A Comparison of the Internationalization of Education in Taiwan and Japan: The Perspective of Elementary School Principals

Autor/inn/en	Lin, Ming-Huang; Chen, Shan-Hua
Titel	A Comparison of the Internationalization of Education in Taiwan and Japan: The Perspective of Elementary School Principals
Quelle	In: International Education Studies, 7 (2014) 2, S.47-59 (13 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1913-9020
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Comparative Analysis; Global Approach; Elementary Schools; Principals; Administrator Attitudes; Questionnaires; International Education; Japan; Taiwan + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Globales Denken; Elementary school; Grundschule; Volksschule; Principal; Schulleiter; Fragebogen; Internationale Erziehung
Abstract	Due to the increasing need to develop a globalized workforce, like many countries across the globe, Taiwan and Japan have extended the efforts to internationalize education to the elementary-school level. This study focuses on elementary school principals from both countries and explores the importance that these school leaders place on the level and ordering of various factors in the internationalization of education efforts. Using a questionnaire-based research design, a researcher-made instrument was administered to the principals of both countries, and the analytic hierarchy process (AHP) as well as descriptive statistics were used to compare the internationalization of education goals of both countries in terms of the effectiveness of ordering and practical implementation. Afterwards, the study utilized corresponding analysis (CA) to determine the views of the principals of both countries regarding the relationships between the goals and strategies of international education, which are summarized therein. Finally, through the data obtained and resulting discussion, the study offers some suggestions for the educational institutions and educators of both countries related to the implementation of an international education. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01