An Introduction to Ethnic Minority Education in China by Sude & Mei Yuan & Fred Dervin

Author:Sude & Mei Yuan & Fred Dervin
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9783662610688
Publisher: Springer Berlin Heidelberg

Lai Matuan, M, Jingpo, Muai village.

8.2.2 How to Enter the Field?

The officer of the Education Bureau and Ethnic Affairs Department (EAD) showed negative attitudes toward our visit. Although we were welcomed by the Education Bureau, it was that they were concerned about us. The Ethnic Affairs Department had the same attitudes.

Since we were not acquainted with the school, observations and interviews were so not relaxed. After a period living with the teachers, they started to treat us as insiders, so we could get the information that we wanted.

The community surveys were arranged at the weekends so we could take a glimpse at the boarding students’ family life. We visited four families; one was Han Chinese and the others were from the Jingpo ethnic group. We were guided by a Jingpo student to find some students’ house. We could only communicate with the parents who had been to school. When there was a language barrier, the Jingpo students would be our interpreter, but that did not appear to have had a negative effect on our interviews.

The people for community interviews included as follows:Mr. Luo, Han Chinese, speaks the Jingpo language fluently, a village officer.

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