Theses and Dissertations
Date of Award
2017
Document Type
Dissertation
Degree Name
Doctor of Education (EdD)
Department
Abraham S. Fischler College of Education and School of Criminal Justice
Advisor
Mary Clisbee
Committee Member
James Pann
Committee Member
Kimberly Durham
Keywords
academic culture, American university campuses, applied dissertation, Chinese international students, concurrent triangulated mixed methods, cross-cultural academic adaptation, cultural academic needs, cultural factors, cultural learning style, cultural responsive education, cultural responsive teaching, cultural sensitivity, cultural values, culturally responsive education, effective learning experiences, faculty expectations, global learning, higher education, intercultural competence, intuitive learning, Pacific Northwest, passive learning, power distance, preferred learning styles, public research university, student expectations, teaching style, teaching styles, visual learning
Abstract
As Chinese international students on American university campuses continue to rise, the importance of these institutions to accommodate the students in adapting to a different academic culture has become more critical. On a public, coeducational research university located in the Pacific Northwest, a concurrent triangulated mixed method research design was implemented to investigate cultural factors with preferred learning and teaching styles of Chinese international students along with what corroborative descriptions these students provide as effective learning experiences in American college classrooms.
The study brought attention to Chinese international students’ differing cultural values from the previous literature understanding, it supported previous findings of a preferences for visual learning, it showed power distance plays a role in global and intuitive learning, and lastly, the study revealed that passive or active learning for Chinese international students could be a “both and and” scenario.
This applied dissertation was intended to provide better understanding for both students and faculty of the current cultural academic needs and expectations within the university for these students and possible recommendations for more cultural responsive education.
NSUWorks Citation
Michael L. Bevis. 2017. Chinese International Students in a Northwest University: Investigating Cultural Academic Learning and Teaching Preferences. Doctoral dissertation. Nova Southeastern University. Retrieved from NSUWorks, Abraham S. Fischler College of Education and School of Criminal Justice. (809)
https://nsuworks.nova.edu/fse_etd/809.
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