Transmitting the Ideal of Enlightenment: Chinese Universities Since the Late Nineteenth Century Contributor(s): Mak, Ricardo K. S. (Author), S. Mak, Ricardo K. (Contribution by), Fan, Guangxin (Contribution by) |
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ISBN: 076184726X ISBN-13: 9780761847267 Publisher: University Press of America OUR PRICE: $93.06 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: August 2009 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Education | History - Philosophy - History | Asia - China |
Dewey: 378.510 |
LCCN: 2009929750 |
Physical Information: 0.5" H x 6" W x 9" (0.90 lbs) 162 pages |
Themes: - Cultural Region - Chinese |
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Publisher Description: Transmitting the Ideal of Enlightenment is a collection of articles that shed light on different aspects of university education in China since the late nineteenth century and address how far the ideal of modern university education, which has gradually been developed in the West since the age of European Enlightenment, was adopted or creatively transformed by Chinese universities. In addition to examining the influence of Western universities' visions, curricula, institutions and experiences on Chinese higher education, this volume attempts to show the degree of success achieved by Chinese universities in delivering the goals of personal emancipation, broad-based education, freedom of teaching and learning, academic professionalism, etc. that their Western counterparts had endeavored to attain in the last centuries. |