Learning from migrant education: A case study of the schooling of rural migrant children in Beijing

TY - JOUR

T1 - Learning from migrant education

T2 - A case study of the schooling of rural migrant children in Beijing

AU - Goodburn, Charlotte

PY - 2009/9

Y1 - 2009/9

N2 - This paper focuses on the educational opportunities available to rural migrant children in Beijing. On the basis of fieldwork conducted in migrant communities in 2004-2005, I conclude that administrative and financial barriers, as well as discrimination, prevent migrant children from entering state schools. I discuss the quality of education available in unlicensed private schools, followed by an analysis of the possible reasons for the state's exclusion of migrant children from state schools and its hostility to migrants' self-provision of education. 

AB - This paper focuses on the educational opportunities available to rural migrant children in Beijing. On the basis of fieldwork conducted in migrant communities in 2004-2005, I conclude that administrative and financial barriers, as well as discrimination, prevent migrant children from entering state schools. I discuss the quality of education available in unlicensed private schools, followed by an analysis of the possible reasons for the state's exclusion of migrant children from state schools and its hostility to migrants' self-provision of education. 

KW - Migrant children

KW - Rural-urban migration

KW - Private education

KW - Migrant education

KW - China

U2 - 10.1016/j.ijedudev.2009.04.005

DO - 10.1016/j.ijedudev.2009.04.005

M3 - Article

SN - 0738-0593

VL - 29

SP - 495

EP - 504

JO - INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF EDUCATIONAL DEVELOPMENT

JF - INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF EDUCATIONAL DEVELOPMENT

IS - 5

M1 - n/a

ER -