Chinese Overseas Students and Intercultural Learning Environments

Academic Adjustment, Adaptation and Experience
1. Auflage 2016
ISBN: 978-1-137-53392-0
Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan UK

Buch, Englisch, 259 Seiten, HC runder Rücken kaschiert, Format (B × H): 153 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 4653 g

Reihe: Palgrave Studies on Chinese Education in a Global Perspective

What happens when East travels West? In today’s increasingly globalized world, these collisions are becoming increasingly common in universities– especially due to the growth of migratory students . As the largest international population studying abroad in the world, Chinese students’ learning experience in an intercultural environment calls for more attention. This book covers an array of problems common to Chinese students studying abroad and explores how these students academically adjust to an intercultural environment. It also highlights how they familiarize themselves with the education system, ranging from the types of courses, academic tasks and examinations to the structure of the education as a whole in the host country, as they negotiate the gulf between academic expectations at home versus those in the host university environment and communicate with domestic lecturers and students. 

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Zhu, Jiani

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Teildisziplinen der Pädagogik Multikulturelle Pädagogik, Friedenserziehung
• Sozialwissenschaften Medien- und Kommunikationswissenschaften Kommunikationswissenschaften Interkulturelle Kommunikation & Interaktion
• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Pädagogik Bildungssystem

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Introduction to Chinese Overseas Students, - 2. Review of Literature on International Chinese Students, - 3. An Unprepared Academic Journey: Chinese Students' Pre-departure Adjustment, - 4. A Hard Landing: The Initial Period of Study Abroad, - 5. The Battle Continues: Negotiating with the Differences, - 6. Approaching the End: Appreciating the German Learning Environment, - 7. Key Factors Influencing Chinese Students' Academic Adjustment, - 8. Reflections and Implications

Über Autor(innen)

Jiani Zhu is an Assistant Professor at Shanghai Jiao Tong University in the Graduate School of Education, China where her research interests include academic adjustment of international Chinese students and scholars.