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Direct linkXu, Xu – Children's Literature in Education, 2013
This essay examines how John Dewey's child-centered educational philosophy was adopted and adapted in the early twentieth century in China to create a Chinese children's literature. Chinese intellectuals applied Dewey's educational philosophy, which values children's interests and needs, to formulate a new concept of modern childhood that…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Childrens Literature, Twentieth Century Literature, Educational Philosophy
Chen, Shih-Wen – Children's Literature in Education, 2013
This paper considers how "knowledge" of China was presented for Victorian and Edwardian children in "The Boy's Own Paper" ("BOP") between 1879 and 1914. It considers how genre affects the representation of China in the "BOP" by comparing travel narratives and adventure stories. First, it focuses on…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Childrens Literature, Twentieth Century Literature, Nineteenth Century Literature
Niu, Weihua; Kaufman, James C. – Journal of Creative Behavior, 2005
Most studies of writers have focused on Western writers, including studies of personal characteristics and success. The Chinese culture has traditionally had a much different view of creativity. Would a study of modern Chinese writers mirror past Western findings, indicating that Chinese and Western conceptions of creativity may be converging, or…
Descriptors: Creativity, Asian Culture, Twentieth Century Literature, Authors
Peer reviewedBuley-Meissner, Mary Louise – English Education, 1990
Explores why Chinese students' responses to American literature appear dogmatic and predictable. Examines how Chinese typically study literature by considering (1) the officially recognized relationship between literature and politics; (2) the traditional aims and methods of instruction in middle school; and (3) students' responsibilities in their…
Descriptors: English Instruction, Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Literary Criticism
Download full textBrown, Joanne – 1995
An American instructor taught a 5-week course on the family in American drama to a group of graduate English majors on the campus of Hebei Teachers' University in the People's Republic of China. The instructor learned as much about Chinese culture as the students learned about American culture. Lecture is the standard pedagogy even in graduate…
Descriptors: Capitalism, Chinese Culture, Cross Cultural Studies, Cultural Differences
