dc.contributor.author | Hu, Yijun | |
dc.contributor.editor | Mark Chou | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2017-06-20T03:36:35Z | |
dc.date.available | 2017-06-20T03:36:35Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2016 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10072/340431 | |
dc.description.abstract | From the outset of China’s Reform and Opening up period in 1978 and until 2015, 2.2 million
Chinese students returned to the country upon completion of their qualification abroad.
Among these returnees are a large number of overseas-educated academics who have
been enticed back to Chinese academia by the government and universities in order to
facilitate China’s competition in globalised higher education. Therefore, an investigation of
the contributions of this cohort to the Chinese academic community is considered both
timely and worthwhile. This paper draws on interview data collected as part of a doctoral
research study. In particular, it examines the experience of one Chinese returned academic’s
engagement with knowledge flows. Detailed analysis of the interview accounts suggests
that, on the one hand, the participant recognises the fundamental position of certain
disciplinary knowledge. On the other hand, he opposes “borrowism”, advocates critical
appropriation of Western knowledge, and emphasises the need to re-contextualise exotic
ideas and to incorporate these within Chinese knowledge. The analysis also highlights the
significance of personal involvement in society to better understand and document local
knowledge. | |
dc.description.peerreviewed | Yes | |
dc.language | English | |
dc.publisher | The Australian Sociological Association (TASA) | |
dc.publisher.place | Australia | |
dc.publisher.uri | https://tasa.org.au/tasa-conference/2016-tasa-conference/ | |
dc.relation.ispartofconferencename | TASA 2016 | |
dc.relation.ispartofconferencetitle | Refereed Proceedings of TASA 2016 Conference. The Annual Conference of The Australian Sociological Association: Cities & Successful Societies | |
dc.relation.ispartofdatefrom | 2016-11-28 | |
dc.relation.ispartofdateto | 2016-12-01 | |
dc.relation.ispartoflocation | Melbourne, Vic, Australia | |
dc.subject.fieldofresearch | Higher Education | |
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode | 130103 | |
dc.title | Does Western knowledge flow into Chinese universities? A case study of Chinese returned academics and academic knowledge flows | |
dc.type | Conference output | |
dc.type.description | E1 - Conferences | |
dc.type.code | E - Conference Publications | |
dc.description.version | Version of Record (VoR) | |
gro.faculty | Arts, Education & Law Group, School of Education and Professional Studies | |
gro.rights.copyright | © The Author(s) 2016. The attached file is reproduced here with permission of the copyright owner[s] for your personal use only. No further distribution permitted. For information about this conference please refer to TASA website or contact the author[s]. | |
gro.hasfulltext | Full Text | |
gro.griffith.author | Hu, Yijun | |