ERIC Number: EJ1219073
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2019
Pages: 18
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ISSN: EISSN-1449-9789
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A Practice-Based Study of Chinese Students' Learning--Putting Things Together
Xu, Jinqi
Journal of University Teaching and Learning Practice, v16 n2 Article 12 2019
This paper investigates the learning experience of Chinese students' learning experience in the business Faculty of an Australian university. Chinese students are often characterized as "rote learners" or stereotyped as "reduced Other". Areas of concern are limited to addressing the differences in learning styles, language, and sociocultural barriers. However, learning occurs in many forms. There is an absence of discussion about what practices Chinese students use in order to learn. Based on practice-based theory, a longitudinal ethnographic study of the journeys of five students was traced and investigates what practices Chinese students use in the learning and how these students "put things together" in the journey. This paper reports on two of the five students from the larger study. In particular, this article brings attention to the students' everyday life and insights into their doings, sayings, and relatings between people, other beings and material artefacts. Chinese students' learning involves foreground entanglements, co-construction, and relationality of practices from both educational and sociocultural perspectives. This paper provides new insights about Chinese students' learning and encourages academics and institutions to be aware of the impact of their practices and to deepen their understanding of the complexities of Chinese students' learning.
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Asians, College Students, Business Administration Education, Cognitive Style, Learning Strategies, Student Experience, Student Characteristics, Rote Learning, Cultural Influences, Foreign Students, Teaching Methods, Social Life, Social Networks, Study Habits
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Australia; China
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