The Enlightenments for Chinese Higher Education from Positioning Among Functions and Positioning Internal Functions in American and German Universities
Abstract
The positioning among function of Chinese university/college is scientific research. The positioning internal function is explicit performance. The result of evolution is the niche of scientific research drives out teaching and the niche of explicit performance drives out tacit performance. According to the experience of the balanced positioning among function and the quality positioning internal function of American and German university/college, Chinese university/college should stress on the balanced positioning among function and positioning internal function of teacher, so that realizes the evolution of positioning among function and positioning internal function of Chinese university/college from the expansion in quantity to improvement in quality.
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