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Reforming Learning and Teaching in Asia-Pacific Universities

Influences of Globalised Processes in Japan, Hong Kong and Australia

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Editors:
  1. Chi-hung Clarence Ng

    1. Learning Sciences Institute Australia, Australian Catholic University, Brisbane, Australia

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  2. Robert Fox

    1. Learning and Teaching Unit, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia

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  3. Michiko Nakano

    1. Waseda University, Tokyo, Japan

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  • Discusses the relationship between globalized influences and changing educational practices in Asia-Pacific universities in Japan, Hong Kong and Australia
  • Presents the latest research findings to shed light on the development of reformative learning and teaching models in universities in Japan, Hong Kong and Australia
  • Covers a range of topics critical to understanding the changing educational practices in universities in Japan, Hong Kong and Australia

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Table of contents (18 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xii
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  2. New Contexts for Reforming Learning and Teaching

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Globalised Processes and Their Influences on University Learning and Teaching in Advanced Knowledge Economies in the Asia-Pacific Region

      • Chi-hung Clarence Ng, Michiko Nakano, Robert Fox
      Pages 3-25

  3. Student Mobility and Meeting the Needs of New Student Groups

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 27-27
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    2. International Mobility of Students, Academics, Educational Programs, and Campuses in Asia

      • Futao Huang
      Pages 29-46

    3. Educational Diversification Strategies: Japanese Universities’ Efforts to Attract International Students

      • James P. Lassegard
      Pages 47-75

    4. Identity Re-construction in a New Habitus: An Investigation of the Language-Related Educational Experiences of Immigrant Mainland Chinese Students in a Multilingual University in Hong Kong

      • Mingyue (Michelle) Gu
      Pages 77-94

    5. Students’ Academic, Intercultural and Personal Development in Globalised Education Mobility

      • Ly T. Tran
      Pages 95-113

    6. Sustaining Learning Engagement in Distance Education: An Achievement Goal Perspective

      • Chi-hung Clarence Ng
      Pages 115-134

  6. Challenges to Assessment and Quality Assurance

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 315-315
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About this book

This book focuses on learning and teaching as the core business of higher education and explores reformative efforts in response to the influences of globalised processes in three advanced economies in the Asia-Pacific region: Japan, Hong Kong and Australia. This is a significant book as it adds to limited discussions on the globalisation of learning debates, and scholarly reflections on the links between globalised processes and changing educational practices, critical to understanding the current challenges and options available for charting future development for universities in the Asia-Pacific region and beyond. It rejects an essentialising perspective that considers changes as inevitable and uniform. Instead it considers negotiations, arguments, and even resistance as competing forces and integral components of the process of reforming pedagogical practices in Asia-Pacific universities. This book discusses globalised processes as a new context for reforming learning and teaching and its focused discussions cover topics including meeting the needs of new student groups, new technological practices for change, use of English as an international language, and challenges in assessment and quality assurance.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Learning Sciences Institute Australia, Australian Catholic University, Brisbane, Australia

    Chi-hung Clarence Ng

  • Learning and Teaching Unit, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia

    Robert Fox

  • Waseda University, Tokyo, Japan

    Michiko Nakano

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Reforming Learning and Teaching in Asia-Pacific Universities

  • Book Subtitle: Influences of Globalised Processes in Japan, Hong Kong and Australia

  • Editors: Chi-hung Clarence Ng, Robert Fox, Michiko Nakano

  • Series Title: Education in the Asia-Pacific Region: Issues, Concerns and Prospects

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-0431-5

  • Publisher: Springer Singapore

  • eBook Packages: Education, Education (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media Singapore 2016

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-981-10-0429-2Published: 12 May 2016

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-981-10-9160-5Published: 27 May 2018

  • eBook ISBN: 978-981-10-0431-5Published: 06 May 2016

  • Series ISSN: 1573-5397

  • Series E-ISSN: 2214-9791

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XII, 410

  • Number of Illustrations: 25 b/w illustrations, 8 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: International and Comparative Education, Educational Policy and Politics, Higher Education

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