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Rethinking Silence in the Classroom: Chinese Students' Experiences of Sharing Indigenous Knowledge
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Zhou, Yanqiu Rachel; Knoke, Della; Sakamoto, Izumi – International Journal of Inclusive Education, 2005
Recent research has documented silence/reticence among East-Asian international students, including Chinese students, in Western/English classrooms. Students' communication competence and cultural differences from the mainstream Euro-American society have been identified as two primary barriers to participation. Placing emphasis on individual…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Foreign Students, Confucianism, Cultural Context
Socratic Teachers and Confucian Learners: Examining the Benefits and Pitfalls of a Year Abroad
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Greenholtz, Joe – Language and Intercultural Communication, 2003
This paper explores the interplay between Western conceptions of education and students from other educational traditions, most specifically Japan, through the lens of the author's practice in international education. He examines models of the private and public spheres and public discourse advanced by Hannah Arendt and Jurgen Habermas in relation…
Descriptors: International Education, Citizenship Education, Foreign Countries, Context Effect