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From the Teachings of Confucius to Western Influences: How Adult Education is Shaped in Taiwan

From the Teachings of Confucius to Western Influences: How Adult Education is Shaped in Taiwan

Viktor Wang, Lesley S. J. Farmer
Copyright: © 2010 |Volume: 1 |Issue: 2 |Pages: 17
ISSN: 1947-8607|EISSN: 1947-878X|EISBN13: 9781609604288|DOI: 10.4018/javet.2010040104
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Wang, Viktor, and Lesley S. J. Farmer. "From the Teachings of Confucius to Western Influences: How Adult Education is Shaped in Taiwan." IJAVET vol.1, no.2 2010: pp.29-45. http://doi.org/10.4018/javet.2010040104

APA

Wang, V. & Farmer, L. S. (2010). From the Teachings of Confucius to Western Influences: How Adult Education is Shaped in Taiwan. International Journal of Adult Vocational Education and Technology (IJAVET), 1(2), 29-45. http://doi.org/10.4018/javet.2010040104

Chicago

Wang, Viktor, and Lesley S. J. Farmer. "From the Teachings of Confucius to Western Influences: How Adult Education is Shaped in Taiwan," International Journal of Adult Vocational Education and Technology (IJAVET) 1, no.2: 29-45. http://doi.org/10.4018/javet.2010040104

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Abstract

This article reports the results of a study designed to determine whether the teachings of Confucius (liberal and behavioral teaching approaches) or Western teaching approaches (humanistic, progressive, radical and analytic teaching approaches) shaped adult education in Taiwan. Thirty-nine randomly selected adult educators from three premium universities in Taipei responded to a survey about their teaching practices. The same adult educators were also interviewed to cross-validate the quantitative findings. Study results indicated that, while the Taiwanese adult educators employed Western teaching approaches to some extent, they clung dearly to Confucian methods of instruction, a finding that was consistent with reports in the literature of adult education in Taiwan.

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