Cooperative Activity as Mediation in the Social Adjustment of Chinese International Students

Autor/in	Ma, Junqian
Titel	Cooperative Activity as Mediation in the Social Adjustment of Chinese International Students
Quelle	In: Journal of International Students, 7 (2017) 3, S.856-875 (20 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	2162-3104
Schlagwörter	Foreign Students; Asians; Social Adjustment; Group Activities; Foreign Countries; Student Adjustment; Case Studies; Graduate Students; Painting (Visual Arts); Interviews; Student Attitudes; Psychological Patterns; Interaction; Australia + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Asian; Asiat; Asiatin; Asiaten; Asiate; Soziale Anpassung; Gruppenaktivität; Ausland; Student; Students; Adjustment; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Adaptation; Case study; Fallstudie; Case Study; Graduate Study; Aufbaustudium; Graduiertenstudium; Hauptstudium; Malerei; Interviewing; Interviewtechnik; Schülerverhalten; Interaktion; Australien
Abstract	Social adjustment is one of the most difficult and long-lasting challenges for international students who study in a new country. This paper uses a case study of cooperative painting activity conducted in Australian setting, in which two Chinese and three other students from different countries participated, in order to assess the efficiency of cooperative activity in mediating the social adjustment of international students. It argues that three factors determine its mediating function: namely, 1) the relaxing, pushy, and thematic setting, 2) the mediator's role, and 3) communications and interactions. The study provides a new approach to future practices aiming to support the social adjustment of international students. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01