Chinese International Students in Australia: An Insight into Their Help and Information Seeking Manners

Autor/inn/en	Ling, Cao; Tran, Ly Thi
Titel	Chinese International Students in Australia: An Insight into Their Help and Information Seeking Manners
Quelle	In: International Education Journal: Comparative Perspectives, 14 (2015) 1, S.42-56 (15 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1443-1475
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Foreign Students; Information Seeking; Student Surveys; Associate Degrees; Vocational Education; Help Seeking; Qualitative Research; Semi Structured Interviews; Student Characteristics; Consultants; Primary Sources; Social Networks; Family Role; Teacher Role; Coordinators; Peer Influence; Social Capital; Asians; Student Attitudes; Australia; China + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Informationserschließung; Schülerbefragung; Ausbildung; Berufsbildung; Help-seeking behavior; Help-seeking behaviour; Hilfe suchendes Verhalten; Qualitative Forschung; Consultant; Berater; Primärquelle; Social network; Soziales Netzwerk; Lehrerrolle; Koordinator; Sozialkapital; Asian; Asiat; Asiatin; Asiaten; Asiate; Schülerverhalten; Australien
Abstract	Understanding the ways that international students seek information and help in the host country is essential for improving academic, social, cultural, and welfare support for this student cohort. However, there is a dearth of literature that documents how international students in the vocational education and training (VET) sector do so. This paper aims to fill this gap. Based on in-depth interviews with 30 Chinese international students undertaking diploma and associate degree programs in Australia, this research shows that the ways in which Chinese international students seek help prior to their departure and after their arrival at the host country, largely depends on the nature of the issues they confront. The data also reveals that students' use of education agents is not limited to the pre-departure stage, as is indicated in the existing literature, but throughout their journey in the host country. Notably, the role of agents has become increasingly important in Chinese international students' decision-making processes during their transition from diploma to associate degree and higher education programs. (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	Australian and New Zealand Comparative and International Education Society. ANZCIES Secretariat, Curtin University, Box U1987, Perth, WA Australia. Tel: +61-8-9266-7106; Fax: +61-8-9266-3222; e-mail: editor@iejcomparative.org; Web site: http://www.iejcomparative.org
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01