Internationalizationand Chinese Higher Education Ou Yusong July 29th,2011

Reading materials 1.Documents and publications from UNESCO, OECD, WTO and MOE of China 2.Journals from scholars out of China 3.Journals from Chinese scholars

Main Concern Main Concern 1. Internationalization of higher education 2. Knowledge management

Internationalization of higher education 1.Definition 2.Background /History 3.Content 4.Motivation 5.Strategy 6.ICT development 7. ……

Internationalization of higher education is the process of integrating an international or intercultural dimension into the teaching, research and service functions of the institution. --- Jane Knight --- Jane Knight

1.Internationalization and Internationalism 2.Internationalization, Globalization and Europeanization Europeanization

Internationalization and Internationalism Internationalism is a term often used by policy agencies, concerned with international character or spirit and the principle of community of interests or action between different nations. Internationalism is a term often used by policy agencies, concerned with international character or spirit and the principle of community of interests or action between different nations. --- Jane Knight --- Jane Knight

Similarities: 1.a trend towards a growing role of long-distance transport of knowledge in higher education 2.refer either to the changing context which poses a challenge for higher education or to changes which occurs within higher education itself. Internationalization, Globalization and Europeanizaiton

Differences: 1.vary in the prime meaning: Internationalization: border-crossing activities, persistence of national systems Globalization: borers and national systems get blurred or even might disappear. Europeanization: regionally definition

2. Specific issues tend to be linked: Internationalization: physical mobility, academic cooperation and academic knowledge transfer Globalization: competition and market-steering, trans-national education, commercial knowledge transfer. Europeanization: refer to cooperation and mobility, eg: European dimension, European culture, Erasmus, Tempus, Maastricht Treaty 1993, Lisbon Convention 1997, Bologna Declaration 1999, ECTS.

Knowledge management 1.Definition and schools 2.Objectives and content 3.Strategies and principles 4.Methodology and technology 4.Methodology and technology

Learning organization A learning organization is an organization skilled at creating, acquiring and transferring knowledge, and at modifying its behavior to reflect new knowledge and insights. Higher education institutions

The internationalization of a Chinese The internationalization of a Chinese higher education institution from the higher education institution from the perspective of learning organization perspective of learning organization

Methodology 1.Case study --- Internationalization of Chengdu university Chengdu university 1. external environment 1. external environment 2. internal culture 2. internal culture 3. functioning structure 3. functioning structure 4. strategy 4. strategy 2. International Quality Review Process (OECD)

Problems 1.Time for investigation, data collection, interviewing 2.More research on KM 3. ……