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Part of the book series: Palgrave Studies on Chinese Education in a Global Perspective (CEGP)
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Table of contents (8 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
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About this book
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.
Reviews
“This book has provided a solid research-based case of Chinese overseas students, as a significantly large group, including their first-hand experience of confronting and overcoming tough challenges … . This study not only provides an in-depth orientation to potential students in preparing for overseas studies but also a very useful reference for faculty members responsible for guiding and supervising international students from different social and educational jurisdictions.” (Julia Pan, Frontiers of Education in China, Vol. 13, 2018)
Authors and Affiliations
About the author
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.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Chinese Overseas Students and Intercultural Learning Environments
Book Subtitle: Academic Adjustment, Adaptation and Experience
Authors: Jiani Zhu
Series Title: Palgrave Studies on Chinese Education in a Global Perspective
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-53393-7
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London
eBook Packages: Education, Education (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2016
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-137-53392-0Published: 17 June 2016
eBook ISBN: 978-1-137-53393-7Published: 28 May 2016
Series ISSN: 2945-6576
Series E-ISSN: 2945-6584
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVIII, 259
Number of Illustrations: 27 illustrations in colour
Topics: International and Comparative Education, Sociology of Education, Learning & Instruction, Asian Culture