How Should Liberal Arts Education Evolve in the Twenty First Century? An Exploration of Universities in China and Beyond

Autor/in	Zha, Qiang
Titel	How Should Liberal Arts Education Evolve in the Twenty First Century? An Exploration of Universities in China and Beyond
Quelle	In: Educational Philosophy and Theory, 54 (2022) 12, S.2082-2096 (15 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Zha, Qiang)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0013-1857
DOI	10.1080/00131857.2021.1984228
Schlagwörter	Liberal Arts; Educational Change; Universities; Foreign Countries; Program Effectiveness; Educational History; Confucianism; Educational Philosophy; Social Change; China + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Bildungsreform; University; Universität; Ausland; History of education; Bildungsgeschichte; Konfuzianismus; Bildungsphilosophie; Erziehungsphilosophie; Sozialer Wandel
Abstract	The changing context and increasing professionalization in higher education have ushered in challenges for liberal arts education worldwide. Situated this discourse in the context of Chinese universities, this paper explores (1) Why do we need a liberal arts education that has been accused of being elitist in the twenty first century? (2) Should an effective or ideal liberal arts education evolve with time and context? If yes, what needs to be taken into account to conceptualize a twenty first century model of liberal arts education? (3) How is a twenty first century liberal arts education defined and featured at Chinese universities and elsewhere? Drawing on an analytical framework constructed with the German concept of "Bildung" and the Confucian perspective on knowledge, this paper contends that a twenty first century liberal arts education for universities in China and elsewhere needs to absorb meta changes and movements in society at home and around the world, while ideally rooted in a knowledge tradition respectively. Specifically, it should comprise three essential pillars: humanism education, cognitive education, and global education. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01