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Direct linkBai, Limin – Frontiers of Education in China, 2010
In order to analyze the impact of human capital theory on contemporary Chinese education, this paper first draws a conceptual outline of how this theory was introduced and interpreted to suit the Chinese quest for modernization. The study then adopts a comparative historical approach to the points of similarity between Neo-Confucian educational…
Descriptors: Human Capital, Role of Education, Foreign Countries, Comparative Education
Wang, Victor C. X.; Farmer, Lesley S. J – International Journal of Adult Vocational Education and Technology, 2010
This article reports the results of a study designed to determine whether the teachings of Confucius (liberal and behavioral teaching approaches) or Western teaching approaches (humanistic, progressive, radical and analytic teaching approaches) shaped adult education in Taiwan. Thirty-nine randomly selected adult educators from three premium…
Descriptors: Confucianism, Asian Culture, Western Civilization, Teaching Methods
Download full textWang, Victor; Farmer, Lesley – International Journal for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, 2008
Drawing from Bloom's 1956 Taxonomy and Western theories on adult learning, the authors argue that adult teaching methods in China feature a teacher-centered, information-based and test-driven instructional format. An author-designed survey instrument called Lower-Order Thinking Skills and Higher-Order Thinking Skills (LOTSHOTS) was used to…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Taxonomy, Learning Theories, Western Civilization
Commission for International Adult Education, 2012
The Commission on International Adult Education (CIAE) of the American Association for Adult and Continuing Education (AAACE) provides a forum for the discussion of international issues related to adult education in general, as well as adult education in various countries around the globe. The following purposes summarize the work of the…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Foreign Countries, Lifelong Learning, Religion
Guo, Shibao – Canadian Journal of University Continuing Education, 2004
From 1919 to 1921, John Dewey travelled and lectured in China. He received a thunderous welcome and exercised a tremendous influence in China, however, very little has been written about it. The first purpose of this article is to investigate Dewey's visit to China and his influence on Chinese education. The second is to examine the various social…
Descriptors: Ideology, Educational Philosophy, Foreign Countries, Confucianism
