General Education and the Development of Global Citizenship in Hong Kong, Taiwan and Mainland China (eBook, ePUB)

Not Merely Icing on the Cake
Redaktion: Xing, Jun; Cheng, Chloe; Ng, Pak-Sheung

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

General Education has taken center stage in the greater China area in recent years. As the first English publication on the subject, this anthology brings together a distinguished group of General Education scholars and teachers from Hong Kong, Taiwan and mainland China.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 256
• Erscheinungstermin: 27. November 2012
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781136183287
• Artikelnr.: 38403555

Autorenporträt

Jun Xing is Professor and Director of the General Education Centre at Hong Kong Polytechnic University. He received his PhD in American Studies from the University of Minnesota at Twin Cities. Trained as a cultural historian, Professor Xing specializes in US immigration, American ethnicity, popular culture, and the history of cultural relations between the United States and China. Before arriving in Hong Kong, Professor Xing served as a professor and director of academic program and assessment in the United States for many years. He is the author/editor of six other English-language books, including Baptized in the Fire of Revolution (Lehigh University Press, 1996), Asian America through the Lens (Sage Publications, 1998), Reversing the Lens (University of Colorado Press, 2003), Teaching for Change (Lexington Books, 2006), Seeing Color (University of Hong Kong Press, 2007), and Service Learning in Asia (University of Hong Kong Press, 2010).

Inhaltsangabe

1. General Education and Global Citizenship: A Comparative Study in Hong
Kong, Taiwan and Mainland China Part I: Concepts and Objectives Of General
Education 2. Globalization and Higher Education in Greater China: Trends
and Challenges 3. Liberal and Humanistic Education: General Education
Program at the Chinese University of Hong Kong 4. The Implications of
University Culture Development for General Education 5. From Liberal
Education to General Education: Change and Continuity in the Philosophy of
University Education Part II: Curricular Designs for General Education 6.
Meaning and Methods: The Role of General Education and Its Curriculum
Designing 7. The Relationship between General Education and Whole-Person
Education 8. Case Studies of Mainland China: General Education in Higher
Education Institutions 9. Various Curricular Designs at UGC-Supported
Universities in Hong Kong Part III: Pedagogical Approaches to General
Education 10. Science, the First Humanity (shifting his focus to liberal
studies in general?) 11. How to Teach Science as General Education Courses
with An Emphasis on Chinese Medicine 12. General Education Mathematics at
the University Level: Courses and Pedagogical Approaches 13. How to Train
Faculty to Teach General Education Curricula Part IV: Outcome Assessment
for General Education 14. A Personal View of the Evaluation of the
Humanities and Social Sciences in Higher Education 15. Current Situation
and Improvement Strategies for General Education Assessment at Mainland
Chinese Universities 16. Learning Outcomes of General Education Course with
Service-Learning Component: A Case for Academic and Student Affairs
Collaboration in Hong Kong