Internationalization, Nationalism, and Global Competitiveness: A Comparison of Approaches to Higher Education in China and Japan

Autor/in	Hammond, Christopher D.
Titel	Internationalization, Nationalism, and Global Competitiveness: A Comparison of Approaches to Higher Education in China and Japan
Quelle	In: Asia Pacific Education Review, 17 (2016) 4, S.555-566 (12 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1598-1037
DOI	10.1007/s12564-016-9459-0
Schlagwörter	Nationalism; Global Approach; Competition; Comparative Education; Higher Education; Case Studies; Performance Factors; Educational Policy; Public Policy; Conflict; International Relations; Global Education; Citizenship Education; Study Abroad; Regional Cooperation; Educational Practices; Educational Strategies; Educational Objectives; Foreign Countries; China; Japan + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Nationalismus; Globales Denken; Wettkampf; Vergleichende Erziehungswissenschaft; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Case study; Fallstudie; Case Study; Leistungsindikator; Politics of education; Bildungspolitik; Öffentliche Ordnung; Konflikt; Internationale Beziehungen; Globales Lernen; Citizenship; Education; Politische Bildung; Politische Erziehung; Staatsbürgerliche Erziehung; Studies abroad; Auslandsstudium; Regionale Zusammenarbeit; Bildungspraxis; Lehrstrategie; Educational objective; Bildungsziel; Erziehungsziel; Ausland
Abstract	This paper explores the ways in which policies for national identity formation and internationalization interact to complement and contradict each other in the context of global higher education. These themes are explored by comparing recent policies in two countries in East Asia, a part of the world currently on the rise in the global hierarchy of higher education (Altbach in "Tert Educ Manag" 10:3-25, 2004; Marginson in "High Educ" 4(1), 2011b). China and Japan are presented as case studies, with a focus on the ways the two countries have pursued both higher education internationalization and nationalist agendas through education more broadly. The paper then turns to a discussion of the factors that might explain these approaches as well as the dilemmas that arise from the interaction of these policy agendas in the context of global higher education. The paper argues that while increasing global competitiveness through HE internationalization may prove beneficial to individual nation-states in the short term, countries in East Asia should consider the potential pitfalls of becoming too singly focused on competitiveness at the expense of mutual understanding and peaceful international relations in the region. Furthermore, the continued push to create uncritical nationalistic citizens threatens to undermine the goals of internationalization and may be detrimental to efforts at HE regional cooperation and integration. The paper concludes with recommendations that the two countries consider the potential benefits of global citizenship education and the expansion of regionally focused study abroad programs to help develop graduates with the global competencies conducive to both national competitiveness and regional cooperation. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01