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Dimmock, Clive; Leong, Jason Ong Soon – Compare: A Journal of Comparative and International Education, 2010
This paper reports a study aimed at developing a substantive theory on the perspectives of Mainland Chinese studying in Singaporean universities. The study was guided by two research questions: (1) Why do university students from Mainland China choose to study in Singapore? and (2) How do Mainland Chinese university students manage the experience…
Descriptors: Grounded Theory, Foreign Countries, Foreign Students, College Students
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Nilsson, Johanna E.; Butler, Jenay; Shouse, Sarah; Joshi, Chetan – Journal of College Counseling, 2008
This study examined relationships among perfectionism, acculturation, and stress in 76 Asian international students. Results showed that perfectionism and acculturation predicted stress, together accounting for 50% of the variance in stress. Furthermore, acculturation explained students' experience of stress above and beyond perfectionism, and 1…
Descriptors: Foreign Students, Counseling Services, Acculturation, Anxiety
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Jia, Yueming; Way, Niobe; Ling, Guangming; Yoshikawa, Hirokazu; Chen, Xinyin; Hughes, Diane; Ke, Xiaoyan; Lu, Zuhong – Child Development, 2009
This study explored students' perceptions of 3 dimensions of school climate (teacher support, student-student support, and opportunities for autonomy in the classroom) and the associations between these dimensions and adolescent psychological and academic adjustment in China and the United States. Data were drawn from 2 studies involving 706…
Descriptors: Middle School Students, Student Attitudes, Grade Point Average, Adolescents
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Ang, Pius L. D.; Liamputtong, Pranee – Australian Journal of Adult Learning, 2008
In this paper, we attempt to gain a greater understanding of the adjustment experiences of international students from Mainland China in their first year at university. Three themes emerge from our data: lack of confidence in speaking English; the preference for using family, partners and close friends as their support networks to deal with…
Descriptors: Foreign Students, College Students, Social Support Groups, Foreign Countries
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Ma, Wen – Journal of Language, Identity, and Education, 2010
This qualitative case study explores one young adolescent's transitional schooling from an American context to a Chinese context. Although the student was bilingual and bicultural, she experiences multiple struggles, triumphs, and dilemmas across the two educational settings. These findings have implications for those adolescents and parents who…
Descriptors: Immigration, Acculturation, Adolescents, Science Education
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Zhou, Dingyuan; Santos, Angeli – British Journal of Guidance & Counselling, 2007
This study explored cultural and gender differences in career decision-making difficulties (CDMD) experienced by 109 British and 86 Chinese international university students, and the impact of cross-cultural adjustment on the CDMD of Chinese international students. Results showed no significant cultural differences in overall CDMD, and that the…
Descriptors: Cultural Differences, Gender Differences, Career Choice, Foreign Students
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Wang, Zhengyan; Chen, Xinyin; Sorrentino, Richard; Szeto, Andrew C. H. – International Journal of Behavioral Development, 2008
The purpose of this study was to examine uncertainty orientation and its relations with school and psychological adjustment in Chinese children. A sample of elementary school children in P.R. China, aged 10 to 12 years, participated in the study. Data concerning uncertainty orientation, academic performance and socio-emotional adjustment were…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Learning Problems, Academic Achievement, Emotional Adjustment
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Du, Ping – Chinese Education and Society, 2008
This study used sampling survey data from rural elementary schools in western China to analyze school adaptability, which is the representative noncognitive development of rural elementary students. It also investigated factors influencing the school adaptability of elementary school students at an individual and school level by using production…
Descriptors: Productivity, Elementary School Students, Models, Foreign Countries
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Wang, Chengping; Hemsley, Robert – English Language Teaching, 2008
The paper presents a study investigating the net-based learner autonomy of the first-year non-English major students studying in West Anhui University (WAHU). Through questionnaires and interviews, the study shows the problems in learner autonomy and presents a new perspective for the development of an auto-learning environment. The study reveals…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Case Studies, English (Second Language), Nonmajors
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Huang, Jinyan – Journal of Instructional Psychology, 2009
The paper investigated four Chinese graduate students' perceptions of the major differences between North American and Chinese classroom teaching styles. Major differences in the following five areas were identified: 1) the teacher's role, 2) the student's role, 3) the form of class organization, 4) the teacher's expectations, and 5) the student's…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Foreign Countries, Foreign Students, Graduate Students
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Gaytan, Francisco X.; Carhill, Avary; Suarez-Orozco, Carola – Prevention Researcher, 2007
In 2000 there were 2.84 million foreign-born U.S. residents under the age of 18 (U.S. Census Bureau, 2001). Although many common themes are embodied in the immigrant experience, enormous diversity exists among newcomer families with important implications for the development and adaptation of youth. The adaptation experience of immigrant youth can…
Descriptors: Immigrants, Cultural Differences, Longitudinal Studies, Student Adjustment
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Shen, Yih-Jiun – Journal for Specialists in Group Work, 2007
This study compared the effectiveness of short-term developmental group counseling applying Gestalt-play versus cognitive-verbal approaches with Taiwanese adolescents. On a measure of behavioral and emotional strengths, teachers reported significant changes in students' overall behavioral and emotional strengths measured via total scores. Specific…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Junior High School Students, Adolescents, Group Counseling
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Liu, Mowei; Chen, Xinyin – Psychology in the Schools, 2003
Examines friendship networks and their associations with social, academic and psychological adjustment in Chinese high school students. It was found that friendship group members had higher scores on social and school competence and lower scores on learning problems and loneliness, suggesting that friendship networks might represent a phenomenon…
Descriptors: Emotional Adjustment, Foreign Countries, Friendship, Junior High School Students
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Liu, Chun Ge – Canadian Journal of University Continuing Education, 2007
The themes of adult learning, cross-cultural learning, and transformative learning are common to many continuing educators working at universities across Canada. In this essay, I narrate my experiences as a mature, adult learner returning to university. Following a literature review and discussion of methodology, I begin this autobiographical…
Descriptors: Graduate Students, Transformative Learning, Adult Learning, Adult Students
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Ayliff, D.; Wang, G. – South African Journal of Higher Education, 2006
This article aims to provide insight into the experiences of Chinese international students in some South African tertiary institutions. The study investigates their successes and failures in endeavouring to learn English and the culture shock and "learning shock" they endure when registering to study in an African country with an…
Descriptors: Culture Conflict, Academic Achievement, Foreign Countries, Cultural Background
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