| The dissertation is based on the participation in the project of 'Investigation and Research on the Current Use and Problems of New-created Writing System for Ethnic Minorities in Teaching and Education in China ', and take charge of the investigation and research on current use of new-created writings systems of Hani, Lisu and Naxi ethnic minorities in schooling and eliminating illiteracy education in Yunnan province. From the view of linguistics, the above three ethnic languages belong to the same Sino-Tibetan language family, Tibeto-Burman language group, and Yi language branch; from the view of geography place, the three ethnic minorities belong to native ethnic minorities in Yunnan province; Another, it was in the same year of 1957 that the three new-created writing systems for the three ethnic minorities were born.The dissertation is trying to make historical review and summary on the above three new-created writing systems used in schooling and eliminating illiteracy education; on the other hand, make a current research on the above three new-created writing systems used in schooling and eliminating illiteracy education through fieldwork, and make an attributive analysis on three new-created writing systems play different roles in different states and development trouble. First, the author made a detailed fieldwork by virtue ofvaries of research methods such as literature, questionnaire, interview, observation participated, case study etc, and achieved the first-hand original data; Second, explain and analyze the existing significance and needs of new-created writing systems by virtue of structural functionalism theory; and analyze the conflict and challenge of new-created writing systems in spheres of politics, culture, and economics. New-created writing systems for ethnic minorities are facing conflicts and are in dilemma from survival and emotion, national integration and multi-culture, the choice of national curriculum and regional curriculum, teaching language and teaching model , which are all new problems and new conflicts for the development of ethnic minorities.The contents of this dissertation contain seven chapters. Chapter One is introduction, in which are discussed the origin and aim, background, research value and significance, research literature summary, theory structure and methodology, concepts analysis and definition. Chapter Two is historical description part, in which reviewed and summarized the achievement, experience and lessons encircling Hani, Lisu and Naxi new-created writing systems, to present the function and significance of the new-created writing systems. Chapter Three is the part of current fieldwork, focused on current use of new-created writing systems of the above three in attitude and action, bilingual education and prospect development in future. Chapter Four is the part of problems analysis and discussion, in which the author summarized the experience and problems, and tries to analyze the factors of affecting andlimiting the development of new-created writing systems for the above three ethnic minorities. Finally, the author applies the theory angle of structural functionalism to discuss the function changes with social structure, schooling structure, cultural and zoological structure change, in certain, affirm the value and significance of the new-created writing system. In Chapter Five mainly conflict theory discussed to explain the survival development of the new-created writing system for ethnic minorities in extensive sphere in seek of the root of survival significance; first, discussed in political ideology, second, discussed the conflict between idealist ideology and reality, including the troubles between national integration and culture diversity, survival and emotion, traditional culture and modern culture. However, our choice and aim is the harmonious development among multi-culture education, multi-culture integration education .In the last Chapter is the part of conclusion, research contribution and suggestions.
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