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題 名 | A Critical Review of General Education in Taiwan: an Exchange-Oriented Perspective |
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作 者 | Wang, Juju C. S.; | 書刊名 | 通識教育季刊 |
卷 期 | 4:2 民86.06 |
頁 次 | 頁173-184 |
分類號 | 525.4 |
關鍵詞 | General education; Taiwan; Exchange; |
語 文 | 英文(English) |
英文摘要 | From "common courses" to "general education", Taiwan's higher education has witnessed various stages in her national development in the light of political reform, economic growth and social transformation. From the view of exchange theory, education has been nothing but power and wealth in traditional Chinese society. By definition, exchange refers to a process of "give and take" in terms of political, economic and social return. Within this exchange system, general education, as the biggest part of education, has been playing an indispensable role in producing both positive and negative exchanges in political, economic and social aspects. Treating education as a production machine in Taiwan, the state, a national resource distributor, has been running universities in order to help achieve her national development. In this sense, faculty members at universities are regarded to be knowledge-producers and students be knowledge-consumers. This subtle relationship is particularly conspicuous in the practices of general education in Taiwan. This paper intends to apply the concept of "exchange" to the analysis of the roles played by the state, university, faculty members and students in the political, economic and social contexts of Taiwan. |
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