| Description |
1 online resource (xi, 206 pages) : illustrations |
| Series |
Higher education in Asia: Quality, excellence and governance, 2365-6360 |
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Higher education in Asia, quality, excellence and governance. 2365-6352
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| Contents |
1. Introduction / Insung Jung -- 2. Development of Liberal Arts Education and Colleges: Historical and Global Perspectives / Akira Tachikawa -- 3. The East-West Axis? Liberal Arts Education in East Asian Universities / Rui Yang -- 4. Going Global and Adapting to Local Context: Handong Global University in South Korea / Yohan Ka -- 5. Liberal Arts for a New Japan: The Case of the International Christian University / Mikiko Nishimura -- 6. Making the Global Local: Twenty Years at Miyazaki International College, Japan / Mícheál Thompson and Insung Jung -- 7. Adapting the Western Model of Liberal Arts Education in China: The Cases of Fudan University and Lingnan University / Wen Yu Chai -- 8. Liberal Arts Education in Postwar Taiwan: A Case Study on General Education Reform at National Taiwan University / Chun-chieh Huang -- 9. Global Education with High Impact and Deep Learning in the United States: The Liberal Arts at Pomona College / Jill Grigsby -- 10. Liberal Arts and Sciences Education for the 21st Century Knowledge Economy: A Case Study of Amsterdam University College, The Netherlands / Deirdre Klein Bog and Marijk van der Wende -- 11. Revisiting Key Values, Roles and Challenges of Liberal Arts Education in East Asia / Akiyoshi Yonezawa and Mikiko Nishimura -- 12. Cultivating Intercultural Communicative Competence in Liberal Arts Institutions / Hye-Gyeong Ohe -- 13. Applications of Digital Technologies in Liberal Arts Institutions in East Asia / Insung Jung and Jiwak Bajracharya -- 14. Internationalization and Faculty Well-Being in Liberal Arts Colleges: An Often Neglected Issue in East Asia / Toshiaki Sasao and Naoki Hatta -- 15. Conclusions: Summary, Remaining Issues and Recommendations / Insung Jung, Mikiko Nishimura and Toshiaki Sasao -- Erratum to: Applications of Digital Technologies in Liberal Arts Institutions in East Asia / Insung Jung and Jiwak Bajracharya -- Afterword: Toward a Global Liberal Education, in Asia and With the World |
| Summary |
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 education and liberal arts colleges in East Asia. It then delineates the implications of the best practices of selected liberal arts colleges inside and outside East Asia, and offers policy and pedagogical guidelines for the future of liberal arts colleges and programs in East Asia and beyond |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed February 1, 2018) |
| Subject |
Education, Humanistic -- East Asia
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Education, Higher -- East Asia
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Universities and colleges -- East Asia
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Education, Higher.
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International education.
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Comparative education.
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higher education.
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EDUCATION -- Essays.
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EDUCATION -- Organizations & Institutions.
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EDUCATION -- Reference.
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Education, Higher
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Education, Humanistic
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Education
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Universities and colleges
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| SUBJECT |
East Asia -- Study and teaching
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| Subject |
East Asia
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Jung, Insung, 1959- editor.
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Nishimura, Mikiko, editor.
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Sasao, Toshiaki, editor
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| ISBN |
9789811005138 |
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9811005133 |
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9811005117 |
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9789811005114 |
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