Educational Reforms in Russia and China at the Turn of the 21st Century – A Comparative Analysis

Borevskaya's carefully argued summary knits together many of the broad arguments that run through the volume as a whole, while at the same time bringing in nuances and questions that reveal an extraordinary grasp of historical context in the tensions she identifies among three core models in both societies: 'an outdated purely state model, a market oriented educational model,... and a culture oriented educational model which is congruent with the Chinese and Russian educational traditions, as well as with global tendencies toward humanization'. -- Ruth Hayhoe Comparative Education Review