 A study of the academic challenges faced by the Western students in Chinese universitiesShuiyun Liu, Wenyan Liang, Masaki Onuma and Thapanee Rithkerd International Journal of Educational Development, 2022, vol. 90, issue C Abstract: This study examined the learning experiences of Western students in Chinese universities. Thirty Western students were selected for in-depth interviews. It was found that Western students in Chinese universities faced many academic challenges. The experiences of these students involved both intercultural education and reverse mobility. The challenges they faced were related to both pedagogical and cultural differences between China and the West and the perceived inferior educational quality provided by Chinese universities. In facing these academic challenges, Western students in Chinese universities remained negative. They had low motivation to adapt to the ‘different and inferior’ educational environment and failed to call for a change of the educational provisions in the host universities. It is found that the micro-level experiences of international students were highly influenced by the macro-level global academic system and its hierarchy. Keywords: Western students; Learning experience; Academic challenge; Intercultural education; Reverse mobility (search for similar items in EconPapers) Downloads: (external link) Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:eee:injoed:v:90:y:2022:i:c:s0738059322000074 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijedudev.2022.102557 Access Statistics for this article International Journal of Educational Development is currently edited by Stephen P Heyneman More articles in International Journal of Educational Development from Elsevier |
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