Academic Development of Young Teachers in Chinese Universities: A Social Capital Perspective


  •  Hong Liu    
  •  Jian Zheng    

Abstract

Young teachers in colleges and universities are the main force of the teachers in colleges and universities inChina, and are the core element to ensure Chinese higher education to grow vigorously. Their academicdevelopment is directly related to the level of discipline construction, the quality of college students cultivation,and the implementation of the strategy of developing country through science and education in China. This paperis to examine their academic development from a perspective of social capital multidimensionally, explore themain effect of social capital on academic development of young teachers in colleges and universities, and putforward specific countermeasures for accumulating their social capital so as to promote their academicdevelopment. First of all, to raise their subjectivity and accumulate their social capital can be realized throughlearning, training, engaging in advanced studies, enhancing one’s personality charm, widely participating insocial practice activities, and so on. Second, to accumulate external social capital is the duty-boundresponsibility of Chinese government and Chinese administrative department of education, that is, to create asystem environment and to optimize the financial environment for the development of young teachers in collegesand universities, to establish and improve the talent flow mechanism, to create a harmonious, relaxed andpositive academic environment, and to establish and improve the fair and equitable evaluation system.


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