Cross-cultural differences in university students' goals and perceptions of study settings for achieving their own goals.

Autor/inn/en	Volet, Simone E.; Renshaw, Peter D.
Titel	Cross-cultural differences in university students' goals and perceptions of study settings for achieving their own goals.
Quelle	In: Higher education, 30 (1995) 4, S. 407-433Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Link als defekt meldenVerfügbarkeit
Beigaben	Literaturangaben 26; Tabellen 4; Grafiken 6
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	online; gedruckt; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0018-1560; 1573-174X
DOI	10.1007/BF01383542
Schlagwörter	Einstellung (Psy); Kultureinfluss; Lernen; Lernziel; Studium; Auslandsstudium; Internationaler Vergleich; Ausländer; Student; Ausland
Abstract	The present study examined the extent to which international students' ways of thinking about learning, learning goals and perceptions of the usefulness of typical university study contexts differ from local students at the beginning of their study in the host university, and then become similar to that of local students after a period of time. Comparisons of matched groups of international students (from South-East Asia) and local (Australian) students revealed evidence of cultural / educational differences between their conceptualisation of goals at the beginning of their university study but this difference disappeared after one semester. At the start of their university study, South-East Asian students displayed higher levels of goals than local students, burt neither group was certain yet which study settings would be most useful for achieving their personal goals. After one semester, South-East Asian students had become more like local students but the two groups' overall patterns of change over time were similar, providing further support for the view that the specific characteristics of study environments have a strong impact on students' learning. (DIPF/Abstract übernommen)
Erfasst von	DIPF \| Leibniz-Institut für Bildungsforschung und Bildungsinformation, Frankfurt am Main
Update	1997_(CD)