Demystifying the Western imagination of the miracle of East Asia education: Transboundary learning culture as a new discourse on students’ academic success

Young Chun KIM, Lai Yin KWOK, Jung-Hoon JUNG

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Abstract

This introduction aims to pinpoint the biased assumptions and contextualized limitations of the existing Western and Orientalist discourse concerning the East Asian learners’ learning experiences, and academic achievements from some postcolonial and post-Oriental perspectives. It also scrutinizes how their learning and culture are shaped through a new concept of transboundary learning culture and schooling systems (TLCS). Based on the overview of the following papers and TLCS framework, such introduction also draws implications for postcolonial and transcultural research studies. Copyright © 2025 The Author(s).
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)3-17
JournalBeijing International Review of Education
Volume7
Issue number1-2
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Mar 2025

Citation

Kim, Y. C., Kwok, P. L. Y., & Jung, J.-H. (2025). Demystifying the Western imagination of the miracle of East Asia education: Transboundary learning culture as a new discourse on students’ academic success. Beijing International Review of Education, 7(1-2), 3-17. https://doi.org/10.1177/25902547251356024

Keywords

  • Transboundary learning culture
  • Academic success
  • Post-Orientalism
  • Postcolonial research
  • Transcultural studies

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