Teaching and Learning in Chinese Higher Education: In: Peters M. (eds) Encyclopedia of Educational Philosophy and Theory. Springer, Singapore

Since the entry of twenty-first century, Chinese higher education has gone through immense and rigorous changes in quite a few aspects, such as speedy and substantial increase in enrollments, educational resources relocation, and an emphasis on internationalization. Many of these higher education reforms are initiated and issued by Chinese government in pursuit of building more world-class universities. Accompanied by these changes, some shifts in teaching and learning have also emerged in Chinese higher education. Even if these shifts are not nationwide phenomena, they may represent a trend that deserves interpretation. This chapter focuses on some major shifts in teaching and learning within Chinese higher education context in the last two decades and discusses the potential reasons and implications.