Who Adapts? Beyond Cultural Models of ‘the’ Chinese Learner

By Q. Gu, Michele Schweisfurth. 2006

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Subfields: Education, Language and Linguistics, Literature and Literary Theory

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Quiet or questioning? Students' discussion behaviors in student-centered education across cultures (2014, methodology): “Interestingly, previous studies have showed that Chinese students who were studying in the West were very capable of adapting their different learning approach to fit with the Western method (Gieve and Clark 2005; Gu and Schweisfurth 2006), or at least adapted their”
Developing alternative frameworks for exploring intercultural learning: a critique of Hofstede's cultural difference model (2009, background): “Research suggests that students in intercultural educational settings are able and willing to change and behave differently in response to the demands and teaching styles in the new educational context (Gu and Schweisfurth 2006; Kennedy 2002; Volet and Renshaw 1996).”
Beyond the accusation of plagiarism (2008, background): “Gu, Qing & Brooks, Jane Published in: System 36 (3) 337-352 [http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.system.2008.01.004] 8 Gu and Schweisfurth (2006) carried out a mixed method comparative pilot study on Chinese learners' experiences in the UK and in British projects in China and found that, in addition to…”
Shifting motivational discourses among mainland Chinese students in an English medium tertiary institution in Hong Kong: a longitudinal inquiry (2008, background): “In recent years, the world has witnessed an unprecedented number of students from the Chinese mainland going abroad to pursue English‐medium higher education (Gu and Schweisfurth 2006 ; Li and Bray 2007 ; Skyrme 2007 ).”
The Psychological Well-Being and Sociocultural Adaptation of Short-Term International Students in Ireland (2010, unknown): “…styles, Ward and Searle’s (1991) model remains the most comprehensive and appeared the most appropriate framework for this research on international students in the Irish context (Chirkov, Vansteenkiste, Tao, & Lynch, 2007; Dao, Lee, & Chang, 2007; Gu & Schweisfurth, 2006; Poyrazli & Lopez, 2007).”
Emerging culture of English-medium instruction in Korea: experiences of Korean and international students (2014, background): “Recently, researchers have examined international students’ needs for social and academic adjustments (e.g., Bartram, 2008; Gu & Schweisfurth, 2006; Lee & Rice, 2007; Phan, 2009; Sweetnam Evans, Lee, & Kim, 2014).”
Changing Places: A Study of Chinese Students in the UK (2008, background): “Gu and Schweisfurth (2006) carried out a mixed method of comparative pilot study on Chinese learners’ experiences in the UK and in British projects in China and found that in addition to culture, factors such as the identities and motivations of the learners and the power relationships between them…”
The role of feedback in cross-cultural learning: a case study of Chinese taught postgraduate students in a UK university (2013, background): “Linked with the concept of acculturation stress is Berry’s identification of the root of the difficulties as not being ‘cultural, but intercultural, residing in the process of acculturation’ (1997, 13).”
Critical thinking and Chinese university students: a review of the evidence (2011, background): “…students’ performance when studying abroad, accounting, in particular, for much of their reticence in class, is purely and simply their lack of adequate language proficiency: a point made by several researchers, such as Cheng (2000), Durkin (2008a), Gu and Schweisfurth (2006), and Goode (2007).”