1st Edition

Engineering Teaching in China’s Higher Education A Social Realist Approach

By Tengteng Zhuang Copyright 2023
212 Pages 8 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

212 Pages 8 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

212 Pages 8 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

Based on a case study of engineering teaching in China’s higher education sector, this book unravels the interlocking influencing factors that condition the experience of engineering faculty members along with multiple stakeholders’ expectations of engineering teaching. What motivates and demotivates a university instructor to provide excellent teaching, especially in the disciplines where... Read more

1. Introduction  2. Researching Engineering Faculty Members' Teaching at Chinese Universities: The Design of the Study  3. Teaching Expectations in China’s Latest University Engineering Education Reforms: The Ideal Standards  4. Status Quo and Innovations  5. Structural Conditionings Shaping Engineering Faculty Members’ Teaching  6. The Work of Cultural Conditionings  7. The Reflexive Imperative of Teaching in Engineering Education  8. Exploring Teaching Agency in Quantitative Terms  9. Drawing the Strands Together: The Social Realist Explanations

Biography

Tengteng Zhuang is currently Assistant Professor at the Institute of Higher Education, Faculty of Education, Beijing Normal University, China. His main research area is engineering education at the university level, especially with a focus on teaching agency, pedagogical patterns, and university-industry collaboration.