中澳合作发展双学位硕士项目的机遇与挑战——双学位硕士项目个案研究

Opportunities and Challenges for Developing Chinese-Australian Dual Master’s Degree Programs: A Case Study

通过对一个双学位项目历时五年的追踪调查,本研究综合评估了中国高校和澳洲高校联合开发双硕士项目的机遇与挑战。研究显示,中澳之间开发这样的项目既有机遇也有挑战。机遇在于学生和两校相关单位在项目中的收获,包括:①参与项目的学生在英语语言能力、学术研究水平、跨文化交际能力方面有较大提高,并逐步构建了作为国际学者的身份;这一成功经验吸引了更多中国学生对跨国教育项目的兴趣;②项目的开展进一步加强和促进了两校之间的学术合作。挑战主要来自三个方面:该项目对澳大利亚本土学生吸引力有限、澳大利亚教育部的新政策的执行、澳方大学的项目调整。这些挑战给未来的项目合作前景带来了较大不确定性。在调查基础上,本研究为中澳类似合作项目的开发和执行提出了具体建议。

This paper presents a holistic evaluation of the benefits and challenges of developing Chinese-Australian dual masters degree programs.Through a case study of a dual masters degree programs carried out from 2012 to 2017,the research finds that both opportunities and challenges coexist in the cultivation of such programs.Opportunities lie in the benefits the participant and the institutions gained from the execution of the program,including(1)participant’s gaining of unprecedented experiences,the development of her language proficiency,intercultural understanding and English academic writing ability;(2)strengthened academic cooperation between the two institutions.The challenges arise from the limited interest of these programs for Australian students,the Australia’s new education policy and the adjustment of the programs’proceedings.It suggests that future programs should be more flexible especially in terms of execution procedures,and that the institutions involved in the programs have more autonomy to improve the compatibility between the two educational systems.