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Hunan Team


Summary
Location: Hunan Province, Lingfang

Pilot Study on Library Project and Understanding Rural Education in the Larger Context.

Program Site and Duration of Stay:

  • Hunan Province, Chaling County, Lingfang Township, May 31 - June 15
  • Hunan Province, Xiangxiang County, Longdong Township (湖南省湘乡市龙洞乡), June 16 - June17
  • Hunan Province, Longhui County (湖南省隆回县), June 18 - June 19
  • Hunan Province, Yueyang City (湖南省岳阳市), June 20


Library Profile
Projects completed at Lingfang Township (舲舫乡):
  1. Library Project feasibility research at seven schools (six elementary school and one middle school)
    • Visited seven schools and analyzed the possibility of opening school library in each.
  2. Pilot Library Project at Lingfang Central Elementary School (舲舫乡中心小学)
    • Opened a school library that was previously closed.
    • Developed a student-run management structure for the library that is adopted by the school (in order to promote leadership and responsibility in the students by minimizing teachers’ involvement).
    • Organized a prized teacher essay contest (recognized by the County Education Bureau) to motivate teachers’ enthusiasm of utilizing the library for teaching.
    • Motivated the opening of a reading room.
  3. Book Donating at Lingfang Elementary School
    • Total of 284 books donated (carefully picked book brought from Beijing).
    • Initiated further book donation from one of the volunteer’s network in Beijing.
  4. Book Donating at other six schools
    • Book prize donated to encourage selected students.
  5. Teaching and Training at Lingfang Elementary School
  6. Each volunteer taught a class.
  7. Conducted multimedia-training sessions for teachers.
  8. Donated a digital library of over 50 educational videos, several digital encyclopedia, educational software, and e-books.

Library Profile [doc]


School Profile
Projects completed at Xiangxiang County, Longhui County and Yueyan City (湘乡市龙洞乡, 隆回县, 岳阳市):
  1. Understanding the larger context of elementary school education
    • Visited 4 middle schools, 2 elementary schools, and 1 university.
    • Conducted interviews with school officials and teachers (valuable information on local school official corruption, art and folk history were collected)
    • Analyzed the flow of student population across geographical areas (counties) and grade levels (from elementary school to university)
    • Visited the home of Weiyuan, important Qing Dynasty intellectual that remains an important site for middle school patriotic education

Community Profile

Team Members
  • Harold, Chen (Duke University)
  • HongSheng, Jiang (Duke University)
  • Mu, Heng (University of Pennsylvania)
  • Jiajia, Wang (University of Pennsylvania)
  • Ziqiang, Xiao (Beijing-based Scholar)
  • Hongping, Jiang (local volunteer)
  • Lijun, Tong (local volunteer)
  • Zhao, Zheng (local volunteer)


Team Photo Collection