ABSTRACT

Despite radical and fundamental reform of the Chinese higher education system, very little is known about this outside China. The past decade has seen radical reform of all levels of China’s education system as it attempts to meet changing economic and social needs and aspirations: this has included transformation of university curricula, pedagogy and evaluation measures, rapidly increasing joint research and degree programmes between Chinese universities and universities abroad, and very large numbers of Chinese students studying at universities outside China.

This book describes the historical, cultural, intellectual and contemporary background and contexts of the reform and internationalisation of higher education in China. It discusses these changes, outlines the challenges posed by the changes for university administrators, faculty, researchers, students and those working with Chinese academics and students in China and abroad, and assesses the impact, and evaluates the success, of the changes. Most importantly, it considers how this mobility of people and ideas across educational systems and cultures can contribute to new ways of working and understanding between Western and Chinese academic cultures.

The book is a companion to Education Reform in China, which focuses on reform at the early childhood, primary and secondary levels.

chapter |6 pages

Introduction

part I|57 pages

Internationalisation and reform of China's higher education

chapter 1|25 pages

Enter the Dragon

The internationalisation of China's higher education system

part II|55 pages

Reform and internationalisation

chapter 4|18 pages

Preparing for the twenty-first century

Liberal education and undergraduate educational reform at Sun Yat-sen University

chapter 5|17 pages

Cross-cultural team teaching in China*

A retrospective view

part III|48 pages

International education and exchange

chapter 7|11 pages

Understanding Chinese international students at a Canadian university

Perspectives, expectations and experiences

chapter 8|17 pages

Managing change and transition

Chinese students' experiences in British higher education

chapter 9|18 pages

Chinese international students in Australia

Creating new knowledge and identities

part IV|68 pages

Intercultural education

chapter 11|18 pages

The hidden curriculum

A critical analysis of tertiary English teaching in China

chapter 12|25 pages

Costs and benefits of international education

Chinese Masters students at the University of Oxford

chapter 13|16 pages

Chinese students studying abroad

The role of parents' investment in their children's education