Gaokao Warriors: Diligent Struggle in China's College Entrance Exam

IF 1.4 4区教育学 Q2 ANTHROPOLOGY

Anthropology & Education Quarterly Pub Date : 2022-09-19 DOI:10.1111/aeq.12442

Zachary M. Howlett

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Abstract

Those who compete in the Gaokao, China's College Entrance Exam, are often referred to as Gaokao zhanshi, or warriors. Based on long-term ethnographic research, this article examines how Gaokao warriors combine two types of agency that are conventionally considered contradictory: the docile cultivation of virtue and the struggle against social marginalization. I argue that analyzing this nuli fendou, or diligent struggle, can contribute to a more complex understanding of the Gaokao and similar educational competitions.

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高考勇士：中国高考的拼搏

那些参加高考的人通常被称为高考战士。基于长期的民族志研究，本文考察了高考战士如何将传统上被认为是矛盾的两种代理结合起来：顺从的美德培养和反对社会边缘化的斗争。我认为，分析这种努力奋斗，或勤奋的斗争，可以有助于更复杂地理解高考和类似的教育竞赛。

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Anthropology & Education Quarterly Multiple-

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期刊介绍： Anthropology & Education Quarterly is a peer-reviewed journal that publishes scholarship on schooling in social and cultural context and on human learning both inside and outside of schools. Articles rely primarily on ethnographic research to address immediate problems of practice as well as broad theoretical questions. AEQ also publishes on the teaching of anthropology.