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Rethinking the Notion of Chinese Students Abroad: The Need for a New Research Agenda

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Chinese Educational Migration and Student-Teacher Mobilities

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Abstract

With the increasing growth of its population, Chinese students and scholars abroad have received growing research attention in the past years. This volume responds to the need to understand how Chinese teachers and students overseas face the challenge of teaching and learning in a context that is different from that to which they are accustomed. It assembles research by a group of scholars from different backgrounds and disciplines in education. Their studies have examined teaching and learning in diverse intercultural contexts. Contributors have used diverse approaches to analyse student learning, pedagogy practice, and teacher learning in the global context. They have made significant contributions by addressing the following aspects: How do the intercultural experiences of the Chinese students and scholars improve their personal development in becoming global citizens? How do the individual development processes contribute to the new knowledge creation process in the society of the host countries as well as impact the Chinese society in the global context?

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Du, X. (2015). Afterword. In: Dervin, F. (eds) Chinese Educational Migration and Student-Teacher Mobilities. Palgrave Studies on Chinese Education in a Global Perspective. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137492913_11

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