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Critical Teacher Education for Social Sustainability: Voices from Zambian Student Teachers and Tutors (2025)
Journal Article
Yuan, T., & Carroll, G. (2025). Critical Teacher Education for Social Sustainability: Voices from Zambian Student Teachers and Tutors. British Journal of Educational Studies, https://doi.org/10.1080/00071005.2025.2450348

This study aims to reveal the contributions of teacher education to social sustainability in an African context. The study explored the gaps and connections between multiple layers of policy, global, regional, and national educational targets, and th... Read More about Critical Teacher Education for Social Sustainability: Voices from Zambian Student Teachers and Tutors.

A systematic review of teaching Comparative and International Education (CIE) in higher education: themes, contexts, and methods (2024)
Journal Article
Li, M., Li, S., & Yuan, T. (2024). A systematic review of teaching Comparative and International Education (CIE) in higher education: themes, contexts, and methods. Compare: A Journal of Comparative and International Education, https://doi.org/10.1080/03057925.2024.2429826

This paper scrutinises the teaching of Comparative and International Education (CIE) in higher education, addressing the gap in the discourse on how CIE is taught. Utilising the latest 'Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analys... Read More about A systematic review of teaching Comparative and International Education (CIE) in higher education: themes, contexts, and methods.

Higher education beyond SDG 4: China’s scholarship provision in the Global South (2022)
Journal Article
Yuan, T. (2022). Higher education beyond SDG 4: China’s scholarship provision in the Global South. International Journal of Chinese Education, 11(3), 1-20. https://doi.org/10.1177/2212585X221136735

In international development of education, the United Nation’s Sustainable Development Goal four monitors the scholarships offered by Western donors to developing countries. This paper, based on a qualitative study with 43 students from 26 developing... Read More about Higher education beyond SDG 4: China’s scholarship provision in the Global South.

Rethinking ‘International Perspective’ in Education Studies: ‘Knowing’ education in the global era (2020)
Book Chapter
Yuan, T. (2020). Rethinking ‘International Perspective’ in Education Studies: ‘Knowing’ education in the global era. In C. A. Simon, & G. Downes (Eds.), Sociology for Education Studies: Connecting Theory, Settings and Everyday Experiences. Routledge

This chapter explores the knowledge of ‘education’ at an international level. The concept of ‘education’ is becoming increasingly complex in the context of modernisation and globalisation. The chapter deals with a historical review of the changing in... Read More about Rethinking ‘International Perspective’ in Education Studies: ‘Knowing’ education in the global era.

Re-thinking International Students' Voice in South-South Cooperation in Higher Education 关于发展中国家留学生在华学习体验的反思: An International Development Perspective 国际发展的视角 (2020)
Journal Article
Yuan, T. (2020). Re-thinking International Students' Voice in South-South Cooperation in Higher Education 关于发展中国家留学生在华学习体验的反思: An International Development Perspective 国际发展的视角. Journal of International Students, 10(S(1)), 94-98. https://doi.org/10.32674/jis.v10is%281%29.1778

This article provides an initial reflection based on a recent qualitative study on China’s higher education and scholarship provision to international students from developing countries. The empirical data collected from focus groups reveal two emerg... Read More about Re-thinking International Students' Voice in South-South Cooperation in Higher Education 关于发展中国家留学生在华学习体验的反思: An International Development Perspective 国际发展的视角.

Revisiting China’s Africa policies and educational promises: towards a global convergence of development in the post-2015 era? (2019)
Journal Article
Yuan, T. (2019). Revisiting China’s Africa policies and educational promises: towards a global convergence of development in the post-2015 era?. Globalisation, Societies and Education, 17(5), 658-673. https://doi.org/10.1080/14767724.2019.1595534

Comparing China’s 2006 and 2015 Africa policies, this article reveals how China’s political discourse has become more confident, practical, and depoliticised. In particular, this paper shows how education is allocated, promised, and embedded in China... Read More about Revisiting China’s Africa policies and educational promises: towards a global convergence of development in the post-2015 era?.

Diploma serves diplomacy: China's "donor logic" in educational aid (2014)
Journal Article
Yuan, T. (2014). Diploma serves diplomacy: China's "donor logic" in educational aid. China: An International Journal, 12(2), 87-109

China's engagement in Africa is an increasingly popular topic in the 21st century. However, not much attention has been paid in the field of education and little evidence can be seen in what actually happens on the ground. This article aims to explor... Read More about Diploma serves diplomacy: China's "donor logic" in educational aid.

The Rising ‘China Model’ of Educational Cooperation with Africa (2013)
Book Chapter
Yuan, T. (2013). The Rising ‘China Model’ of Educational Cooperation with Africa. In S. Majhanovich, & M. A. Geo-JaJa (Eds.), Economics, Aid and Education (183-198). SensePublishers. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6209-365-2_12

Globalization and the economic growth of some developing countries are not new issues. Moreover, when globalization takes the form of a knowledge-based economy, education is increasingly becoming a crucial factor in the contemporary neo-liberal marke... Read More about The Rising ‘China Model’ of Educational Cooperation with Africa.