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Mok, Ka Ho; Wu, Alfred M. – Journal of Education and Work, 2016
This article attempts to investigate the relationship between the massification of higher education, labour market and social mobility in contemporary China. Though only a short period of time has elapsed from elite to mass education, China's higher education has been characterised as a wide, pervasive massification process. Similar to other East…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Correlation, Higher Education, Labor Market
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Lee, I-Fang – Journal of Pedagogy, 2012
Early Childhood Education and Care (ECEC) has been constructed as a new site for educational, sociocultural, political, and economic investment. Coupled with such a growing and popular recognition of ECEC as a significant period of children's learning and development are critical issues concerning accountability, affordability, and accessibility…
Descriptors: Neoliberalism, Early Childhood Education, Preschool Education, Educational Quality
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Ru-Jer, Wang – Chinese Education and Society, 2012
In recent years, the rapid growth of higher education in Taiwan has led to an essential shift from education for the elite to the massification of higher education. Although this massification is making higher education more accessible, one of the main concerns is whether opportunities for higher education are the same among all social classes in…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Educational Opportunities, Foreign Countries, Educational Change
Yang, Cheng-Cheng – ProQuest LLC, 2010
The expansion of higher education has become a significant trend in the East Asia region, and Taiwan has proven no exception. The driving forces of higher education expansion in Taiwan include enhancing national competitiveness and human capital, responding to social and industrial needs, and reducing educational inequalities among social groups.…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Human Capital, Family Income, Academic Achievement
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Yu, Chia-Chen; Liaw, Yin-Hua; Barnd, Susan – Sport, Education and Society, 2004
The world is becoming a global village and within many professions, including physical education and sport, individuals have multiple opportunities to work and socialize with people from different ethnic backgrounds, cultures, lifestyles, religions, etc. Due to the increasing cultural diversity, it is important for physical education and sport…
Descriptors: Physical Education, Equal Education, Physical Activities, Females