Educational Reform of China’s University

2 Educational Reform

B-Log on Social Change and Educational Reform: The Case of a University Class in Greece

New technologies evangelized the coming of a new era in the context of human communication. However, neo-luddites soon started to express their scepticism in regards the impact of this type of communication on human relations. For example, impersonalization and de-humanization are often debated as symptoms of online communication in comparison to face to face interaction (Jonscher, 1999). The a...

Educational reform: problem-based learning at Chang Gung University, an overview.

Problem-based learning is an educational method characterized by utilization of problems involving patients as a context for students to learn problem-solving skills and acquire knowledge about basic and clinical science. It is a core curriculum in the new pathway of educational reform. Chang Gung University and Chang Gung Memorial Hospital began a program of educational reform in 1998. However...

“Equalizing Opportunity Through Educational Finance Reform”

We analyze the reallocations of educational expenditures required to equalize opportunities, according to the theory of Roemer (1998). Using the NLSYM data set, we find that implementing an equal-opportunity policy across men of different races, by using educational finance as the instrument, and ensuring that no race received less than the average observed nationally, would require spending ni...

Educational Reform and Current Education Initiatives