Chinese culture of interdependence and relations in education – guanxi in school practice

• Authors: Anna Mańkowska

Abstracts

EN

The aim of the article is to discuss the Chinese educational culture in the context of the pursuing guanxi tradition. The article answers the question what guanxi is and how it is applied in the Chinese educational system. The subject of research is the educational system and guanxi culture and its practical implications. In the article, the existing studies are used of Chinese and other foreign authors. The qualitative research method involves analyses of secondary sources which outlined the methods and principles of operation of the old Chinese tradition of regulating social relationships in education in the network of three-sided personal relations: school-home, parent-teacher, and students-teachers.

Keywords

EN

comparative education; education in China; educational system; guanxi

• Publisher: Wydawnictwo Adam Marszałek
• Journal: Edukacja Międzykulturowa
• Year: 2023
• Volume: 23
• Issue: 4
• Pages: 219-228

Dates

published

2023

Contributors

author

Anna Mańkowska

• Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań

• https://orcid.org/0000000310269487

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Identifiers

DOI

10.15804/em.2023.04.15

Biblioteka Nauki

22676543