Skip to main content

ETHNOS_APP

Home • Search • Journals • List 0

Those who can, educate’

The academic ability of college students in education programs in Taiwan

Bibliographic Data

ID14690486
AuthorsHsiou‐Huai Wang (0000-0002-5696-156X, National Taipei University of Education, corresponding author), Hsiou-Huai Wang
Year2012
Volume37
Issue5
Pages527-540
Publication date2012-08-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueStudies in Higher Education (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0307-5079 • E-ISSN: 1470-174X
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/03075079.2010.527326
OpenAlexW2145090985
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited12

Recruiting high-caliber individuals into education programs in higher education institutions to train them to be tomorrow's educators/teachers has been a perennial challenge. Students in education programs are found to be in general lower in academic standing than their counterparts in other fields, reflecting a seemingly distressing phenomenon of 'those who cannot, educate'. In contrast to such a discouraging phenomenon, this article shows that in Taiwan, based on a nationally representative data set of 12,246 college students, students in education programs are academically more outstanding than their non-education counterparts. Furthermore, among education majors, those who aspire to be future teachers have even higher academic quality than their non-teaching counterparts. The underlying policy and socio-cultural contexts of such a positive phenomenon of 'those who can, educate' are further explained and implications for educators in other countries are discussed. Keywords: academic qualitycollege studentseducation programsteacher educationTaiwan Acknowledgements The author would like to thank the National Science Council, Taiwan, the Republic of China, for funding this research, and would also like to thank the Integrated Higher Education Database System in Taiwan for permission to use their nationally representative datasets for analysis

Academic achievement · China · Higher education · Mathematics education · Medical education · Pedagogy · Phenomenon · Political science · Public relations · Sociology · Global Educational Reforms and Inequalities · Higher Education Governance and Development · Higher Education Research Studies · Law · Medicine · Psychology

  • Is respect for teachers beneficial or harmful to students? The predictive effects of dual dimensions of respect-for-teachers on teacher-student relationships and academic engagement in a Confucian cultural context

    Open Access•Chin‐lung Chien, Shih‐Chi Hsu et al.•Social Psychology of Education•2024

  • Once hired, seldom gone”

    Open Access•Hsiou‐Huai Wang, Hsiou-Huai Wang et al.•Teaching and Teacher Education•2013

  • The Republic of China (Taiwan)

    Open Access•Lin Ch'ing-jiang, Ching-jiang Lin•Schooling in East Asia•1983

  • Access to and Opportunity in Postsecondary Education in the United States

    Therese L Baker, William Velez•Sociology of Education•1996

  • Expansion and Ascription

    Open Access•Richard A Wanner•Canadian Review of Sociology/Revue…•1999

  • From uniformity to diversification

    Open Access•Bih-Jen Fwu, Hsiou‐Huai Wang et al.•International Journal of…•2002

  • The Confucian continuum

    Open Access•Ching-Hwa Tsai•International Journal of…•1992

  • International encyclopedia of teaching and teacher education

    Open Access•Lynn Davies•International Journal of…•1996

  • In pursuit of teacher quality in diversity

    Open Access•Hsiou‐Huai Wang, Hsiou-Huai Wang et al.•International Journal of…•2006

  • The Social Status of Teachers in Taiwan

    Bih-Jen Fwu, Hsiou‐Huai Wang et al.•Comparative Education•2002

  • Teacher Pay and Teacher Quality

    Dominic J Brewer, Dale Ballou et al.•Industrial and Labor Relations…•1998

Unique citing works2
Citations per year0,15
Citation span2013 - 2024 (12)
Citation velocityrecent
Highly citedNo
Citation typesNeutral: 2

Tools

Open DOISci-Hub
Ethnos_APP • Open Source Project • MIT License • Frontend v2.0.0 • Privacy and Cookies • API Documentation: api.ethnos.app/docs • API Source Code: GitHub • DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.17049435 • Frontend Source Code: GitHub • DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.17050053 • cruz.rio.br • Expectantes Misericordiae