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China Goes to School

Far Eastern Economic Review, 2008-11, Vol.171 (9), p.47

Copyright Dow Jones & Company Inc Nov 2008 ;ISSN: 0014-7591 ;EISSN: 1563-9339

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  • Title:
    China Goes to School
  • Author: Joyce, Helen ; Miles, James
  • Subjects: Asian students ; College campuses ; College graduates ; Colleges & universities ; Construction ; Entrance examinations ; Higher education ; International education ; Mathematics ; Students ; Teaching ; Tuition
  • Is Part Of: Far Eastern Economic Review, 2008-11, Vol.171 (9), p.47
  • Description: China has a long and enduring tradition of elevating rote learning above independent thought, and theory above practice. This often means Chinese graduates are ill-prepared for work. Engineering students, for example, may be good at mathematics but poor at solving problems. A recent survey of academics at Australia's Monash University found widespread complaints that students from China were unwilling to participate in class discussion. It put this down to growing up in a transmissive educational environment where teachers are seen as the font of knowledge. As long as China's universities remain outside the top ranks, and a wealthy middle class keeps growing, demand for foreign education will keep on rising. China is the largest exporter of students, with about 400,000 university students abroad. The government is trying to respond with measures to entice these talents back home after graduation. It has also set up business parks especially for returned overseas students and promised lighter regulation and less paperwork for those who found businesses.
  • Publisher: Hong Kong: Dow Jones & Company Inc
  • Language: English
  • Identifier: ISSN: 0014-7591
    EISSN: 1563-9339
  • Source: ProQuest Central
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