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remained confused about the roles and values of internationalization in higher education (Yudkevich, 2014, see p. 1469) . Indeed, the Russian transformational context was littered with political ... , 1985; Graham & Dezhina, 2008) . Hesitations and ambiguities are understandable if one looks into the historical legacies of Russian higher education. Russian scientists confronted numerous political
The philosophy of “publish or perish” has already been adopted as a yardstick by the vast majority of Chinese higher education institutions in their attempts to benchmark Western research ... of teaching and research. Positive Elements in the “Publish or Perish” Philosophy Needless to say, this trend has some positive elements and benefits to both teachers and institutions. On the one
productive and responsible citizens (AAC&U, 2002) . Such an educational philosophy, which originated in ancient Greece and later developed in Euro-America, is widely regarded as a Western model of higher ... autonomous self who is objective and free from bias (Appiah, 2003) , and “necessary for sociality and relationship” (Puente, 2015, p. 147) . Originating in ancient Greek philosophy, cosmopolitanism
curriculum. It reflects Australia’s extensive engagement with Asia in social, cultural, political and economic spheres. … An understanding of Asia underpins the capacity of Australian students to be active and ... introduced in 2014, the roots of this introduction can be traced back to the 1980s and the work of various political parties. In 1989, Robert Hawke, then Prime Minster of Australia, established the Asia
, political and educational environment in China and transcending the dichotomies separating native and non-native speaking teachers as well as Chinese and non-Chinese teachers. ... philosophy. Leaving England in 1929 at the age of 18, he achieved a political awakening in the United States during the Great Depression though working in New York City, studying at Columbia University and
hindering Chinese higher education’s development is largely owing to the political, social, and cultural factors prevailing in the environment in which the universities operate. Put in another way, Chinese ... approach adopted, and concludes it “is heavily laden with political meaning,” rather than embracing a new educational philosophy (Zhang, 2012, p. 415) . Over hundreds of years, Chinese culture and
opening up was not merely an economic and political reform, but an opening of the mind to the outside world, after the disaster of the Cultural Revolution. But it is important to be reminded that China’s
dependence theory, and political economy; (3) Several controversial issues have made their way into public debate, for example, higher education as a public good or private good, academic capitalism ... . This paper provides a systematic literature review which has been triggered by the belief that, in spite of different social and political contexts, understanding of higher education funding patterns and
, practices of academic freedom vary across the world, according to variations in political cultures, educational cultures and state-university relations. The article discusses these variations with particular ... combine a universal element with space for context-specific elements. higher education; political culture; academic freedom; globalization Introduction Worldwide higher education is a unified field of
education and political science. - The models for analyzing encounters tend to be Western- and/or US-centric: Kim’s emergence of intercultural identity (stress-adaptationgrowth cycle, in Tian & Lowe, 2013 ... -political and historical forces” (ibid.) must be taken into account. Finally, Bhatia & Ram (2009) propose powerful counterarguments and suggest that acculturation and identity should be considered as
is part of a prestigious book series, the Routledge’s International Studies in the Philosophy of Education. The contributors explored this topic in a range of different contexts, covering four ... explores the political and social contours in the framing and up-take of Dewey’s ideas in Europe, where Russia and Germany are investigated. An Afterword presents a perceptive argument on how to understand
experiences of teaching sexual diversity courses in social work. Part III includes Chapters 9 and 10, which focus on how a service learning program enriched students? personal philosophy and development, and ... provide an analysis of teaching and learning practices from multiple dimensions in a university setting within the context of Hong Kong Chinese culture. Various features of Confucian philosophy are
downs as other traditions of educational thinking found their way to China, and as China went through various political movements in different times. At the risk of omission and over-simplification, a ... Chinese culture largely based on American standards. With the two-year historic visit of John Dewey, American pragmatic educational philosophy became highly popular and influential in Chinese educational
in learning, and higher engineering education and employment. Many of these concerns were a reflection of China?s own socio-political needs and issues in various periods from the 1940s up to the 1980s ... -like associations, political systems, or organized anarchies. He then used a triangular figure to depict the trilateral relationships of higher institutions with the state, academic authority and the
: Routledge.Google Scholar Cheng, C. Y. (1991). New dimension of Confucian and neo-Confucian philosophy. Albany, NY: State University of New York Press.Google Scholar Chin, G., & Thakur, R. (2010). Will China change ... and the world cooperate and achieve win-win]. Speech delivered by Chinese ambassador to Britain Liu Xiaoming at the China Development Forum of the London School of Economics and Political Science
academic exchange programmes. The political returns to aid declined during the post-cold war period. Therefore, incentives to extend aid declined and markets and trade became more accepted modes of ... countries. The political rationale for extending foreign aid to developing countries was to maintain colonial links in some cases and to “contain communism” in other instances. Foreign aid was considered a
. Cen and Richard carefully weighed their plans against this backdrop. They navigated the delicate political, economic, and cultural situation, and finally settled on a plan that was expected to benefit ... proposes that more attention deserves to be given to “situations where educational and cultural influences can be seen to diverge from economic or political patterns of domination” (Hayhoe, 1996, p. 16
Achilles in his final, defiant apology (Allen, Trans., 1991, p. 91; Bruell, 1999) . In this respect, Plato tried to make philosophy a vehicle for glory and honor the way that physical courage and ... craftiness was for Homer (Barker, 2009) . Yet, in doing so, he inextricably tied philosophy to pedagogy, for we also need to be taught to recognize this philosophical excellence when we see it. Homer had
human-scaled detailing. His design philosophy is to "solve prob- - Gyo Obata, founder, CEO and design leader ofHellmuth Obata Kassabaum. Below left: King Khaled Airport, Ri yadh, SaudiArabia. Below ... approach is directly related to the micro-to-macro philosophy espoused by Eliel Saarinen, with whom he studied at Cranbrook. Obata's best known projects include the National Air and Space Museum for the
meeting the demands of its political leaders.1 Recent works by eminent historians have shed light on educational campaigns orchestrated by rulers, officials, and educators to mould ordinary Chinese men and
