
Scientific Development and Higher Education
The Case of Newly Industrializing Nations
Praeger Publishers Inc
Published on 26. June 1989
Book
Hardback
396 pages
978-0-275-93264-0 (ISBN)
Description
This is the first book to provide detailed analysis of the relationship between higher education and scientific research in key Third World countries. Focusing on four of the most successful of the newly industrializing countries--Malaysia, Taiwan, South Korea, and Singapore--the authors examine the intersection between outstanding economic development in these four countries and the higher education and research establishments they have developed. The study combines careful analysis of the current status of scientific research in higher education with detailed ethnographic case studies of scientific work.
Based upon a two-year research effort sponsored by the National Science Foundation, the study presents a multifaceted approach to the subject, evaluating for each country: the organization of the universities and other scientific institutions; the scientists and administrators who work in these institutions; the research productivity and the relationship of basic research to applied uses in industry and commerce; the interactions of these institutions with scholars from Western Europe, Japan, and North America. The authors demonstrate that the nations under study are rapidly building a sophisticated scientific infrastructure and clearly recognize the importance of science for development. The book concludes with an enlightening discussion of how scientists publish their findings in these countries.
Based upon a two-year research effort sponsored by the National Science Foundation, the study presents a multifaceted approach to the subject, evaluating for each country: the organization of the universities and other scientific institutions; the scientists and administrators who work in these institutions; the research productivity and the relationship of basic research to applied uses in industry and commerce; the interactions of these institutions with scholars from Western Europe, Japan, and North America. The authors demonstrate that the nations under study are rapidly building a sophisticated scientific infrastructure and clearly recognize the importance of science for development. The book concludes with an enlightening discussion of how scientists publish their findings in these countries.
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Target group
College/higher education
Interest Age: From 7 to 17 years
Dimensions
Height: 240 mm
Width: 161 mm
Thickness: 26 mm
Weight
772 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-275-93264-0 (9780275932640)
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PHILIP G. ALTBACH is Professor and Director of the Comparative Education Center, State University of New York at Buffalo.
CHARLES H. DAVIS is Science Advisor in the Science Council of Canada, Ottawa.
THOMAS O. EISEMON is Professor and Director of the Center for Cognitive and Ethnographic Studies, Faculty of Education, McGill University, Montreal, Canada.
S. GOPINATHAN is Head of the Department of Comparative Studies, Institute of Education, Singapore.
H. STEVE HSIEH is Associate Director General of the Science-Based Industrial Park, Hsinchu, Taiwan, Republic of China.
SUNGHO LEE is Associate Professor in the Faculty of Education, Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea.
PANG ENG FONG is Associate Professor in the Faculty of Management National University of Singapore.
JASBIR SARJIT SINGH is Dean of the Institute of Advanced Study, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
CHARLES H. DAVIS is Science Advisor in the Science Council of Canada, Ottawa.
THOMAS O. EISEMON is Professor and Director of the Center for Cognitive and Ethnographic Studies, Faculty of Education, McGill University, Montreal, Canada.
S. GOPINATHAN is Head of the Department of Comparative Studies, Institute of Education, Singapore.
H. STEVE HSIEH is Associate Director General of the Science-Based Industrial Park, Hsinchu, Taiwan, Republic of China.
SUNGHO LEE is Associate Professor in the Faculty of Education, Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea.
PANG ENG FONG is Associate Professor in the Faculty of Management National University of Singapore.
JASBIR SARJIT SINGH is Dean of the Institute of Advanced Study, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
Content
Introduction Higher Education and Scientific Development Higher Education and Scientific Development: The Promise of Newly Industrialized Countries Higher Education and Research Environments in Korea Scientific Personnel, Research Environments and Higher Education in Malaysia Public Policy, Research Environment and Higher Education in Singapore University Education and Research in Taiwan Case Studies of the Academic Research Environment Research and Productivity in the Malaysian University: A Case Study of the Department of Botany, University of Malaya Faculty Research Attitudes and Practices: The Case of an Electrical Engineering Department in Korea Scientific Research in the Botany Department at the National University of Singapore: A Case Study The Scientific Research Environment in Taiwan Patterns of Scientific Productivity Publication Strategies of Scientists in Four Peripheral Asian Scientific Communities: Some Issues in the Measurement and Interpretation of Non-Mainstream Science Index