Adapting to a New Learning Environment: Mainland Chinese Students Studying in Master's Degree Programmes in Hong Kong

Autor/inn/en	Lai, Manhong; Lu, Genshu
Titel	Adapting to a New Learning Environment: Mainland Chinese Students Studying in Master's Degree Programmes in Hong Kong
Quelle	In: London Review of Education, 18 (2020) 2, S.250-264 (16 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Lai, Manhong) ORCID (Lu, Genshu)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1474-8479
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Graduate Students; Masters Programs; Study Abroad; Student Experience; Student Adjustment; Parent Aspiration; Stress Variables; Student Participation; Informal Education; Foreign Students; Learning Experience; Cultural Awareness; Intercultural Communication; Hong Kong + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Graduate Study; Student; Students; Aufbaustudium; Graduiertenstudium; Hauptstudium; Studentin; Magister course; Magisterstudiengang; Studies abroad; Auslandsstudium; Studienerfahrung; Adjustment; Schüler; Schülerin; Adaptation; Elternwille; Schülermitarbeit; Schülermitwirkung; Studentische Mitbestimmung; Informelle Bildung; Nichtformale Bildung; Lernerfahrung; Cultural identity; Kulturelle Identität; Interkulturelle Kommunikation; Hongkong
Abstract	This article investigated the learning experiences of mainland Chinese students in master's degree programmes in Hong Kong. Using a qualitative research approach, 20 mainland Chinese students in master's degree programmes in a first-tier Hong Kong university were interviewed. It observed, first, that mainland Chinese students appreciate the teaching and learning approaches adopted in Hong Kong, but that they take some time to adapt. Thanks to heavy financial support from parents and parental expectations, they are pressed to adapt as soon as possible and get high marks in the one-year programmes in Hong Kong. Second, the mainland Chinese students' previous experiences of participating in campus activities in mainland China and their instrumental views of learning restrict their involvement in informal learning through campus activities. Third, their limited interaction with local and foreign students constrains the development of their intercultural competence. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01