International education and the Chinese learner
By: edited by Janette Ryan and Gordon Slethaug
Publisher: Hong Kong University Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Hong Kong
Language: eng
Number of pages: 206
ISBN-13: 9789888028443; 9789888028450
Subjects: Students; Multicultural education; Education and globalization; International schools; Chinese students
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [177]-196) and index.
Table of contents: title: Interrogating international education and Chinese learners. Something happened while nobody was looking : the growth of international education and the Chinese learner / Gordon Slethaug ; "Chinese learners" : misconceptions and realities / Janette Ryan; title: The Chinese learner in international schools in Hong Kong. Fit for purpose? Why Chinese families choose international schools in Hong Kong / Chris Forse ; Being, becoming, and belonging : exploring Hong Kong-Chinese students' experiences of the social realitites of international schooling / Eric Jabal ; Educating Chinese learners for social conscience in Hong Kong : an international school perspective / Martin Schmidt; title: Teachers and Chinese learners in transnational higher education settings. A Danish perspective on teaching Chinese students in Europe / Jane Vinther ; Chinese pre-service teachers in Australia : language, identity, and practice / Jennifer Miller ; Realizing "cross-cultural exchange" : a dialogue between the USA and China / Ivy Wang ; Learning for all : cross-cultural, interdisciplinary team teaching between China and the USA / Zhu Weibin.