1. The Way of International
Understanding Education
—the Experience of
Chinese Higher Education
Hou Zixin
Liu QingHua
Nankai University,P.R.China
Nov.4- 6, 2009, Lebanon
2. Content structure
I. Universities of the 21st century should take the new
responsibility for training citizens of the world
Ⅱ. Strengthen international understanding education in the
process of internationalization of universities
III. Establishment of Confucius Institute is a new way to
strengthen international understanding education for
Chinese higher education
3. Ⅰ.Universities of the 21st century should take the new
responsibility for training citizens of the world
-It is objective that multi-culture even multi-civilization
co-exists
-International understanding works in the way of
international exchange and cooperation.
-Universities of the 21st century need to bear the moral
and legal obligations of cultivating world citizens
4. Ⅱ. Strengthen international understanding
education in the process of internationalization of
universities
-Internationalization of universities is the inherent
international character of modern universities
-Internationalization of universities includes the
transnational mobility of students and faculties, the
participation of international conference and congresses,
and even the participation of cooperative study on
international research projects
5. Ⅱ. Strengthen international understanding education
in the process of internationalization of universities
-Chinese higher education attaches high importance to
internationalization of universities, adhering to the principal
that “Education should be oriented towards modernization,
the world and the future”
-Since the policy of reform and opening up was launched in
1978, China has highly encouraged and supported the
international exchanges and cooperation in higher
education
6. Ⅱ. Strengthen international understanding education
in the process of internationalization of universities
The numbers of study-aboard and visiting students
in1978&1999-2008
7. Ⅱ. Strengthen international understanding education in
the process of internationalization of universities
-Nankai University tries hard to find a new way to strengthen
Education for International Understanding, and set up “Nankai-
Aichi pattern”, cooperated with Aichi University (Japan).
-Both universities collaborated to build an “Aichi Guild Hall” for
the use of the visiting Japanese students inside Nankai Uni.
8. Nankai-Aichi pattern
-a four-month “On-site Teaching Program”
-the students from Department of Modern China in Aichi
University would learn some courses, such as Chinese
culture, history, economy and law, etc, which were instructed
by professors in Nankai University. What’s more, they would
participate in some relevant social activities, contact Chinese
students and the ordinary people
-Till now, the program has carried out ten years, and there are
more than 2,000 students who have come to learn in Nankai
University successively
9. results
-The students not only learned some useful knowledge as
required but also acquainted themselves with China and
understood China better by their first-hand experience.
-According to the survey from Aichi University, among the
students who has been to China, over 80% students are
willing to go back to China again to learn or communicate.
-More and more universities give attention to this kind
cooperation style, as to several universities like Kokugakuin
University have organized some similar cooperative
programs with Nankai University.
10. Ⅲ, Establishment of Confucius Institute is a new way
to strengthen international understanding education for
Chinese higher education
Purpose: The establishment of Chinese Confucius
Institutes in foreign countries is a new approach to
strengthen international understanding education. We
are to advance the dialogue between different cultures
and mutual understanding, enhance universal
understanding of Chinese language and culture, defense
the firm relationship with foreign countries, promote
multi-cultural development, and dedicate to building a
harmonious world.
11. Ⅲ, Establishment of Confucius Institute is a new
way to strengthen international understanding
education for Chinese higher education
-Confucius Institute is a non-profit educational and cultural
institution to promote Chinese language and culture.
-Confucius Institute has launched a series of Chinese
courses, covering the academic to non-academic
qualifications, from kindergarten to university, and carried out
various activities and services for local people
-That whether the Golden Mean by Confucius and the
Clash of Civilization by Samuel· Huntington works or not, is
tested by practice.
