A CROSS-CULTURAL LEARNING CASE STUDY: COMPREHENDING CHINESE INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS ADAPTING AND LEARNING STRATEGIES AT CANADIAN UNIVERSITIES
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2007
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Zhu, Jia
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The purpose of this study, entitled A Cross-cultural Learning Case Study: Chinese
International Students Learning Approaches at Canadian Universities , is to understand the
particular learning strategies that Chinese international students have developed to adjust to
Canadian academic culture since arriving in Canada. I examine their beliefs about learning
and their perceptions about current teaching and assessment approaches used at Canadian
universities. In this thesis, I review the literature, which I build my study on, and describe
the research methods I use in my thesis. For this case study, I interviewed Chinese
international graduate students who are enrolled in master degree programmes. These
student-participants all come from People s Republic of China (PRChina) and have lived in
Canada for the purpose of pursuing their educational goals for more than six months but less
than four years. I also interviewed Canadian professors, who have teaching experiences with
Chinese international students, in order to collect various perspectives about my research
focus. International students on Canadian campuses are very important because they enrich
current teaching and research and bring their international experiences and diverse cultures to
the Canadian academic setting, I believe the findings of this study can help Canadian
educators know more about Chinese international students and improve their own teaching
and assessment approaches for Chinese international students in particular and for
international students in general. This understanding will also help Chinese educators and
students recognize some of the differences between Canadian and Chinese academic cultures
so that Chinese international students can be benefited more in their formal international
educational experiences.
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Education , University , Case studies , Foreign students , Psychology , Canada , Chinese students