Ideals of a Century—Research on Compulsory Education in Modern China makes a comprehensive and meticulous classification and analysis of the tortuous development and experience of China’s compulsory education in about a century and forecasts its prospects. The book is innovative in its spacious view by perceiving Chinese compulsory education in the global education modernization, by systematically viewing the education system management, curriculum set-up, textbook compilation, teacher cultivation and funds allocation of compulsory education in modern China and by making macro international comparative studies and domestic regional studies centering compulsory education.It won The First Prize in Education of Excellent Achievements Awards of the 3rd Research on Humanities and Social Sciences of Chinese Institutions of Higher Learning.
