Exploring undergraduates' experiences of teaching and learning in a Chinese-Australian programme: An intercultural dialogue perspective

Xiantong Zhao () and Xu Liu ()
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Xiantong Zhao: Faculty of Education, Southwest University
Xu Liu: Centre for Higher education Studies, Southern University of Science and Technology

Technium Social Sciences Journal, 2022, vol. 35, issue 1, 43-55

Abstract: This study aims to explore and understand undergraduates’ experiences of teaching and learning in a Chinese-Australian collaborative programme. Data are collected mainly through in-depth interviews with 23 Chinese students and supplemented by classroom observation and document analysis. The findings reveal that although teaching and assessment differs between the Chinese and Western lecturers, the Chinese lecturers are Westernising their teaching and assessment methods. While many students preferred the Australian system of teaching and assessment, a few still favoured the Chinese methods of instruction and evaluation. Furthermore, the design of the curriculum proved problematic due to parts of it being irrelevant and failing to meet the students’ needs and expectations; some students also found fault with the intensity of the course schedule. The findings are further explored in the light of the intercultural dialogue (ICD) framework.

Keywords: Transnational programme; Undergraduates; Teaching and learning; Intercultural dialogue framework (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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DOI: 10.47577/tssj.v35i1.7263

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