The peril and promise of China’s education internationalisation: Online education, inequality and disabled students
Abstract
This paper provides a commentary on China’s latest internationalisation initiative released in June 2020. We find that accelerating online education, as part of the initiative, has several potential social benefits, including enhanced access to higher education, better social participation and improved global citizenship. We also highlight alarming and under-explored concerns relating to China’s education internationalisation, featuring education inequalities between students in different Chinese regions and rural and disabled students. We call for future research, including online education studies, to address these inequalities within the Chinese education landscape, especially involving disabled children who are currently encountering significant hurdles in accessing basic education within the prevailing system.
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Author's Biography
Guoxin Ma Dr Guoxin Ma is a research associate at Southampton Business School. Building on years of experience in management consulting, Guoxin has focused their attention on people management theories and organisational structures. A respected academic and a proud advocate for the autistic community, Guoxin currently leads a multidisciplinary, cross-institutional team. Their ongoing project is concentrated on examining a significant number of employment tribunal cases, specifically those related to disability discrimination and reasonable adjustments.
Taposh Roy Dr Taposh Roy is the Department Head of Teaching (HoT) and Lecturer in HR Management and Organisational Behaviour at the Southampton Business School. Prior to joining Southampton Business School, Taposh worked as a Teaching Associate for Sheffield Management School and Hull Business School. He received his PhD in management from the University of Hull in 2015. He also holds an MSc in marketing and communications management and BA (BBA) in marketing and human resource management. Taposh is interested in research investigating aspects of corporate social responsibility (CSR), particularly within the context of developing countries. His PhD thesis was titled ‘CSR communication by MNOs in the context of Bangladesh and its impact on employees’.
Citation
Ma, Guoxin and Roy, Taposh (2024, March 1). The peril and promise of China’s education internationalisation: Online education, inequality and disabled students. In the Advances in Online Education: A Peer-Reviewed Journal, Volume 2, Issue 3. https://doi.org/10.69554/OMVT5548.
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