Buch, Englisch, 218 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm
Human Capital, Confucianism, and Neoinstitutionalism
Buch, Englisch, 218 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm
ISBN: 978-1-041-06678-1
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd
This book examines how China’s higher vocational education (HVE) has been developed as a means of skill formation from multiple perspectives including policy, history, culture, sociology, and comparative studies.
Through systematic analysis of relevant skill formation policies issued between 1980 and 2019, the book reveals domestic and global policy contexts, positive and negative policy effects, and theoretical and practical policy implications for China’s HVE based on multiple analytical frameworks including human capital, Confucianism, neoinstitutionalism, and UNESCO’s ISCED Level 5. It concludes that China’s HVE has been developed by mainly following the country’s distinctive political economy and history, but that it neglects the dominant local culture, which in turn has led to unsolved and newly emerged challenges impeding HVE’s high-quality development.
Demonstrating the key steps required to develop and improve vocational higher education to serve skill formation, this book will be a valuable resource to students and scholars of vocational and technical education, comparative education, higher education, sociology of education, policy studies, and China studies.
Zielgruppe
Postgraduate and Undergraduate Advanced
Autoren/Hrsg.
Fachgebiete
Weitere Infos & Material
Part 1: Policy Context 1. Political Economy as the Decisive Driving Force 2. Human Capital as Policy Rationale Part 2: Policy Effects 3. Social Changes and Cultural Conflicts 4. Social Justice Part 3: Policy Implications 5. Understanding Higher Vocational Education in China: A Neoinstitutionalist Perspective 6. Non-university Higher Education as a World Model: A Comparative Study 7. Conclusion and Reflections on Some New Trends
