Values Reconciliation: Constructing the Exemplary Ideal Personhood through Overseas Education

This article examines the values that Chinese middle-class families desire for their offspring to acquire, through an analysis of the families’ motivations for pursuing overseas higher education. Based on fieldwork with Chinese tertiary students in the United Kingdom, this article analyses the value...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Juan Chen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publishing 2019-04-01
Series:Journal of Current Chinese Affairs
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1177/1868102619849761