scholarly journals The incentivisation of English medium instruction in Chinese universities: policy misfires and misalignments

2021 ◽  
Vol 0 (0) ◽  
Author(s):  
Xin Xu ◽  
Heath Rose ◽  
Jim McKinley ◽  
Sihan Zhou
Keyword(s):  
Driving Forces ◽  
Policy And Practice ◽  
Chinese Universities ◽  
Academic Identities ◽  
Teacher Researcher ◽  
English Medium Instruction ◽  
Higher Education In China ◽  
Implicit And Explicit ◽  
Education In China ◽  
Selection Of

Abstract The growth of English medium instruction (EMI) in higher education in China over the past two decades has been promoted via implicit and explicit policies that aim to incentivise activities associated with the creation of English-taught courses and programs. This study investigates the components of such incentivisation schemes. It also explores how incentivisation policies are being implemented by policy arbiters, EMI programme directors, and EMI teachers. Data were collected from two sources: 93 institutional policy documents on EMI provision collected from 63 Chinese universities, and 26 interviews with senior university staff at a selection of eight Chinese universities. Results revealed that incentivisation policies focused on increased workload weighting for EMI courses, greater access to career development opportunities for teachers, increased monetary rewards, and dedicated financial support for creating and delivering courses. A comparison of policy and practice revealed areas of policy misfires and misalignments. EMI teachers considered the workload incentives insufficient and were not primarily motivated by financial rewards, but rather chose to teach in English for professional, academic, and personal intrinsic rewards; many viewed EMI at the core of their teacher-researcher academic identities. The paper concludes with recommendations to better align incentivisation policies with the driving forces attached to EMI in China.

Post PhD Adjustments and Internationalization of Higher Education in China - A Study based on International PhD Students in China

2016 ◽  
Vol 7 (4) ◽  
pp. 37-47
Author(s):  
Ghulam Nabi ◽  
Song Wei ◽  
Ghulam Ghous ◽  
Nadia Sheikh
Keyword(s):  
Dominant Role ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Comparative Performance ◽  
Employment Adjustment ◽  
Informal Interview ◽  
Phd Education ◽  
Higher Education In China ◽  
Adjustment Issues ◽  
Education In China ◽  
Selection Of

PhD education plays dominant role in the field of innovation, science, technology and economic development. This is being sponsored by some key scholarship agencies in the world among which Chinese Scholarship Council has emerged one among biggest. This research has been intended to understand the process of selection of PhD awardees and employment adjustment in their home country. An informal interview followed by a 5 point likert scale questionnaire were used to collected data from 200 PhD scholarship awardees in China and indigenous PhDs in Pakistan. This study has identified two main findings, one is the awareness issue about the scholarships availability is a serious issue and the other one is eligibility issue based on the number of schooling years required for PhD admission that may pose serious post PhD adjustment issues. While as a strong coordination gap does exist between Chinese scholarship agencies with other countries. A future research is being suggested to analyze comparative performance between Chinese and non-Chinese Ph.Ds.

scholarly journals An Investigation of Lecturers’ Teaching through English Medium of Instruction – A Case of Higher Education in China

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Haijiao Chen ◽  
Jinghe Han ◽  
David Wright
Keyword(s):  
Lived Experience ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Local Context ◽  
Asian Countries ◽  
Chinese University ◽  
English Medium Instruction ◽  
Higher Education In China ◽  
English Medium Of Instruction ◽  
Policy Guidance ◽  
Education In China

Teaching through English Medium Instruction (EMI) has been a strategic move in some European and Asian countries as part of their educational internationalisation. A large number of studies on EMI teaching have appeared in the last decade. The majority of these report on issues and concerns at macro-level including: the lack of structured policy guidance, EMI lecturers and students’ low level of English proficiency, and a shortfall of research informed training programs for EMI lecturers. Up to date, there is little research into EMI in-class teaching and learning. Lived experience in EMI in-class practice has been largely ignored. To fill this gap, this research explored a group of academics’ in-class EMI practice in a Chinese university. Their teaching process through EMI was observed and recorded, with data analysed through a multiple theoretical lens. Data reveal that EMI teaching is a complicated issue and can be neither standardised nor prescribed. It needs to be addressed as a pedagogy responding to and influenced by local context, driven by language, culture and education systems. This research is expected to provide insight for the development of localised institutional guidelines for EMI teaching and lecturers’ professional development in EMI teaching.

scholarly journals Governance and Financing of Chinese Higher Education

2000 ◽  
Vol 8 ◽  
pp. 26 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chengzhi Wang
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Higher Education Policy ◽  
Chinese Higher Education ◽  
Policy And Practice ◽  
Mass Higher Education ◽  
Economic Significance ◽  
Great Leap Forward ◽  
Higher Education In China ◽  
Education In China ◽  
Administrative Decentralization

With an introduction to the overall underdevelopment of higher education in China compared with the American counterpart, this article briefly examines the main trends of over two decades of development of the governance and financing systems of China's higher education sector. This article analyzes the resource allocation from governments and revenue generation in institutions under the reform policies of administrative decentralization and financing diversification. The new "Great Leap Forward" in higher education in 1999 and beyond, i.e., the radical and, to a certain extent, desperate mass higher education policy and practice of expanding enrollments in order to spur domestic consumption, is critically analyzed. By examining the ongoing institutional merging and "co-building" and the most recent enrollment expansion, the writer points out the economic significance for higher education of overcoming diseconomies of scale and inefficiencies. However, the long-range outcomes of the seemingly exciting investment in and consumption of mass higher education are difficult to predict.

The craze for English-medium education in China: driving forces and looming consequences

English Today ◽  
2009 ◽  
Vol 25 (4) ◽  
pp. 47-54 ◽  
Author(s):  
Guangwei Hu
Keyword(s):  
Bilingual Education ◽  
Critical Review ◽  
Final Section ◽  
Driving Forces ◽  
Theoretical Work ◽  
English Bilingual ◽  
Medium Education ◽  
English Medium Instruction ◽  
Education In China ◽  
Education Initiative

ABSTRACTThe problematic of the use of English as a teaching medium in China.This paper presents a critical review of the Chinese-English bilingual education initiative from a sociological perspective. It consists of three major sections. The first section briefly discusses French sociologist Pierre Bourdieu's (1986, 1991) theoretical work which informs the current critical review. The second section examines some of the major driving forces behind the runaway expansion of English-medium instruction. The final section analyses the implications and consequences of such instruction for China.

On the System of Multiple Linear Regression of Higher Education Tuition in China

2011 ◽  
Vol 211-212 ◽  
pp. 752-755
Author(s):  
Wei Wang ◽  
De Quan Liu ◽  
Jian Liu
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Linear Regression ◽  
Multiple Linear Regression ◽  
Multiple Linear Regression Model ◽  
The State ◽  
State Funding ◽  
Reasonable Assumption ◽  
Training Costs ◽  
Higher Education In China ◽  
Education In China

Based on the fairness and benefits of the opportunity to accept higher education, tuition should be paid. The average cost of higher education and the ability to pay tuition which is determined by the average income are two fundamental basics for making the standard of tuition. In order to research the standard of tuition, the paper has focused on two issues: What is the acceptable range of tuition for higher education in China? How much is the reasonable tuition for higher education in China? Then we have established a multiple linear regression model on the basis of the reasonable assumption. Using the Eviews Software, we got that the range of average tuition was [4674.4, 7516.1]. Then we made a sensitivity analysis on the state funding and got the conclusion, tuition of colleges and universities all over our country were reasonable, and that the average tuition was negatively correlated to the state funding to some extent. Through the conclusion, we obtained that the state funding accounted for 25% in training costs of students. When the state funding rose by 250 yuan, the average tuition would decrease by 238 yuan.

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