International students in China : education, student life and intercultural encounters /: education, student life and intercultural encounters. (2018)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Fred Dervin, Xiangyun Du, Anu Härkönen.
• Editors: Dervin, Fred, 1974-; Du, Xiangyun; Härkönen, Anu
• Contents: Chapter 1. International Students in China - A Dream Come True?; Fred Dervin, AnuHärkönen and Xiangyun Du.- Chapter 2. An Analysis of Factors Influencing International Students' Choice of Education in China; Genshu Lu and Mei Tian.- Chapter 3. Journey to the East: Intercultural Adaptation of International Students in China; Ping Yang.- Chapter 4. British university students studying abroad in China: Issues of interculturality; Jiayi Wang.- Chapter 5. (Re)Conceptualising and teaching 'culture' in a short-term stay abroad programme in China - Students from a Danish university abroad; Niels Erik Lyngdorf and Xiang-Yun Du.- Chapter 6. Australian students in China: Making the foreign familiar; Steve Nerlich, Ross Tan, Donna Velliaris, Ping Yu and Christopher Lawson.- Chapter 7. Transformations of Chinese and Danish students' perceptions of the significance of culture in transnational education in China; Jin Hui Li.- Chapter 8. Experiential and Transformative Learning through Community Service in China; Kaishan Kong.- Chapter 9, Language learning strategies and intercultural competence in the Year Abroad study in China; Hsiu-Chih Sheu.- Chapter 10. International Student Recruitment as an Exercise in Soft Power: A Case Study of Undergraduate Medical Students at a Chinese University; Mei Tian and John Lowe.- Chapter 11. Commentary: International Students in China: what we know, what we don't, and what next; Peidong Yang.
• Publisher Details: Basingstoke, Hampshire : Palgrave Macmillan
• Publication Date: 2018
• Extent: 1 online resource, illustrations (black and white)
• Subjects: 378.198; Students, Foreign -- China; Education, Higher -- China; College students -- China; Multicultural education -- China; Education and globalization -- China
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783319781204
• Related ISBNs: 9783319781198
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