Liberal Arts Education and Colleges in East Asia Possibilities and Challenges in the Global Age /

• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Jung, Insung (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Nishimura, Mikiko (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Sasao, Toshiaki (Επιμελητής έκδοσης)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Singapore : Springer Singapore : Imprint: Springer, 2016.
• Σειρά: Higher Education in Asia: Quality, Excellence and Governance,
• Θέματα: Education.; International education.; Comparative education.; Higher education.; Higher Education.; International and Comparative Education.

This book discusses liberal arts education and liberal arts colleges in the context of East Asia, specifically focusing on Japan, China and S. Korea where it has become an emerging issue in higher education in recent years. It first explores the development, concepts and challenges of liberal arts e...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• Part I Setting the Scene
• Chapter 1 Introduction
• Chapter 2 Development of Liberal Arts Education and Colleges: Historical and global perspectives
• Chapter 3 The East-West Axis? Liberal Arts Education in East Asian universities
• Part II Examining Liberal Arts Colleges and Programs in East Asia
• Chapter 4 Going global and adapting to local context: Handong Global University in South Korea
• Chapter 5 Liberal Arts for a New Japan: The case of the International Christian University
• Chapter 6 Making the Global Local: Twenty years at Miyazaki International College, Japan
• Chapter 7 Adapting the Western model of Liberal Arts Education in China: The cases of Fudan University and Lingnan University
• Chapter 8 Liberal Arts Education in Postwar Taiwan: A case study on General Education Reform at National Taiwan University
• Part III Learning from outside East Asia
• Chapter 9 Global education with high impact and deep learning in the United States: The Liberal Arts at Pomona College
• Chapter 10 Liberal Arts and Sciences Education for the 21st Knowledge Economy: A case study of Amsterdam University College, The Netherlands
• Part IV Exploring Sustainable Models in East Asian Context
• Chapter 11 Revisiting key values, roles and challenges of Liberal Arts Education in East Asia
• Chapter 12 Cultivating Intercultural Communicative Competence in Liberal Arts Institutions
• Chapter 13 Applications of digital technologies in Liberal Arts Institutions in East Asia
• Chapter 14 Internationalization and Faculty well-being in Liberal Arts Colleges: An often neglected issue in East Asia
• Chapter 15 Conclusions: Summary, remaining issues and recommendations.