Title:

Openness and reform as dynamics for development: A case study of internationalisation at South China University of Technology.

Authors:

Yang, Rui 1 rui.yang@education.monash.edu.au

Source:

Higher Education; Jun2004, Vol. 47 Issue 4, p473, 28p

Document Type:

Article

Subject Terms:

* EDUCATION
* EDUCATION, Higher
* EDUCATIONAL change
* SOCIAL policy
* UNIVERSITIES & colleges
* GLOBALIZATION

Author-Supplied Keywords:

academic capitalism
China
globalisation
higher education
internationalisation
the Open Door policy
the university

NAICS/Industry Codes:

61 Educational Services
92313 Administration of Human Resource Programs (except Education, Public Health, and Veterans' Affairs Programs)
6113 Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools

Abstract:

Universities worldwide now encounter far greater challenges, and are subjected to an unprecedented level of external scrutiny. The change in governance ideology in the higher education sector has altered the way in which universities are managed, a phenomenon identified by Slaughter and Leslie as academic capitalism. This article examines how Chinese universities are responding to this phenomenon in their cultural complexity and social contexts, using South China University of Technology as an example. At the same time, the concepts of globalisation and internationalisation are taken as salient features of our times, and are often mistakenly used interchangeably. This article argues that they are fundamentally different, reflecting phenomena with different rationales, objectives and effects. By presenting an analysis of China's internationalisation of higher education through an in-depth case study the findings of this study shed light on the general current state of internationalisation in the mainstream of China's higher education, and underscores the idea that changes attributed to globalisation are modified and fashioned by the particular circumstances and choices of local institutions. The study vividly reveals how local circumstances can be used to manage the global within the local. It reports how the selected case continues to develop in the context of market transition and globalisation. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Author Affiliations:

1 Faculty of Education, Monash University , Clayton , Victoria 3800, Australia

ISSN:

0018-1560

Accession Number:

12611147

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Title:

Curriculum reform in contemporary China : seven goals and six strategies.

Authors:

Fuquan Huang, Heather 1 huangfq@scnu.edu.cn

Source:

Journal of Curriculum Studies; Jan/Feb2004, Vol. 36 Issue 1, p101, 15p

Document Type:

Article

Subject Terms:

* EDUCATION -- Curricula
* EDUCATIONAL change
* EDUCATIONAL evaluation
* EDUCATIONAL planning
* EDUCATIONAL technology

Geographic Terms:

CHINA

NAICS/Industry Codes:

61 Educational Services
6117 Educational Support Services

Abstract:

Curriculum developers and scholars in China are facing a set of inter-related issues around the goals and the strategies of curriculum reform. This paper argues that there are, as in every process of curriculum development, seven goals to be addressed within China's curriculum reform: (1) the establishment of a new curriculum philosophy or ideal; (2) the development of educational objectives; (3) the renewal of educational content and experience; (4) the reconstruction of a model of curriculum organization; (5) innovation in curriculum materials; (6) the establishment of an active mode of teaching and instruction; and (7) the establishment of a new system of curriculum evaluation. Six strategies are needed for China to reach these goals: (1) improving the system of curriculum management; (2) redeveloping the mechanisms of curriculum reform; (3) promoting school-based curriculum development; (4) integrating information technology with curriculum; (5) emphasizing teachers' professional development; and (6) encouraging the whole nation's participation in the reform. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Author Affiliations:

1 Department of Curriculum and Instruction, South China Normal University

ISSN:

0022-0272

Accession Number:

12313700

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Title:

Changing Roles and Shifting Authority of Principals in China : A Mixed Role of Manager and Clan Leader.

Authors:

Wong, Lai-ngok 1

Source:

Education & Society; 2003, Vol. 21 Issue 2, p37, 18p

Document Type:

Article

Subject Terms:

* DECENTRALIZATION in government
* EDUCATIONAL change
* EDUCATIONAL planning
* INTERPERSONAL relations
* POLITICAL leadership
* SOCIAL policy

NAICS/Industry Codes:

92313 Administration of Human Resource Programs (except Education, Public Health, and Veterans' Affairs Programs)

Abstract:

An educational decentralization policy has been imposed on the education system in China since the mid-1980s. This policy change has caused a shift in authority between various educational stakeholders in a number of ways. Such educationalchanges make principals in this study perform as school 'managers' rather than `political leaders' because their professional authority becomes highly dependent on their managerial skills. This is a marked trend which is similar in the West. However, interpersonal relationships (guanxi) have been another contributing factor which helps principals to reconstitute their authority in a rather different way. This article firstly intends to show that the roles of the principals studied appear to be a combination of 'manager' and `clan leader' and to demonstrate the importance of guanxi to enable principals to reestablish their new line of authority Secondly, comparison of authority patterns between government and private school principals will also be considered in order to reveal the diversity of principals' authority in China within the context of change. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Author Affiliations:

1 University of Hong Kong .

ISSN:

0726-2655

Accession Number:

13965885

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Title:

China 's Joining the WTO and EducationalReform and Development.

Authors:

Yang Deguang 1

Source:

Chinese Education & Society; Sep/Oct2003, Vol. 36 Issue 5, p12, 10p

Document Type:

Article

Subject Terms:

* FOREIGN trade regulation
* INTERNATIONAL economic relations
* INTERNATIONAL trade
* GLOBALIZATION
CHINA -- Economic conditions
UNITED Nations. -- World Trade Organization

Geographic Terms:

CHINA

Abstract:

Reports on the enlistment of China in the World Trade Organization that will bring economic opportunities for development and educational challenges. Reformation of educational systems and concept; Data on economic globalization; Implication of the decrease in trade tariffs and nontariffs barriers for the volume of world trade.

Author Affiliations:

1 President, Shanghai Normal University

ISSN:

1061-1932

Accession Number:

13043948

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Title:

Dilemmas faced by a university president in educationalreforms.

Authors:

SUN, HE-CHUAN
VANDENBERGHE, ROLAND
CREEMERS, BERT

Source:

International Journal of Qualitative Studies in Education (QSE); Mar2003, Vol. 16 Issue 2, p233, 18p

Document Type:

Article

Subject Terms:

* HIGHER education & state

Geographic Terms:

CHINA

Abstract:

This paper explores higher education reforms in China in the 1990s. Confronted with the furious conflicts and mismatch between the market economy and the highly state-controlled socialist educational system, educationalreforms in China are extremely complex and difficult. The authors present a case study here telling the tragedy of a university president's reforms in China . They have unfolded how the macro system changes impacted on the micro system reforms. They point out that multilayers exist within an organizational culture. Although understanding organizational culture does not guarantee successful reform, however, a thorough understanding of the fabric of an organizational culture may become an effective lever to initiate or implement the context-fitted reforms. The authors try to describe informatively what dilemmas the Chinese IHE leaders were faced with in the 1990s. Seeking new means for school reforms in a time of turbulent policy environment, in a testing period with sharp contradictory forces, school leaders should have not only sharp eyes, clear thinking, and independence but also creativity, endurance, and persistence. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

ISSN:

0951-8398

Accession Number:

9756742

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Title:

THE EDUCATIONALREFORMS IN THE CULTURAL REVOLUTION IN CHINA : A POSTMODERN CRITIQUE.

Authors:

Wan, Guofang

Source:

Education; Fall2001, Vol. 122 Issue 1, p21, 12p

Document Type:

Article

Subject Terms:

* HISTORY
* CURRICULUM change
* EDUCATION & state
* EDUCATIONAL change
CHINA
Cultural Revolution, 1966-1969

Geographic Terms:

CHINA

NAICS/Industry Codes:

92311 Administration of Education Programs

Abstract:

This article is a critical analysis of the educationalreforms and the drastic curriculum changes that took place in China during its Cultural Revolution (1966-1976) in light of the postmodern curriculum theories. The study shows that both aspects of modernity and post-modernity exited in the educationalreforms. It distinguishes the soundness and the limitations of the educationalreforms, and provides better understanding of why the reforms failed. The aspects that are in line with postmodern theories prove to be sound: the intention to get rid of the deep-rooted feudal ideas in education, the opening up of educational opportunities for the underprivileged, and the promotion of hands-on learning and making teaching relevant to students. However, it is the moving from one extreme to another in the process of reform, the throwing away of "the baby with bath water," the breaking down without sound construction, the appearance of the new elite, and the politicized and violent nature of the reform that lead to the disastrous results of the reform. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Full Text Word Count:

5351

ISSN:

0013-1172

Accession Number:

5570390

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Title:

EducationalReforms and Coping Strategies under the Tidal Wave of Marketisation: a comparative study of Hong Kong and the mainland.

Authors:

Chan, David
Mok, Ka-Ho

Source:

Comparative Education; Feb2001, Vol. 37 Issue 1, p21, 21p

Document Type:

Article

Subject Terms:

* COMMERCIALISM in schools
* EDUCATION & state

Geographic Terms:

CHINA

NAICS/Industry Codes:

92311 Administration of Education Programs

Abstract:

It has been a global trend, since the 1980s, that the process of marketisation has been influential in the decision making of social policies around the world, and that this tidal wave is now crossing over to the Asia–Pacific region as well. Education policy, as one of the important social policies for many developing countries, has been influential in the forefront of national development in terms of manpower training, as well as in other arenas of economic and social developments. In this way, these countries are trying to improve the quality of their educational services so that they can be more competitive in order to cater for the demands in the international markets. One of the outcomes of this global trend is the international quality assurance movement in streamlining the educational institutions as well as in using different coping strategies to promote quality education for all concerned. For the Chinese mainland, it seems that the central government is adopting a policy of decentralisation in getting local governments to use multiple channels of resources and other methods to provide for their own educational services. Hong Kong as a Special Administrative Region (SAR) of China , however, has adopted quite a different approach by employing the principle of managerialism in order to enhance its competitiveness in providing quality education to meet the increasing market demands. Hence, the present study is to compare and contrast the educationalreforms and coping strategies that have been adopted by the socialist mainland, on the one hand, and the capitalist Hong Kong SAR, on the other hand, in order to face this new challenge of marketisation. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

ISSN:

0305-0068

DOI:

10.1080/03050060020020417

Accession Number:

4051092

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Title:

"Large in Size and a High Degree of Government Administration" Should Not Be the Direction of Higher EducationalReform (Part I).

Authors:

Pan Wei

Source:

Chinese Education & Society; Jan/Feb2000, Vol. 33 Issue 1, p68, 9p

Document Type:

Article

Subject Terms:

* EDUCATION -- Finance
* EDUCATIONAL change
* UNIVERSITIES & colleges -- Decentralization

Geographic Terms:

CHINA

NAICS/Industry Codes:

61 Educational Services
6113 Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools

Abstract:

Part I. Examines the direction of educationalreform in universities and colleges in China . Factors influencing reform in higher education; Assessment of the utilization of government educational funds; Accounts on the formation of specialized institution; Discussion on decentralization of power in improving universities and colleges.

Full Text Word Count:

3137

ISSN:

1061-1932

Accession Number:

3482139

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Title:

"Large in Size and a High Degree of Government Administration" Should Not Be the Direction of Higher EducationalReform (Part II).

Authors:

Pan Wei

Source:

Chinese Education & Society; Jan/Feb2000, Vol. 33 Issue 1, p77, 7p

Document Type:

Article

Subject Terms:

* EDUCATIONAL change
* UNIVERSITIES & colleges

Geographic Terms:

CHINA

NAICS/Industry Codes:

6113 Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools

Abstract:

Part II. Examines the direction of educationalreform among universities and colleges in China . Reasons for combining faculties and educational disciplines; Assessment on the proliferation of academic institution; Details on the problems in the specialization of curriculum in higher education.

Full Text Word Count:

2368

ISSN:

1061-1932

Accession Number:

3482140

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Title:

Learn the `true sutra' of Miluo; cultivate the inner secret energy of educationalreform.

Authors:

Zhenshan, Tian

Source:

Chinese Education & Society; Nov/Dec97, Vol. 30 Issue 6, p88, 3p

Document Type:

Article

Subject Terms:

* EDUCATION
China

Geographic Terms:

CHINA

NAICS/Industry Codes:

61 Educational Services

Abstract:

Focuses on the launching of a program of educationalreform in the Muslin region of Hohhot Municipality , China . Implementation of a regional educationalreform project; Details on the launch of an overall educationalreform experiment at the Hailaer Road Primary School ; Attention schools paid to improving moral education.

Full Text Word Count:

1211

ISSN:

1061-1932

Accession Number:

66264

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Title:

`On the evidence before me...' Putting the case for rural educationalreform in China .

Authors:

Cleverley, John

Source:

Comparative Education; Mar1991, Vol. 27 Issue 1, p53, 8p

Document Type:

Article

Subject Terms:

* EDUCATION, Rural
* EDUCATIONAL change

Geographic Terms:

CHINA

Abstract:

Assesses the status of rural educationalreform in China . Methodology of obtaining evidences about the condition of schooling in rural China ; Political statements on educationalreform; Sources and statistics; Ideological connection.

Full Text Word Count:

3979

ISSN:

0305-0068

Accession Number:

9603172066

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Title:

Educationalreform in mainland China .

Authors:

Pikcunas, Diane D.

Source:

Mankind Quarterly; Spring90, Vol. 30 Issue 3, p179, 20p

Document Type:

Article

Subject Terms:

* EDUCATIONAL change

Geographic Terms:

CHINA

Abstract:

Looks at the status of the education reform program implemented in China as part of Chinese leader Deng Xiaoping's economic reform program entitled `Four Modernizations.' Education's role in Chinese history; Effects of the cultural revolution on educational development in China ; Structure of the educational system.

Full Text Word Count:

6696

ISSN:

0025-2344

Accession Number:

9608261835

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