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China University International Study Of The Problem

Posted on:2011-08-12Degree:DoctorType:Dissertation
Country:ChinaCandidate:C J XuFull Text:PDF
GTID:1117360302497951Subject:Higher Education
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European medieval universities are the direct origin of the modern universities and the beginning of its birth has strong international characteristics. In the modern society, national states have established and national features of the university become increasingly prominent, but the university's international characteristics have not disappeared. Since 1980, since economic globalization and world integration have a quicker process, the global higher education shows the features of openness, identity and interactivity. The era of globalization has brought new challenges and tasks to higher education, among which a very important trend is the accelerated university internationalization. The universities try to strengthen the international education, to promote the international exchanges of personnel. Besides, they still try to train international talents, and make curricular internationalization with diversity in form which has become the main contents of university internationalization. The development of modern universities in China only lasts for a hundred years, so the university internationalization is not enough. This causes a greater impact to the reform and development of higher education.University internationalization is a cross-border and cross-cultural process in which point of views and atmosphere and university teaching, research and social services are combined. It is the inevitable results of development of material production and spiritual production and it plays the pivotal role in university development. After over a hundred years of university development, achievements has been made in internationalization, but the educational philosophy, the education management system, expenditure on education inputs still restrict the development of universities. How to understand the importance of university internationalization, to establish a road with Chinese characteristics with the experience of developed country for university internationalization is the focus of this paper. This thesis, with literature, comparative laws, case laws, gives a clear outline of the course of university internationalization and it discusses the related theories of socialist ideology and nationalism. It analyses the present situation and problems of university internationalization and summarizes the experience of university internationalization in the United States, Britain and Japan, which is helpful to the university internationalization in China.Firstly, this paper analyzes the international character of medieval universities in Europe, mainly in common teaching language—Latin; teachers from the international; source of international students and community aspects. The process of university internationalization is divided in three stages, ie, the Middle Ages, modern times and modern society. This paper holds that to create knowledge and to pursue the truth is the purpose of university internationalization. And also it brings forward that university internationalization is a process, and the goal as well that our modern university reform should achieve. Secondly, it gives an analysis on the relations between the socialist ideology and nationalism and Chinese university internationalization. The relationship between ideology and the development of Chinese higher education is the first major problem that higher education in the 20th century must encounter. Universities, as an important carrier of ideology reproduction have strong international theoretical and practical significances. The socialist ideology promotes the internationalization of universities in China and it is mainly reflected in the Government's initiative to promote university internationalization. China's economic construction and cultural construction require the path of internationalization of universities in China. Nationalism is the ideas and political theories which are formed after modern national production in order to safeguard the interests of nations. Since 1990 the nationalism in China gives a profound impact to university internationalization. This paper analyzes the relations between nationalism in China and the modern university internationalization from two levels, and it holds we should help universities to promote international development of cultural nationalism and liberal nationalism and to prevent the emergence of extreme nationalism in hopes of creating good conditions for harmonious and sound development for universities in China.Thirdly, this paper analyzes the present situations of international development of universities in China and the problems on school systems, education investment funds, curriculum, faculty and so on. With the studies of university internationalization in the United States, Britain and Japan, it summarizes the main experiences of university internationalization in these countries:governments actively promote the university internationalization; to enhance the autonomy of university is conducive to university internationalization; to improve school quality and highlight the school characteristics is an important way to university internationalization.Finally, by a comparative research and case studies, this thesis proposes some measures of university internationalization in China in the process of internationalization:to establish international ideas; to speed up the internationalization of curriculum construction; to meet the needs of international development of the Teaching Staff; to place significance on localization in the process of university internationalization, to pay attention to our excellent national culture and so on. Deepen the reform, the establishment of a modern university system with Chinese characteristics By increasing the level of university internationalization in China, we should enhance the quality of the training of higher education and the overall level of universities.
Keywords/Search Tags:University internationalization, Socialist ideology, Nationalism, Higher education
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