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Hessler, Peter; Bradeen, Ryan; Wang, Richard; Masalski, Kathleen Woods – Social Education, 2010
This article presents four stories of personal experiences of China. In "A Journey Between China's Past and Present," Peter Hessler, a former Peace Corps volunteer and author, highlights misconceptions between Chinese and Americans and the desire both peoples share for knowledge about one another. In "Life on Liberation…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Misconceptions, Personal Narratives, Cultural Differences
Gao, Xuesong – System: An International Journal of Educational Technology and Applied Linguistics, 2010
Conceptualizing learners' individuality as dynamic and contextually situated, this paper reports on an inquiry that examined the genesis of a disabled learner's success in learning foreign languages on the Chinese mainland. Using source texts such as the learner's published diaries, letters and her autobiography, the inquiry revealed that language…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Individual Differences, Diaries, Autobiographies
Ryan, Sherry D.; Magro, Michael J.; Sharp, Jason H. – Journal of Information Technology Education, 2011
Social networking sites have seen tremendous growth and are widely used around the world. Nevertheless, the use of social networking sites in educational contexts is an under explored area. This paper uses a qualitative methodology, autoethnography, to investigate how social networking sites, specifically Facebook[TM], can help first semester…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Doctoral Programs, Social Networks, Web Sites
Su, Feng, Ed. – Trentham Books Ltd, 2011
Eight students from mainland China chart their learning journeys across national and continental boundaries and socio-cultural contexts. The five women and three men structure their experiences of studying in China and the West around the turning points and life changing choices they made in chasing their dreams. They embody its emergent…
Descriptors: Foreign Students, Undergraduate Students, Global Approach, Foreign Countries
Zhang, Suling – Frontiers of Education in China, 2010
Female education is an indispensable part of educational practice and research. In recent years, along with the development of both the women's liberation movement and the expansion of the practice of female education, Chinese academic circles have become increasingly concerned with female education. Of these concerns, methodological innovation…
Descriptors: Females, Foreign Countries, Educational Experience, Womens Education
Jun, Pi – Journal of LGBT Youth, 2010
This autobiographical essay of a Chinese transgender who has grown up in a special social background involves the Chinese family, religion, and some social background to demonstrate the current situation of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender groups, especially the condition of female-to-male transgender.
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Homosexuality, Socioeconomic Background, Gender Issues
Yuen, Jenny K. S. – Compare: A Journal of Comparative Education, 2008
This paper attempts to unfold the unheard stories of Chinese women immigrants and to explore the effects of their cultural values on their adjustment needs during their migration process in Britain. According to Chinese tradition, Chinese women are to be submissive and they are neglected in the Chinese community. For Chinese women migrants, their…
Descriptors: Females, Foreign Countries, Values, Migration
Gao, Xuesong – TESOL Quarterly: A Journal for Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages and of Standard English as a Second Dialect, 2010
This article reports on a longitudinal inquiry into mainland Chinese students' language learning experiences with a focus on their efforts to improve their English competence in a leading English medium University in Hong Kong. The inquiry problematizes an uncritical assumption of a shared pursuit of linguistic competence among different students…
Descriptors: Linguistic Competence, Multilingualism, Foreign Countries, Social Networks
Gao, Jing – Social Studies and the Young Learner, 2008
This article describes a day in the life of a second grade girl in Beijing, China. There are more than 1.3 billion people in China today. This story does not represent the experience of all Chinese children any more than one of your student's journal entries would represent the experience of all American children. Still, the story, which describes…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Grade 2, English (Second Language), Elementary School Students
Phillion, JoAnn – Compare: A Journal of Comparative Education, 2008
The purpose of this paper is to explore the potential of narrative inquiry to contribute to an understanding of immigrant students' educational experience. Research on immigrant students' education is reviewed and the need for detailed examination of these students' experiences in schools, such as is done in a narrative inquiry, is demonstrated.…
Descriptors: Comparative Education, Foreign Countries, Educational Experience, Immigrants
Zhao, Hongqin – Educational Research for Policy and Practice, 2008
Teacher motivation has been found to be a critical predictor of teachers' work commitment, identity and performance, yet has received insufficient attention in educational policymaking. In this article the reasons for people becoming teachers of English as a foreign language in China, reflect both social and psychological factors. This…
Descriptors: Second Language Instruction, Teacher Motivation, Foreign Countries, Language Teachers
Zemach-Bersin, Talya – Chronicle of Higher Education, 2008
A student shares experiences of her semester-long Tibetan-studies program in India, Nepal, and Tibet. Informed by both home university and program provider that by going abroad and immersing herself in a foreign culture, she would become a "global citizen," she was encouraged to "act like the locals," "be a resident,"…
Descriptors: International Education, Foreign Culture, Foreign Countries, Study Abroad
Ye, Lan – Frontiers of Education in China, 2009
Initiated in September 1994, "New Basic Education" first underwent a five-year Exploratory Research phase from September 1994 to May 1999, which was followed by a second five-year Developmental Research phase from September 1999 to May 2004. Thus during the past ten years, "New Basic Education" has undergone a complete research…
Descriptors: Educational Research, Educational Theories, Compulsory Education, Research Methodology
Hagedorn, Linda Serra; Zhang, Yi – Forum on Public Policy Online, 2010
Throughout the world, gender defines an omnipresent and personal identity. Historically gender effects have ventured far beyond the biological aspects of reproduction and deep into societal constraints of action, appearance, freedom, and destiny. Gender provides convenient labels, descriptions, and expectations. Unfortunately history provides many…
Descriptors: Oral History, Siblings, Mothers, Daughters
Barkhuizen, Gary – TESOL Quarterly: A Journal for Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages and of Standard English as a Second Dialect, 2009
This article reports on one aspect of a larger study which aimed to explore the context-specific experiences of English teachers at tertiary institutions in China (Wette & Barkhuizen, 2007). Data were collected during a professional development program run in the summer of 2006. The program aimed to cover recent trends in the field of second…
Descriptors: Qualitative Research, Writing Research, Research Projects, Research Methodology