Patterns of Adaptation of Chinese Postgraduate Students in the United Kingdom

Autor/inn/en	Zhou, Yuefang; Todman, John
Titel	Patterns of Adaptation of Chinese Postgraduate Students in the United Kingdom
Quelle	In: Journal of Studies in International Education, 13 (2009) 4, S.467-486 (20 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1028-3153
DOI	10.1177/1028315308317937
Schlagwörter	Social Life; Cultural Differences; Foreign Countries; Graduate Students; Student Adjustment; Questionnaires; Foreign Students; Asians; Student Attitudes; Interviews; United Kingdom + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Soziales Leben; Kultureller Unterschied; Ausland; Graduate Study; Student; Students; Aufbaustudium; Graduiertenstudium; Hauptstudium; Studentin; Adjustment; Schüler; Schülerin; Adaptation; Fragebogen; Asian; Asiat; Asiatin; Asiaten; Asiate; Schülerverhalten; Interviewing; Interviewtechnik; Großbritannien
Abstract	International students coming to the United Kingdom have to adapt to academic cultural differences as well as general cultural differences. Questionnaires were administered to 257 Chinese postgraduate students on anticipated and actually experienced difficulties and on perceived differences between Chinese and U.K. academic cultures before departure, soon after arrival, and about 6 months after arrival. Some participants (n = 45) responded to questionnaires at three stages; others responded at just one or two stages. A sample of the 45 students (n = 28) were interviewed about their pre-departure expectations and post-arrival experiences. Patterns of adaptation over time differed in relation to general life, social life, and study life. A major finding was the different patterns of specifically academic adaptation of students who came in groups and those who came individually. (Contains 4 tables and 4 figures.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10