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This is an 11 page paper that provides an overview of educational reform during Mao's Cultural Revolution. The argument is presented that from an institutional and economic perspective, the policies of the Revolution had a positive impact on education in China. Bibliography lists 13 sources.
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listed below. Citation styles constantly change, and these examples may not contain the most recent updates. The Value of Education Under the Cultural Revolution ,
10/2010 --properly! The "Cultural Revolution" (CR) is one of the most heavily debated political and ideological programs in the history of
the world. Established by Mao Tse-Tung as a reaction against the perceived re-establishment of capitalist favor in the political structure of the country in response to internal and external pressures
for China to fully institute modernized industrial practices. Ostensibly a policy intended to expand industrial practices into rural areas for the purpose of achieving a more functional, competitive, and industrialized
socialist framework to repel capitalist influence, the movement has instead largely been characterized in a manner that emphasizes the institutional violence committed by the Mao regime and associated militant forces
during the period of the Cultural Revolution. Indeed, there was a great deal of violence during this time, especially the widely-documented destruction of cultural artifacts by the youth-driven Red Guard
and the violent suppression of student uprisings at Tiananmen Square. However, with a realistic appraisal, the legacy of the Cultural Revolution hasnt been entirely negative. Especially in regards to education
reform and the expansion of education and industry to rural areas of the country, the Cultural Revolution managed to generate some positive consequences for China. An Overview of Maoist
Educational Reform This paragraph helps the student analyze Maos work as an education reformer, as a basis for the rest of the paper. One of the major positive achievements
of the Cultural Revolution was a massive reform in education. Because of the tendency for such institutional changes to be overshadowed by the violence of Maos regime, there seems to
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