Understanding Chinese engineering doctoral students in U.S. institutions : a personal epistemology perspective

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    • Zhu, Jiabin

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Understanding Chinese engineering doctoral students in U.S. institutions : a personal epistemology perspective

Jiabin Zhu

(East-West crosscurrents in higher education / series editor, Ruth Hayhoe)

Higher Education Press , Springer, c2017

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Understanding Chinese engineering doctoral students in U.S. institutions

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"Jointly published with Higher Education Press"--T.p. verso

Includes bibliographical references

Description and Table of Contents

Description

This book uses a mixed-method approach to address the topic of personal epistemology among Chinese engineering doctoral students from U.S. institutions.--It presents a broad view of the epistemological development among Chinese engineering students from five U.S. Midwestern doctoral programs. Meanwhile, it provides practical examples from students' academic experiences to showcase their thinking development and behavioral patterns. It allows readers to gain an understanding of Chinese engineering students' academic lives in U.S. institutions through a cognitive theoretical lens. It also highlights a number of factors that can potentially facilitate adult students' cognitive development, and extends the discussion on the benefits of study-abroad and cross-cultural education to the epistemological domain.

Table of Contents

1. Influx of International Talents in the United States: An Introduction.- 2. Epistemological Developmental Theories.- 3. Measurement on Personal Epistemological Development.- 4. Personal Epistemology in Application.- Chapter 5. Developing a Valid Survey for Personal Epistemology.- 6. A Mixed-Method Research Design.- 7. Overall Profiles of Epistemological Development.- 8. Factors Related to Epistemological Development.- 9. Stories of Chinese Engineering Doctoral Students' Epistemological Thinking Styles.- 10. Factors Associated with Advanced Epistemological Thinking.- 11. Lessons Learned and Future Directions.

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Details

  • NCID
    BB22370580
  • ISBN
    • 9789811011351
  • LCCN
    2016942901
  • Country Code
    si
  • Title Language Code
    eng
  • Text Language Code
    engchi
  • Place of Publication
    [S.l.],Singapore
  • Pages/Volumes
    xv, 190 p.
  • Size
    25 cm
  • Parent Bibliography ID
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