Documenti di Didattica
Documenti di Professioni
Documenti di Cultura
in
Comparative Higher Education Research
on and at Asia
Assist.Prof.Dr. Ulaş Başar Gezgin
ulasbasar@gmail.com
Source: http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/world-university-rankings/2012-13/world-ranking/region/asia
2/11/2018 Current Trends- Education in Asia 10
At What Levels to Compare?
• Comparisons among Times Asia Top 400.
• Comparisons among Times Top 400 overall.
• How to step up?
• To what extent the rankings are valid.
• Problematic criteria.
• Comparison of Faculties or Departments rather than Unis. (Stronger vs.
Weaker Faculties or Departments)
• Engineering Japan vs. Manufacturing China?
• Research on World-class universities
• WCU as a tool of marketing and funding
• Colonial Heritage: Trying to be even more ‘Western’ than ‘Westerners’.
• Transfer of culture vs. technology debate.
• The influence of international trade agreements on higher education
Source: http://lithgow-schmidt.dk/sherry-arnstein/ladder-of-citizen-participation.html
2/11/2018 Current Trends- Education in Asia 12
At What Levels to Compare?
• Asian students at non-Asian unis
• Non-Asian students at Asian unis
• Asian students at non-Asian unis in Asia
• English as a Second Language
• Learning strategies of Asian students
• Value of education for Asian parents
• University entrance exams
• Research by Asian scholars living in Asia or non-
Asia; by non-Asian scholars in Asia or non-Asia
2/11/2018 Current Trends- Education in Asia 13
Recent Trends in
Asian (Higher) Education
• Globalization
• Massification (Shin and Harman, in press)
• Commercialization
• Internationalization
• Quality vs. quantity
• Privatization
• Off-shore campuses
• Growing inequalities in access to high quality education
• Source: Gezgin, U. B. (2009). The currents and trends in the Vietnamese education
system within the international(ized) context: A comparative perspective. (Paper
prepared for the Third Conference on Comparative Education in Vietnam, October 16,
2009.)