International Students in China - (Palgrave Studies on Chinese Education in a Global Perspectiv) by Fred Dervin & Xiangyun Du & Anu Härkönen

Book Synopsis

As the number of international students in Chinese higher education increases steadily, this volume is one of the first to focus on their many and varied experiences. With contributions focusing on such topics as intercultural adaptation, soft power and interculturality, language learning strategies and the intercultural, and transformations in perspective, this volume provides the reader with a broad overview of the latest advances in the field of interculturality and study abroad. While the book will appeal to a global audience of researchers, practitioners and students with an interest in Chinese higher education, it will also be of interest to all those who remain intrigued by conceptual and methodological issues of interculturality.

About the Author

Fred Dervin (文德) is Professor of Multicultural Education at the University of Helsinki, Finland. He also holds other professorships in Australia, Canada, China, Luxembourg and Malaysia.

Xiangyun Du (杜翔云) is Professor in the Department of Learning and Philosophy and director of the Confucius Institute for Innovation and Learning at Aalborg University, Denmark. She is also affiliated to the College of Education at Qatar University, Qatar.

Anu Härkönen is Head of International Affairs at Turku University of Applied Sciences, Finland and a doctoral researcher at the University of Helsinki, Finland.