Students' Experiences of Teaching and Learning Reforms in Vietnamese Higher Education

"Given the rising economic development and international standing of Vietnam, this book represents a valuable contribution to the literature on higher education reforms in South East Asia. Focusing on teaching and learning reforms in Vietnamese higher education since the early 2000s, the book provides nuanced insights into the contextual realities of reforms in the HE system from a unique angle – students’ experiences and perspectives.

The core of this book is made of thirteen chapters, which is an excellent combination of theoretical discussions, evidence-based analysis of the impacts of various reforms and recommendations for improving teaching and learning practices. It is a comprehensive discussion of reform policies and empirical evidence about the purposes, the context, the key dimensions and the challenges of teaching and learning reforms in Vietnamese higher education. It represents a compelling read for higher education institutions, scholars, policy makers and practitioners alike." -Ly Pham, Member of Vietnam National Committee for Education and Human Resource Development, Vietnam

"This book makes a distinctive contribution to the literature on higher education in Vietnam. It focuses on the teaching and learning experiences of university students at a time of slow but significant higher education reform. The authors draw upon a rich database of questionnaire and interview data to throw light on how students experience various aspects of the teaching and learning environment. There is currently no other publication on higher education in Vietnam that rivals the book for the comprehensiveness of its coverage of the impact of the reform process on university students. The book is also remarkable for the rigour of analysis of each of its chapters.

The book will serve for many years as a standard reference point for insights about the experience of being a university student in Vietnam. It will also hopefully inspire a new generation of higher education scholars in Vietnam to value the importance of documenting and analysing the experiences of key actors within the sector. The authors deserve acclaim for the ambitiousness of their project and the thoroughness of its execution. This book is highly significant as a contribution to understanding the higher education reform process in Vietnam." – Martin Hayden, PhD, Professor of Higher Education, Southern Cross University

"A timely and complete volume addressing the major issues and agendas that developing countries have faced in terms of mega transformation of teaching and learning in higher education for the 21st Century" -Sheng-Ju Chan, Professor at the Graduate Institute of Education, National Chung Cheng University, Taiwan