A Study on Rural School Education for Rural Cultural Development in China – Hechi High School as an Example

Abstract

As a cultural unit rooted in rural society, rural schools are the most dynamic place to promote rural culture. Rural school education has the obligation and ability to assume the responsibility of building rural culture by promoting culture through learning and teaching, improving the quality of education for rural children while preserving rural history and culture, and allowing rural children to become talents who feed the countryside, thus forming a path of rural culture and rural education development with both short-term and long-term effects.

The main purpose of this study is to explain the reasons for the selection of the topic and the theoretical and practical significance of the study. The objectives of this study were: 1). To find the intrinsic connection between rural school education and rural culture, 2). To improve the theoretical system of rural education and construct a more appropriate rural school education, 3). To optimize rural culture in the construction of rural development.

The research findings on the characteristics of rural culture, the dilemma of rural culture transmission, rural school education, and the relationship between rural schools and rural culture are briefly discussed through the reading of relevant literature. The whole study is based on the ideas of background interpretation, current situation analysis, problem identification, and countermeasures, and uses literature research, survey research, and case study methods to investigate the impact of rural school education on the development of rural culture. The study uses literature research, survey research, and case study methods in qualitative research methods to investigate the development of rural school education for rural culture. At the same time, based on previous studies, we define the relevant concepts to better clarify the content of the study.

The revitalization of rural areas requires both material and spiritual civilization, and the quality of education and culture makes rural schools have an inescapable responsibility in the transmission and development of rural culture, while the deep concern of rural schools for rural culture is a grasp of the meaning of rural education. By focusing on the role of rural schools in the development of rural culture, we can better understand the direction of rural school education and promote the development of rural education.

Keywords: village school, education functional, cultural transmission, field theory

A Study on Rural School Education for Rural Cultural Development in China – Hechi High School as an Example

Master of Business Administration (International Program), Siam University, Bangkok, Thailand