Origins and Effects of Education System Transplantation: A Literature Review

Abstract

This article reviews the literature on educational transplantation, which discussed three related issues: what is the definition of educational system transplantation, what are the typical models of educational system transplantation and what are the effects of educational system transplantation associated with exporting and receiving countries. The literature suggests that educational system transplantation expands the choices for education reforms and promotes the internal regime innovation for the receiving countries. Empirical cases reflect the educational system transplantation encountered the issues on cultural adaptability and compatibility among different education regimes and highly relied on the cultural context differences and suitable power operations.