The Dynamics of Chinese Face Mechanisms and Classroom Behaviour: A Case Study

Autor/in	Wu, Xiaoxin
Titel	The Dynamics of Chinese Face Mechanisms and Classroom Behaviour: A Case Study
Quelle	In: Evaluation & Research in Education, 22 (2009) 2-4, S.87-105 (19 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0950-0790
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Case Studies; Reputation; Self Concept; Student Behavior; Asians; College Students; Foreign Students; Asian Culture; Classroom Communication; Interviews; Observation; Anxiety; Public Opinion; Social Structure; Social Behavior; China; United Kingdom + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Case study; Fallstudie; Case Study; Selbstkonzept; Student behaviour; Schülerverhalten; Asian; Asiat; Asiatin; Asiaten; Asiate; Collegestudent; Klassengespräch; Interviewing; Interviewtechnik; Beobachtung; Angst; Öffentliche Meinung; Sozialstruktur; Social behaviour; Soziales Verhalten; Großbritannien
Abstract	Research on cross-cultural psychology, anthropology and sociology reveals that the impact of face on social interactions is both pervasive and powerful in Asia. Face, however, has not gained general acceptance as an important theoretical concept in the literature on Asian (Chinese in particular) classroom behaviour and management. This article proposes face as a key variable that can explain much of the complexity of Chinese students' reticence in class in western higher institutions. It seeks to account for the classroom behaviour of three Chinese students in a British university through the concept and dynamics of face in Chinese culture, addressing its pervasive, significant, but often subtle, influences on students' classroom behaviour. (Contains 1 table.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10