This document provides an executive summary of an OECD report on tertiary education in China. The summary includes:
1) An overview of China's tertiary education system, including its size, structure, and recent reforms.
2) A discussion of key challenges facing China's tertiary education sector, such as balancing autonomy and regulation, improving quality assurance, and increasing equitable access.
3) Recommendations for future policy developments in areas like system governance, labor market linkages, financing, and internationalization.
The document discusses curriculum development in China. It provides details on China's large education system, which includes over 200 million students taught by 9 million teachers in public schools. Education is divided into four categories: basic education, secondary vocational-technical education, regular higher education, and adult education. Basic education is compulsory for 9 years between ages 6-15 and split between primary and junior middle school. The national government oversees curriculum development through the Ministry of Education and National Education Commission, which hire professors and scientists to write course syllabi.
Tertiary Education: A Global Report (Sept 2011)Kolds
This document provides data and analysis on global trends in tertiary education enrollment rates. Some key findings include:
- The global tertiary enrollment rate increased from 18% in 1999 to 27% in 2009. Eastern Europe had the highest rates over 50%. Sub-Saharan Africa had the lowest rates around 4%.
- Countries with the lowest enrollment rates were mostly in Sub-Saharan Africa, with rates under 5%. The highest rates over 80% were in select European countries.
- Countries that improved enrollment rates the most from 2000-2009, increasing over 100 percentage points, were Cuba, Venezuela, Romania, and Macao.
- Countries with higher GDP per capita generally had higher tertiary enrollment rates over 50%,
This document discusses the history and development of curriculum in the Philippines. It covers the influences of Spanish colonial rule, American rule, and the Japanese occupation on the Philippine curriculum. It also describes the essentialist and progressive schools of thought on curriculum development. Additionally, it discusses the modernization and reforms of the Philippine curriculum after independence, including an emphasis on moral values, relevance, vocational education, and national consciousness. The document provides context on how political, economic, social, and religious factors have shaped curriculum development in the Philippines over time.
Education at a Glance 2015 - Global LaunchEduSkills OECD
Education at a Glance: OECD Indicators is the authoritative source for information on the state of education around the world. It provides data on the structure, finances and performance of education systems in the 34 OECD countries and a number of partner countries.
With more than 100 charts, 150 tables and links to another 150 tables on line, Education at a Glance 2015 provides key information on the output of educational institutions; the impact of learning across countries; the financial and human resources invested in education; access, participation and progression in education;and the learning environment and organisation of schools.
3 hard facts shaping higher education thinking and behaviorGrant Thornton LLP
Expansion in tuition, enrollment, faculty, buildings, and everything else ― is fast becoming a thing of the past. Institutions will have to carefully pick initiatives, making clear choices about what to do and, most significantly, what not to do. Download 2016 State of higher education >> http://gt-us.co/1UbUF56
This document provides an executive summary of an OECD report on tertiary education in China. The summary includes:
1) An overview of China's tertiary education system, including its size, structure, and recent reforms.
2) A discussion of key challenges facing China's tertiary education sector, such as balancing autonomy and regulation, improving quality assurance, and increasing equitable access.
3) Recommendations for future policy developments in areas like system governance, labor market linkages, financing, and internationalization.
The document discusses curriculum development in China. It provides details on China's large education system, which includes over 200 million students taught by 9 million teachers in public schools. Education is divided into four categories: basic education, secondary vocational-technical education, regular higher education, and adult education. Basic education is compulsory for 9 years between ages 6-15 and split between primary and junior middle school. The national government oversees curriculum development through the Ministry of Education and National Education Commission, which hire professors and scientists to write course syllabi.
Tertiary Education: A Global Report (Sept 2011)Kolds
This document provides data and analysis on global trends in tertiary education enrollment rates. Some key findings include:
- The global tertiary enrollment rate increased from 18% in 1999 to 27% in 2009. Eastern Europe had the highest rates over 50%. Sub-Saharan Africa had the lowest rates around 4%.
- Countries with the lowest enrollment rates were mostly in Sub-Saharan Africa, with rates under 5%. The highest rates over 80% were in select European countries.
- Countries that improved enrollment rates the most from 2000-2009, increasing over 100 percentage points, were Cuba, Venezuela, Romania, and Macao.
- Countries with higher GDP per capita generally had higher tertiary enrollment rates over 50%,
This document discusses the history and development of curriculum in the Philippines. It covers the influences of Spanish colonial rule, American rule, and the Japanese occupation on the Philippine curriculum. It also describes the essentialist and progressive schools of thought on curriculum development. Additionally, it discusses the modernization and reforms of the Philippine curriculum after independence, including an emphasis on moral values, relevance, vocational education, and national consciousness. The document provides context on how political, economic, social, and religious factors have shaped curriculum development in the Philippines over time.
Education at a Glance 2015 - Global LaunchEduSkills OECD
Education at a Glance: OECD Indicators is the authoritative source for information on the state of education around the world. It provides data on the structure, finances and performance of education systems in the 34 OECD countries and a number of partner countries.
With more than 100 charts, 150 tables and links to another 150 tables on line, Education at a Glance 2015 provides key information on the output of educational institutions; the impact of learning across countries; the financial and human resources invested in education; access, participation and progression in education;and the learning environment and organisation of schools.
3 hard facts shaping higher education thinking and behaviorGrant Thornton LLP
Expansion in tuition, enrollment, faculty, buildings, and everything else ― is fast becoming a thing of the past. Institutions will have to carefully pick initiatives, making clear choices about what to do and, most significantly, what not to do. Download 2016 State of higher education >> http://gt-us.co/1UbUF56
These are the slides from a talk I gave to the Business Association in Opuanke, Taranaki, New Zealand.
They begin with an introduction to China (where I work). Then they provide a theoretical framework to advance discussions about the marketing of towns and small cities in New Zealand. There are stages that locations must go through as they seek to develop their economic base. The final part is about suggestions specifically for Opuanke.
This document provides suggestions to improve teaching in the School of Business at Guangdong University of Foreign Studies. It outlines both good existing aspects, such as supportive deans and staff, and areas needing improvement. These include making little use of teaching technology, restricting information, and not utilizing the library. The document advocates for a student-centered approach where students are given responsibility for their own learning through skills-focused curriculum, facilitated independent study using resources like online videos and tests, and assessment of higher-order thinking like research papers. Overall it recommends strategies for teachers like saving time through video lectures and online exercises and for the school like requiring objective assessment and research papers in all courses.
These slides support a paper entitled "A distinctive Chinese MBA brand for global leadership". The authors are Denghua Yuan & Robert Shaw both from the School of Business at Guangdong University of Foreign Studies. The presentation was given at the University of Waikato. Philosophy of Education Society of Australasia conference, 2014.
This was a conference presentation for teachers and students at Guangdong University of Foreign Studies.
Nowadays, in clinical practice, existential psychotherapy involves diverse groups of patients, methods and theories. It is a formulation of procedures which are loosely linked to some common themes (which I will describe to you shortly). The unifying notion for these themes is that existential psychotherapy is a philosophical method
of therapy (strictly speaking it is the content and not the method which is philosophical) that is founded on the belief that the inner conflict within a person is due to the individual person’s confrontation with the universal omnipresent predicaments of human existence.
Introduction to managerial research for masters students. This is their first talk on correlation and causation. It also deals with Kuhn and the notion of a paradigm.
This talk is about the kinds of research that students in business subjects encounter. It is an introduction for the students who have yet to conduct their first project.
This is a lecture for MBA students in China on marketing ethics. It is an introduction to the subject, which attempts to relate theory to practice. The latter half concentrates on the nature of ethics itself. It draws upon Kant. The contrast between ethics and science is made at some length because this is the first step students must take if they are to discover ethics. Hence, the slides deal with the nature of evidence and the aims of questioning.
Collective intentionality provides insights into understanding public organizations. Public institutions like schools and universities are expressions of human collective intentionality. They emerge from our evolutionary history as cooperative animals and display features of cooperation. Understanding public organizations requires examining them through the lens of social ontology, phenomenology, and collective intentionality rather than just psychological or cultural theories.
This document discusses traditional and modern approaches to education in Western schools. The traditional approach emphasized textbooks, examinations, and desks arranged in rows facing the teacher. Key figures like William James promoted this model. The modern approach advocated by John Dewey focused on internal motivation, thinking skills, and making education relevant to students' lives. Dewey believed external rewards and punishments undermined learning. The document analyzes how traditional curriculum, evaluations, and teaching methods can damage motivation and creativity. It suggests teachers encourage thinking, base projects on student interests, and reward learning intrinsically rather than relying on exams.
There is dissatisfaction with the dominance of science in management education and practice. Husserl's phenomenological method aims to make sense of phenomena by having practitioners bracket out preconceptions and focus on the essence of experiences, in order to develop practical insights rather than scientific theories. This method involves eliminating thoughts to perceive the core nature of a topic, such as local government, through reflection on personal experiences and struggles.
This document introduces the concept of using phenomenology to study union decision-making. Phenomenology provides a new lens that can provide insights into how unions function. The relevant theory is Edmund Husserl's work on phenomenology, which provides a practical method for inquiring into the real world. Husserl's technique of phenomenological reduction has previously been applied to study local government decision-making, and some of those findings may be relevant to studying union decision-making as well. The authors propose using phenomenology to better understand the essence and imperatives of union decision-making.
These slides introduced a discussion at the Philosophy of Education Society of Australasia conference in Hawaii. They raise the issue of what is science and consider the optics of Newton.
Social ontology – particularly its leading concept, collective intentionality –provides helpful insights into public organisations. The paper sets out the some of the limitations of cultural theories and takes as its example of these the group-grid theory of Douglas and Hood.
It then draws upon Brentano, Husserl and Searle to show the ontological character of public management. Modern public institutions – such as advisory organisations and service delivery agencies, including schools and universities – are expressions of human collective intentionality.
Public institutions are natural structures that emerge from our evolutionary ancestry as cooperative animals and enduringly display all the features of that ancestry.
The central concept within these institutions, as a phenomenology reveals, is cooperation.
The presentation was for science teachers at a conference. It introduces some philosophy of science showing the philosophical origins of key ideas. It raises the issue of truth in science teaching.
This is a talk for primary school teacher education students in Guangzhou, China. It begins with an analysis of the question about motivation and then considers to theoretical approaches to answering the question.
This document summarizes a presentation given by Robert Shaw on teaching problems, opportunities, and methods in management education. It identifies three main problems: confusion about goals, the nature of management as a discipline, and issues with how curriculum, evaluation, and pedagogy are currently approached. It then discusses opportunities provided by student abilities, support from the Chinese government prioritizing quality education, and new technologies. Robert Shaw proposes experimenting with techniques like using video lectures, online course platforms like Blackboard, and co-teaching with a colleague to address problems and better utilize opportunities. The overall aim is to develop high-quality, skills-focused graduates who can provide critical and constructive perspectives.
This document outlines Dr. Robert Shaw's presentation on university teaching methods from a Western perspective. The presentation covers 4 topics: 1) Dr. Shaw's approach to teaching, which focuses on curriculum, evaluation, and pedagogy. 2) Trends in Western university education such as neoliberalism, credentials over wisdom, and distance education. 3) How Dr. Shaw teaches, including course objectives, assessments, lectures, tutorials and online resources. 4) The future of education, including becoming a reflective teacher and the role of teacher development centers.
Presentation as the basis of a discussion on the business ethics curriculum in China. The audience were largely teachers of business ethics from Chinese universities.
These are the slides from a talk I gave to the Business Association in Opuanke, Taranaki, New Zealand.
They begin with an introduction to China (where I work). Then they provide a theoretical framework to advance discussions about the marketing of towns and small cities in New Zealand. There are stages that locations must go through as they seek to develop their economic base. The final part is about suggestions specifically for Opuanke.
This document provides suggestions to improve teaching in the School of Business at Guangdong University of Foreign Studies. It outlines both good existing aspects, such as supportive deans and staff, and areas needing improvement. These include making little use of teaching technology, restricting information, and not utilizing the library. The document advocates for a student-centered approach where students are given responsibility for their own learning through skills-focused curriculum, facilitated independent study using resources like online videos and tests, and assessment of higher-order thinking like research papers. Overall it recommends strategies for teachers like saving time through video lectures and online exercises and for the school like requiring objective assessment and research papers in all courses.
These slides support a paper entitled "A distinctive Chinese MBA brand for global leadership". The authors are Denghua Yuan & Robert Shaw both from the School of Business at Guangdong University of Foreign Studies. The presentation was given at the University of Waikato. Philosophy of Education Society of Australasia conference, 2014.
This was a conference presentation for teachers and students at Guangdong University of Foreign Studies.
Nowadays, in clinical practice, existential psychotherapy involves diverse groups of patients, methods and theories. It is a formulation of procedures which are loosely linked to some common themes (which I will describe to you shortly). The unifying notion for these themes is that existential psychotherapy is a philosophical method
of therapy (strictly speaking it is the content and not the method which is philosophical) that is founded on the belief that the inner conflict within a person is due to the individual person’s confrontation with the universal omnipresent predicaments of human existence.
Introduction to managerial research for masters students. This is their first talk on correlation and causation. It also deals with Kuhn and the notion of a paradigm.
This talk is about the kinds of research that students in business subjects encounter. It is an introduction for the students who have yet to conduct their first project.
This is a lecture for MBA students in China on marketing ethics. It is an introduction to the subject, which attempts to relate theory to practice. The latter half concentrates on the nature of ethics itself. It draws upon Kant. The contrast between ethics and science is made at some length because this is the first step students must take if they are to discover ethics. Hence, the slides deal with the nature of evidence and the aims of questioning.
Collective intentionality provides insights into understanding public organizations. Public institutions like schools and universities are expressions of human collective intentionality. They emerge from our evolutionary history as cooperative animals and display features of cooperation. Understanding public organizations requires examining them through the lens of social ontology, phenomenology, and collective intentionality rather than just psychological or cultural theories.
This document discusses traditional and modern approaches to education in Western schools. The traditional approach emphasized textbooks, examinations, and desks arranged in rows facing the teacher. Key figures like William James promoted this model. The modern approach advocated by John Dewey focused on internal motivation, thinking skills, and making education relevant to students' lives. Dewey believed external rewards and punishments undermined learning. The document analyzes how traditional curriculum, evaluations, and teaching methods can damage motivation and creativity. It suggests teachers encourage thinking, base projects on student interests, and reward learning intrinsically rather than relying on exams.
There is dissatisfaction with the dominance of science in management education and practice. Husserl's phenomenological method aims to make sense of phenomena by having practitioners bracket out preconceptions and focus on the essence of experiences, in order to develop practical insights rather than scientific theories. This method involves eliminating thoughts to perceive the core nature of a topic, such as local government, through reflection on personal experiences and struggles.
This document introduces the concept of using phenomenology to study union decision-making. Phenomenology provides a new lens that can provide insights into how unions function. The relevant theory is Edmund Husserl's work on phenomenology, which provides a practical method for inquiring into the real world. Husserl's technique of phenomenological reduction has previously been applied to study local government decision-making, and some of those findings may be relevant to studying union decision-making as well. The authors propose using phenomenology to better understand the essence and imperatives of union decision-making.
These slides introduced a discussion at the Philosophy of Education Society of Australasia conference in Hawaii. They raise the issue of what is science and consider the optics of Newton.
Social ontology – particularly its leading concept, collective intentionality –provides helpful insights into public organisations. The paper sets out the some of the limitations of cultural theories and takes as its example of these the group-grid theory of Douglas and Hood.
It then draws upon Brentano, Husserl and Searle to show the ontological character of public management. Modern public institutions – such as advisory organisations and service delivery agencies, including schools and universities – are expressions of human collective intentionality.
Public institutions are natural structures that emerge from our evolutionary ancestry as cooperative animals and enduringly display all the features of that ancestry.
The central concept within these institutions, as a phenomenology reveals, is cooperation.
The presentation was for science teachers at a conference. It introduces some philosophy of science showing the philosophical origins of key ideas. It raises the issue of truth in science teaching.
This is a talk for primary school teacher education students in Guangzhou, China. It begins with an analysis of the question about motivation and then considers to theoretical approaches to answering the question.
This document summarizes a presentation given by Robert Shaw on teaching problems, opportunities, and methods in management education. It identifies three main problems: confusion about goals, the nature of management as a discipline, and issues with how curriculum, evaluation, and pedagogy are currently approached. It then discusses opportunities provided by student abilities, support from the Chinese government prioritizing quality education, and new technologies. Robert Shaw proposes experimenting with techniques like using video lectures, online course platforms like Blackboard, and co-teaching with a colleague to address problems and better utilize opportunities. The overall aim is to develop high-quality, skills-focused graduates who can provide critical and constructive perspectives.
This document outlines Dr. Robert Shaw's presentation on university teaching methods from a Western perspective. The presentation covers 4 topics: 1) Dr. Shaw's approach to teaching, which focuses on curriculum, evaluation, and pedagogy. 2) Trends in Western university education such as neoliberalism, credentials over wisdom, and distance education. 3) How Dr. Shaw teaches, including course objectives, assessments, lectures, tutorials and online resources. 4) The future of education, including becoming a reflective teacher and the role of teacher development centers.
Presentation as the basis of a discussion on the business ethics curriculum in China. The audience were largely teachers of business ethics from Chinese universities.
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3. Education policy
& business education at GDUFS
ROBERT SHAW &
周宁ZHOU NING
Guangdong University of Foreign Studies
The Philosophy of Education Society of Australasia, 2012
4.
5. Today
1. Thirty years
2. History drives education
3. China’s new leadership and tertiary education
7. Management education
1. Vocational education
2. Three campuses
3. China’s language universities
4. MBA – 5th birthday
5. School of Management – 30th birthday
6. Lancaster University
9. Challenges
1. The challenge of quality
2. The challenge of the rich-poor gap
3. Shaking off the West
4. English or Chinese language courses?
5. Individualization of instruction
6. Academic standards
7. Research culture
中华人民共和国教育部
10. Thank you.
ROBERT SHAW &
周宁ZHOU NING
Guangdong University of Foreign Studies
The Philosophy of Education Society of Australasia, 2012