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Spencer-Oatey, Helen – Intercultural Education, 2018
Many universities in different parts of the world are seeking to enhance the cultural diversity of their staff and student body and yet repeated studies have shown that good integration can be difficult to achieve. Although several studies have examined the reasons why such integration is difficult, there has been very little research into the…
Descriptors: Transformative Learning, Social Integration, Multicultural Education, Interpersonal Communication
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Xu, Linlin; Grant, Barbara – Innovations in Education and Teaching International, 2017
This paper takes up Bakhtin's dialogic perspective to explore the becoming of one Chinese international doctoral student's voices. We investigate how a single participant (from a wider study) assimilates the most transformative but "alien" voice of critical thinking in her supervision space by participating in dialogues with key speaking…
Descriptors: Foreign Students, Graduate Students, Doctoral Programs, Case Studies
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Wang, Xiaofang; Wong, Jocelyn L. N. – Asia-Pacific Journal of Teacher Education, 2017
University experts typically serve as knowledge sources for teacher learning. Experts in China are no exception. Nevertheless, minimal attention has been focused on knowledge flow between experts and teachers, and its contribution to teacher knowledge development. Drawing on the perspective of knowledge process across boundaries, this qualitative…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Partnerships in Education, College School Cooperation, Qualitative Research
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Liu, Qing; Zhou, Xiaodi; Fu, Danling – Changing English: Studies in Culture and Education, 2015
This article presents two separate but related studies on native-English speaking (NES) instructors' teaching writing practice in Chinese universities. One study is a case study that explores the teaching practice of three NES instructors' writing instruction in a southern Chinese university as well as students' responses to their practice.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, English Instruction, Native Speakers, English (Second Language)
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Shaoming Lu; Hui-shu Zhang – International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education, 2014
Purpose: The purpose of the paper is to identify learning points and inspirations from two different approaches by examining how education for sustainable development (ESD) initiatives are delivered in the University of X in the UK and Tongji University in China. Design/methodology/approach: Through comparison of case studies, the pros and cons of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Comparative Education, Sustainable Development, Case Studies
Lau-Kwong, Kenzie – ProQuest LLC, 2012
This study explored the nature of transformative learning experiences among global executives who participated in Quest program, a learning journey program designed to facilitate shifting mind-sets and worldviews through 1-week intensives in countries such as China. A mixed methods, multiple case study approach was employed. First, a secondary…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Transformative Learning, Semi Structured Interviews, Business
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Wang, Qiyun; Lu, Zhiping – Learning, Media and Technology, 2012
In this case study, an online community was designed at a secondary school in China for the teachers to prepare their lessons collectively, reflect on their teaching practices, collect comments from peers, and share resources. A survey was administered to the teachers to investigate their perceptions on the online community for their professional…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Foreign Countries, Professional Development, Communities of Practice
Sampson, Demetrios G., Ed.; Spector, J. Michael, Ed.; Ifenthaler, Dirk, Ed.; Isaias, Pedro, Ed. – International Association for Development of the Information Society, 2013
These proceedings contain the papers of the IADIS International Conference on Cognition and Exploratory Learning in the Digital Age (CELDA 2013), October 22-24, 2013, which has been organized by the International Association for Development of the Information Society (IADIS), co-organized by The University of North Texas (UNT), sponsored by the…
Descriptors: Conference Papers, Cognitive Processes, Learning Processes, Short Term Memory
Orem, Richard A., Ed. – 2002
This document contains 41 papers and 11 poster session presentations from a conference on research-to-practice in adult, continuing, and community education. The following are among the papers included: "Learning in a Multicultural Environment" (Mansur Abdullah, Cory Eisenberg, Willard C. Hall Jr., Pauline Valvo); "How to Engage in…
Descriptors: Adoption (Ideas), Adult Education, Adult Learning, Adult Programs