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Tiêu đề
The Application of a Western-Style Liberal Arts Education Model in a Non-Western Environment
Tác giả
Etzrodt C.; Hrebenar R.; Lacktorin M.; Nilson D.
Năm xuất bản
2016
Source title
International Journal of Chinese Education
Số trích dẫn
0
DOI
10.1163/22125868-12340061
Liên kết
Tóm tắt
This essay investigates the need for and the challenges associated with the establishment of western style liberal arts education in a non-western nation. Two such programs in Japan are examined: Akita International University and Yamanashi Gakuin University's International College of Liberal Arts or iCLA. The authors have been deeply involved in the establishment and administration of both of these all-English language liberal arts ba degree programs. The difficulty of establishing a liberal arts education curriculum in a country like Japan is explored by examining the cultural and institutional obstacles within the Japanese system of higher education. The two case studies are presented to highlight the establishment problems and subsequent successes of these programs in a nation with little tradition of liberal arts education at the university level. Finally, the questions of how to justify a liberal arts education program and how to design such a program are discussed by an examination of the utility of area studies as an organizing framework for liberal arts education in a non-western society. © 2016 Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, The Netherlands.
Từ khóa
American branch campuses in Japan; Japanese higher education; liberal arts curriculum design; liberal arts education; liberal arts education in Japan
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Nơi xuất bản
Brill Academic Publishers
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Review
Open Access
Nguồn
Scopus