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The reorientation of higher education : challenging the East-West dichotomy / edited by Bob Adamson, Jon Nixon & Feng Su.

Contributor(s): Series: CERC studies in comparative education ; 31.Publication details: Hong Kong : Comparative Education Research Centre, University of Hong Kong : Springer, 2012.Description: ix, 314 p. : ill. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9789400758476 :
  • 9400758472 :
  • 9789400758476
  • 9400758472
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • LB2322.2 .R467 2012
Contents:
PART I: Introduction.- 1. Comparative Education and the Reorientation of Higher Education; Bob Adamson, Jon Nixon and Feng Su.- PART II: Supra-national Reorientations.- 2. Drivers of Reforms in Higher Education; N.V. Varghese.- 3. Higher Education in Small States; Michaela Martin and Mark Bray.- PART III: Regional Reorientations.- 4. Dilemmas of Reform in Indian Higher Education; Fazal Rizvi.- 5. How Hong Kong Universities Balance the Global and the Regional; Anthony B.L. Cheung.- 6. Challenges of Transnational Higher Education in China; Ka Ho Mok and David K.K. Chan.- 7. Sino-African Relations and the Internationalisation of China's Universities; Kenneth King.- 8. Cultural Perspectives on Higher Education Reforms in China since 1978; Rui Yang.- PART IV: Reorientations of Practice.- 9. Higher Education and the Search for Excellence in US Universities; Nelly P. Stromquist.- 10. Reorientation and Teacher Education in England; Jean Murray, Olwen McNamara, Marion Jones, Grant Stanley and Zoe Fowler.- 11. Exploring Local Approaches for Transformative Learning in UK Contexts; Joelle Fanghanel and Carolin Kreber.- 12. The International Student Experience in a UK University; Feng Su.- PART V: Future Orientations.- 13. Governing the Claims of Global Futures within Australian Higher Education; Lew Zipin and Marie Brennan.- 14. "Glonacal" Partnership Strategies in Central Asia; Anatoly Oleksiyenko.- 15. Beyond the East-West Dichotomy; Bob Adamson.
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PART I: Introduction.- 1. Comparative Education and the Reorientation of Higher Education; Bob Adamson, Jon Nixon and Feng Su.- PART II: Supra-national Reorientations.- 2. Drivers of Reforms in Higher Education; N.V. Varghese.- 3. Higher Education in Small States; Michaela Martin and Mark Bray.- PART III: Regional Reorientations.- 4. Dilemmas of Reform in Indian Higher Education; Fazal Rizvi.- 5. How Hong Kong Universities Balance the Global and the Regional; Anthony B.L. Cheung.- 6. Challenges of Transnational Higher Education in China; Ka Ho Mok and David K.K. Chan.- 7. Sino-African Relations and the Internationalisation of China's Universities; Kenneth King.- 8. Cultural Perspectives on Higher Education Reforms in China since 1978; Rui Yang.- PART IV: Reorientations of Practice.- 9. Higher Education and the Search for Excellence in US Universities; Nelly P. Stromquist.- 10. Reorientation and Teacher Education in England; Jean Murray, Olwen McNamara, Marion Jones, Grant Stanley and Zoe Fowler.- 11. Exploring Local Approaches for Transformative Learning in UK Contexts; Joelle Fanghanel and Carolin Kreber.- 12. The International Student Experience in a UK University; Feng Su.- PART V: Future Orientations.- 13. Governing the Claims of Global Futures within Australian Higher Education; Lew Zipin and Marie Brennan.- 14. "Glonacal" Partnership Strategies in Central Asia; Anatoly Oleksiyenko.- 15. Beyond the East-West Dichotomy; Bob Adamson.

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