Student Motivations, Quality and Status in Adult Higher Education (AHE) in China

Autor/inn/en	Wang, Naixia; Morgan, W. John
Titel	Student Motivations, Quality and Status in Adult Higher Education (AHE) in China
Quelle	In: International Journal of Lifelong Education, 28 (2009) 4, S.473-491 (19 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0260-1370
Schlagwörter	Higher Education; Human Capital; Role of Education; Labor Market; Lifelong Learning; Foreign Countries; Student Motivation; Education Work Relationship; Case Studies; Educational Quality; Social Change; Research Methodology; Teaching Methods; China + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Humankapital; Bildungsauftrag; Labour market; Arbeitsmarkt; Life-long learning; Lebenslanges Lernen; Ausland; Schulische Motivation; Case study; Fallstudie; Case Study; Quality of education; Bildungsqualität; Sozialer Wandel; Research method; Forschungsmethode; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode
Abstract	This article examines an important and yet neglected aspect of the relationship between higher education and the labour market in contemporary China. It does this through a detailed case study of student motivations, quality and status in adult higher education (AHE) in the city of Taiyuan, Shanxi Province. This is a region which has seen major economic and social changes as China makes the transition from a centrally planned to a market-oriented economy. The case study is placed in that context. Using the theoretical perspective of human capital theory, the article examines the role of education in labour markets. It then considers the relevance of lifelong learning to the research and provides an account of the methodological approach used in the study. The findings of the research are then presented according to the key research questions. These are that the utilitarianism which exists in AHE provision and demand in China has had an impact upon the quality of provision and learning in this sector. This will definitely not help to develop a lifelong-learning-based society and promote citizens' all-round development as suggested by government regulations on lifelong learning. (Contains 7 figures and 1 table.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10