Chinese overseas students and intercultural learning environments : academic adjustment, adaptation and experience, Jiani Zhu

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Chinese overseas students and intercultural learning environments : academic adjustment, adaptation and experience, Jiani Zhu

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academic adjustment, adaptation and experience

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Jiani Zhu

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• Chinese overseas students and intercultural learning environments : academic adjustment, adaptation and experience

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• London, Palgrave Macmillan, 2016

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Includes bibliographical references and index

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• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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

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