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Record Nr.

UNINA9910957318703321

Titolo

East-west dialogue in knowledge and higher education / / editors, Ruth Hayhoe and Julia Pan

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Abingdon, Oxon : , : Routledge, , 2015

ISBN

1-315-48020-4

1-315-48021-2

1-315-48019-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (240 pages)

Altri autori (Persone)

HayhoeRuth

PanJulia <1955->

Disciplina

378.51

Soggetti

Education, Higher - China

Education, Higher - China - Foreign influences

Comparative education

Knowledge, Theory of

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"An East Gate book"--t.p.

First published 1996 by M.E. Sharpe.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

1. Cultural interchange and the construction of knowledge -- 2. The media and higher education -- 3. Higher education evaluation -- 4. Historical challenges to the university -- 5. Indigenous knowledge and contemporary higher education.

Sommario/riassunto

This work is a dialogue on alternative approaches to knowledge and higher education characteristic of the Western University. Western scholars approach these issues from the viewpoint of the challenges facing the university and Eastern contributors explore parallel issues in their societies.