Higher Education In The Asian Century: The European Legacy And The Future Of Transnational Education In The Asean Region (asia-europe Education Dialogue)

"There is increasing interest in the Asian arena; both as a home for the delivery of international higher education and as a breeding ground for a new brand of sustainable domestic and international growth. Academics are increasingly turning to Asia and Asian Education in order to better understand and predict the emerging trends of global education and this book will serve to provide a forum for debate of this nature. The book provides an insight into the interplay of Asian and European education, identifies the key areas for further development and firmly grounds the approach as one of conversation and dialogue, rather than one-sided dictation. It also highlights the critical issues within the development of international education, discusses the value and challenges of existing TNE practices as a mechanism to respond to the emerging Asian needs and provides an insight into the future direction of education in the Asian century"-- Provided by publisher There is increasing interest in the Asian arena, both as a home for the delivery of international higher education and as a breeding ground for a new brand of sustainable domestic and international growth. Academics are increasingly turning to Asia and Asian education in order to better understand and predict the emerging trends of global education, and this book will serve to provide a forum for debate of this nature. The book provides an insight into the interplay of Asian and European education, identifies the key areas for further development and firmly grounds the approach as one of conversation and dialogue, rather than one-sided dictation. It also highlights the critical issues within the development of international education, discusses the value and challenges of existing TNE practices as a mechanism to respond to the emerging Asian needs and provides insights into the future direction of education in the Asian century Cover Title Copyright Contents List of tables and figure List of abbreviations Notes on contributors Introduction 1 Malaysia, TNE and politics 2 Higher education, transnational education and the evolution of the Cambodian education system 3 International benchmarking through transnational higher education programme knowledge transfer: An Indonesian case study 4 The legacy of European education in Thai higher education 5 The European legacy and the higher education link in Singapore 6 International influences on Vietnamese higher education: French and Soviet legacies meet contemporary globalism 7 The Philippines and the European legacy to ASEAN integration 8 Higher education in Myanmar: The potential impact of TNE in the adaptation of its national higher education for a globalised world Summary Index