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Chinese overseas students and intercultural learning environments :

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Chinese overseas students and intercultural learning environments :

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academic adjustment, adaptation and experience /

Jiani Zhu

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Palgrave studies on Chinese education in a global perspective

Includes bibliographical references and index

Foreword; Acknowledgments; Contents; Abbreviations; List of Figures; List of Tables; Chapter 1: An Introduction to International Chinese Students; The Growing Discussion on Chinese Students; Internationalization of Higher Education and Increased Mobility of International Chinese Students; History of International Education: A Brief Retrospective View; The First Overseas Chinese Students; The 'Reform and Opening Up' of Study Abroad; Teaching and Learning in China; A Highly Competitive Education System; Education in Chinese Culture; Teachers as the Center of Education

Chinese Students as Diverse and Heterogeneous IndividualsA Longitudinal Approach; Hearing Voices from Many Sides; Research Question, Methods, and Procedures; Research Question; Research Methods; Reliability and Validity; Re-interview; Mixed Method; Analysis of the Data; Ethical and Moral Concerns; Structure of the Book; References; Chapter 2: Review of Literature on International Chinese Students; Pre-departure Period: Student Readiness; A Customer-Based Orientation; Pre-departure: The 'Entry Points'; Motivation: Multifaceted Interests and Concerns; Pre-departure Preparation

Intercultural Communication with LecturersIntercultural Communication with Peer Students: 'Hi-bye friends'; Reasons for Limited Intercultural Communication; Friendship Patterns: A Functional Model; Co-national Networks; Bi-cultural Networks; Multi-cultural Networks; Benefits of Intercultural Communication; Psychological Issues: The Fight Against Stress; Academic Shock; Acculturative Stress, Symptoms, and Support; Acculturative Stress and Symptoms; Support for Fighting Against Stress; Failing to Adjust: Dropouts and Psychiatric Disorders; Dropouts; Psychiatric Disorders

Previous Intercultural ExperienceStudying in an Intercultural milieu; General Difficulties Challenging International Students; Difficulties Challenging Both Domestic and International Students; Language Difficulties; Academic Challenges; Scope and Intensity of Difficulties; Specific Difficulties Challenging Chinese Students; Silence, Reticence, and Low Level of Participation; Academic Culture; Academic Writing; Autonomous Learning and Critical Thinking; Intercultural Communication; Quantity and Quality; Quantity and Quality of Intercultural Communication Matters

Structure of the Chinese Class'Little Emperors': The Family's Only Hope; Shifting from Rote Learners to 'Paradox Learners'; Traditional Perceptions of Chinese Students; A New Paradigm of Paradox Learners; A New Generation of Students; International Chinese Students: Definitions and Current Research Focus; Defining 'Chinese'; International Chinese Students: A Variety of 'Constructed' Entities; What Is 'Academic Adjustment?'; Chinese Sojourners and Their Adjustment; Conceptual Framework; Affective, Cognitive and Behavioral Model; Significance of This Research

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Palgrave Studies on Chinese Education in a Global Perspective Series Editors: Fred Dervin, University of Helsinki, Finland Xiangyun Du, Confucius Institute for Learning and Development, Aalborg University, Denmark 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.

Chinese students-- Foreign countries

Zhu, Jiani

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