Rural Education IDENTIFIERS *China; Dewey (John); Mao Zedong ABSTRACT This document contains the proceedings of a conference on the future of Chinese education. The papers are grouped into four sections: (1) school, culture, and society; (2) teaching and learning; (3) educational reforms; and (4) John Dewey and Chinese education. The conference was designed to provide researchers, practitioners, and policy-makers with a forum to discuss various theoretical and practical issues. The conference focused on four themes: (1) basic and rural education;(2) literacy; (3) cultural education; and (4) learning experiences in formal, informal, and non-formal settings. Potential topics for future investigations are suggested in the 25 articles that are presented in entirety, and in abstracts of 25 other articles. Articles dealing with school, culture, and society include: (1) "International Exchange: Some Reflections on China and the West" (Ruth Hayhoe);(2) "China's Academic Relations with Canada: Past, Present, and Future" (Martin Singer); (3) "The Educational Role of Chinese Almanacs: Past, Present, and Future" (Richard J. Smith);(4) "Adopt a China Rural School/Community Library" (Dun-zhi Liu; Lungching Chiao);(5) "Reading Ability and Disability among Chinese Beginning Readers; Implications for Educators" (Ji-Mei Chang; Ovid J. L. Tzeng); and (6) "Technological Literacy for Chinese Youth" (James J. Kirkwood). The section on teaching and learning has 10 articles on subjects suchas English language education and moral education. The section on reform contains seven articles. The section on John Dewey contains two articles. Appendices include working group reports, the remaining abstracts, and a conference program. (DK) c:7-0 _4010 It DEPARTMENT Of EDUCATION Office of Educational FICSIIIrCh and Improvement EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES INFORMATION CENTER (ERIC/ tpICIZs documenthas been reproduced *wed from the parson as originating it. or ofganization 0 Minor changes have reproduction Qualitybeen mad* to improve Pants olvievr or opinionsstaled in this docu- ment dO not ruscessertlyrepresent official OERI posibon or p011ey "PERMISSION TO REPRODUCETHIS MATERIAL HAS BEEN GRANTEDBY Ac.),(c\ICD YUL TO THF EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES INFORMATION CENTER (ERIC)." . prepared by Peter Hackett, Xiaoming Yu, Liu Zhang Chinese Education for the 21st Century Project Curry School of Education University of Virginia ET OH MAILABLE Proceedings Chinese Education for the 21st Century Conference prepared by Peter Hackett, Xiaoming Yu, Liu Zhang Chinese Education for the 21st Century Project Curry School of Education University of Virginia © 1992 by Chinese Education for the 21st Century Project. Ali rights reserved. 294 Ruffner Hall, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA 22903. The editors would like to extend their appreciation to the following individuals for their assistance to developing this volume: University of Virginia Division of Continuing Education: Elaine Melton, Anne Hinek, and Sally Wright University Printing Services: James Higgins and other staff. 4 The proceedings that follow and the Hawaii Conference itself were made partially possible by a grant from the Pacific Cultural Foundation of the Republic of China. Conference Planning Committee Co-Chairs: Peter Hackett, Lungching Chiao, Weiping Gong, and Xiao-ming Yu University of Virginia Jeffrey Harper, Gay Garland Reed, Valerie Sutter, and Liu Zhang University of Hawaii/Manoa Victor Kobayashi and Edgar Porter South China Normal University Joan Carey University of Hong Kong Kai-ming Cheng Chinese Association of International Education Exchange Lianping He Michigan State University Lynn Paine Colgate University Heidi Ross Foundation for Scholarly Exchange, Taiwan Jing-jyi Wu 5 Contents Introduction School, Culture, and Society International Exchange: Some Reflections on China and the West Ruth Hayhoe 1 China's Academic Relations with Canada: Past, Present, and Future Martin Singer 5 The Educational Role of Chinese Almanacs: Past, Present and Future Richard J. Smith 16 Adopt a China Rural/Community Library Project Report Dun-zhi Liu & Lungching Chiao 21 Reading Ability and Disability among Chinese Beginning Readers Ji-Mei Chang & Ovid J.L. Tzeng 23 Technological Literacy for Chinese Youth James Kirkwood 32 Teaching and Learning An Examination for Entrance to Tertiary Institutions ii Hong Kong Wing Chiu Chan 34 Reflections on the Development of Graduate Education in PRC Shu-ching Chen 37 China's Search for A Relevant Curriculum for Basic Education Yat-ming Leung 43 Trends in English Language Education in Shengzhen Michael Agelasto 48 Foreign English Teachers in Pedagogical Change in PRC Janice Penner 51 Promises and Limitations of English Language Training in Taiwan Frank Pialorsi 60 "Practical Classroom Realities" Panel Report Steven Thorpe 62 Materials for Political Socialization & Moral Education in PRC Gay Reed 65 Moral Education in China: Traditional Values & Communist Ideology Jizhu Zhang 69 Consequences of De-politicizing Moral Education in Taiwan Allen Chun 74 Educational Reforms Dare Taiwan Education be Effective for the Future? Kuang-Fu Chang 77 The Radio and TV University of China: Issues and Prospects Yuen-ching Sin Fu 81 The "blind Angle" of Chinese Education in the 21st Century Quanyu Huang 89 Some Possible Trends of Christian Higher Education in Taiwan Chen-main Wang 95 Ways of Seeing Educational Reform in China Brian Delany & Lynn W. Paine 100 Innovation in Chinese Rural Education: Jiangxi Communist University John Cleverley 106 Experiences of China's First Private Women's College Marian Davis 112 John Dewey and Chinese Education The Legacy of John Dewey and Tao Xingzhi Cheryl Dockser 115 Reconstruction from Lessons of Dewey & Mao in the 20th Century Di Xu 125 Appendix Conference Working Group Reports 134 Remaining Abstracts 139 Conference Program 144 Introduction Chinese education presents a dynamic and enlightening various theoretical and practical isst.:s. The Hawaii confer- example for the study of comparative education in terms of ence focused on four themes: basic and rural education; its reflection of as well as its participation in a fast-changing literacy; cultural education; and learning experiences in society. It has in recent decades made significant strides in formal, informal, and non-formal settings, and yielded providing educational opportunities to the world's largest potential topics for furre investigations. The conference school population, succeeded in varying degrees in securing attracted over one hundred participants from China and other cultural and social transformation, and helped maintain and parts of the world, serving as an opportunity for them to transmit some of the most fascinating aspects of our human share views and concerns, most of which are recorded in this civilization, for instance, the Chinese language and its unique volume. aesthetic form of calligraphy. The presentations included here show a diversity in The 20th century has witnessed great changes taking place in participants' interests and research orientations. This, on the Chinese education. From the establishment of modern one hand, mirrors the complex nature of Chinese education, schools in the wake of abolishing the traditional examination and on the other hand, reflects a large contingent of system at the beginning of this century to the nationwide interested people and scholarship in this area. In putting reform movement in the 1980s, the evolution of Chinese together these proceedings, we have only applied routine education over the past ninety years can be characterized as editorial modifications where necessary. The views ex- a constant conflict between foreign influences and traditional pressed in the enclosed proceedings are those of the identities. As we are in the last decade of the 20th century, it individual authors and not necessarily those of the editors. is important and necessary for us to look into the 21st century We hope that readers of these proceedings will take to try to explore and identify possible issues, challenges, and advantage of the opportunities afforded by our project to patterns that might emerge, so that well-informed decisions participate in our future activities, including plans for a could be made, solutions sought, and practical pedagogy conference in Shanghai for 1993 or 1994, and that the result formulated. We scholars and practitioners all need to be will be a more exciting and productive project for all. better-prepared. Like the two previous conferences held in Charlottesville, Peter Hackett Xiaoming Yu & Liu Zhang the Hawaii conference was designed to provide researchers, Project Director Co-editors