China as a Subject of International Education: Experience of Development – Future Human Image

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by Chengzhang Zou¹ and Weizhen Gao²
¹ Guangdong University of Petrochemical Technology (Maoming, China)
² National Pedagogical Dragomanov University (Kyiv, Ukraine)
DOI: https://doi.org/10.29202/fhi/11/14
Received: 29 November 2018 / Accepted: 24 December 2018 / Published: 12 March 2019

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Abstract

The phenomenon of internationalization of the space of modern higher education is carried out as basic of the research. Its specific features are distinguished at the contemporary stage of social development. The idea of international education is grounded as a way of formation of cosmopolitanism. The authors examine the positive experience of China in the internationalization of the country’s higher education system through the introduction of technical and pedagogical innovations, distance education, the development of language competences and consistent social and educational policies.

Keywords: international education; distance education; academic mobility; internationalization of higher education; world market of educational services

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Zou, Chengzhang and Weizhen Gao (2019) China as a Subject of International Education: Experience of Development. Future Human Image, Volume 11, 120-129. https://doi.org/10.29202/fhi/11/14

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