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"I will change things in my own small way": Chinese Overseas Students, "Western" Values, and Institutional Reform

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Thøgersen, Stig

Abstract

"The article is based on a longitudinal study of Chinese college students who studied abroad as part of their BA programme in Preschool Education. It first examines the Chinese discourse on preschool education in order to understand the current situation in the students' professional field. The main... view more

"The article is based on a longitudinal study of Chinese college students who studied abroad as part of their BA programme in Preschool Education. It first examines the Chinese discourse on preschool education in order to understand the current situation in the students' professional field. The main section then discusses students' attitudes to what they perceived to be key values and principles in early childhood education in the West: freedom, individual rights, equality, and creativity. Students generally expressed strong support for these values and wanted to reform Chinese institutions accordingly. The article argues, based on this case, that while Chinese students abroad may not see themselves as the vanguard of macro-level political reforms, some of them certainly want to play a role in the gradual transformation of Chinese institutions in their respective professional fields." (author's abstract)... view less

Keywords
China; student; female student; foreign countries; studies (academic); experience; identity formation; identity; value change; value; value-orientation; democratization; political institution; political reform; attitude change

Classification
Political Process, Elections, Political Sociology, Political Culture
General Sociology, Basic Research, General Concepts and History of Sociology, Sociological Theories

Document language
English

Publication Year
2015

Page/Pages
p. 103-124

Journal
Journal of Current Chinese Affairs, 44 (2015) 3

Issue topic
Going Out: The Lives of Chinese Students Abroad

ISSN
1868-4874

Status
Published Version; peer reviewed

Licence
Creative Commons - Attribution-NoDerivs


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