Higher education in Vietnam
Subtitle: flexibility, mobility and practicality in the global knowledge economy
By: Ly Tran [and others]
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 2014
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781137436474
Subjects: Higher Education; Higher education and state; EDUCATION / Higher; EDUCATION / Educational Policy & Reform / General; EDUCATION / Philosophy & Social Aspects; EDUCATION / Comparative
Description: "Higher and tertiary education have become crucial to modern economies and societies. As a nation, Vietnam has great potential and its secondary school students perform very well in comparative international tests, yet its universities and colleges are poor-performing, under-funded and slow to change compared to those in neighbouring East Asian nations like China and South Korea. Why is this the case - and what can be done about it? Higher Education in Vietnam dissects the problems and provides constructive and well-located solutions, combining reform with Vietnam's strong educational tradition, for the transformation of higher education in governance, funding, curriculum, quality assurance, internationalization, language policy, research and vocational training. Written by a team of expert insiders with international experience, this book is the first comprehensive diagnosis and prescription for higher education in Vietnam and establishes a distinctive Vietnamese pathway for modernization in the global knowledge economy"--
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note:; title: 1. Education for Flexibility, Practicality and MobilityPART I: STUDENTS AND STRUCTURES2. Higher and Tertiary Education in Vietnam3. Towards More Flexible Organization4. Curriculum and Pedagogy5. The Student SelfPART II: THE GLOBAL CHALLENGE6. Internationalisation7. Policy Borrowing8. Foreign Language PolicyPART III: EXTENDING THE BOUNDARIES9. Research in Universities10. Vocational Education and TrainingCONCLUSION11. Modernization with Vietnamese Character.