Taiwanese Higher Education in a Cultural Perspective: A Preliminary Study of Two Premier Universities

Autor/in	Lin, Warangkana
Titel	Taiwanese Higher Education in a Cultural Perspective: A Preliminary Study of Two Premier Universities
Quelle	In: Asia Pacific Journal of Education, 40 (2020) 2, S.212-229 (18 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Lin, Warangkana)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0218-8791
DOI	10.1080/02188791.2019.1690424
Schlagwörter	Higher Education; Foreign Countries; Cultural Influences; Educational Policy; Policy Formation; Folk Culture; Educational Practices; College Faculty; Teacher Attitudes; Administrator Attitudes; Deans; College Presidents; Educational History; Cultural Differences; College Science; Taiwan + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Ausland; Cultural influence; Kultureinfluss; Politics of education; Bildungspolitik; Politische Betätigung; Bildungspraxis; Fakultät; Lehrerverhalten; Dean; Dekan; College president; Hochschulpräsident; History of education; Bildungsgeschichte; Kultureller Unterschied
Abstract	Imposing the policy lessons from higher-performing countries may involve the complex interplays of socio-cultural and institutional contexts. This article attempts to observe Taiwan's progress in higher education from an explicit cultural perspective. It locates Taiwan among the rising group of higher education systems in East Asia. The study interrogates a wide-held understanding of higher education development and critically reflects on the "high performances" at systemic and institutional levels. It re-examines a capacity of the Western-influenced system in preserving indigenous cultural traditions while pursuing the quest for world-class status. Adopting a case study research, data were collected through in-depth semi-structured interviews with executives and academics at two premier universities in Taiwan. The findings have shown that, due to fundamental differences, integrating traditional values with imported Western-structured institutions remains an arduous task for Taiwanese higher education. This study critiques conventional presumptions concerning the primacy of an Anglo-Saxon model in Taiwan and offers insights into the society's efforts to bring back its own cultural values. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01