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Is Freedom of Speech Possible in University Classrooms? A Case Study of Mainland Chinese Students in Taiwanese Classrooms (84321)
Session Chair: Yu-Li Wang
Wednesday, 30 October 2024 13:45
Session: Session 1
Room: Room 105
Presentation Type:Oral Presentation
Cross-strait educational exchanges started from early 1990, Taiwan has providing mainland students access to Taiwanese university degrees and recognized the diplomas of mainland universities from 2011. The degree students often lived in the immersive environment of Taiwan for couple years. During their study in Taiwan, Chinese degree students often find themselves engaged in various discussions on social issues in the classroom. However, as the cross-strait relations become increasingly tense, the sensitive issues like the 2014 Hong Kong Umbrella Revolution and the 2021 Xinjiang cotton controversy increasingly arise in classroom discourse.
Moreover, under the hostile atmosphere between Taiwan and mainland China, Covid-19 came quietly. Following the announcements of the Wuhan’s lockdown, Taiwanese university teachers were asked to provide online teaching to ensure the rights of overseas degree students.
This study aimed to explore the expressing strategies of mainland Chinese degree students on the public issues in Taiwanese classrooms and online learning. The "in-depth interviews" method was employed, sixteen university degree students from the field of education, arts and humanity, social science, journalism, business and management, and law were interviewed from March. 28, 2022, to September 30, 2022.
The study found that the discussions on public issues often turned into sensitive issues. The degree students often needed to detect the classroom environments. The results also showed that six strategies were identified as followed "direct expression strategy", "passive participation strategy", "self-censorship strategy", "facts strategy", "dispute avoidance strategy" and "after-class expression strategy". Two extra strategies used online were “highly self-censorship strategy” and “deferring strategy”.
Authors:
Yu-Li Wang, Chinese Culture University, Taiwan
About the Presenter(s)
Professor Yu-Li Wang is a University Professor/Principal Lecturer at Chinese Culture University in Taiwan
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