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Record Nr.

UNINA9910255127403321

Autore

Zhu Jiabin

Titolo

Understanding Chinese Engineering Doctoral Students in U.S. Institutions : A personal epistemology perspective / / by Jiabin Zhu

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Singapore : , : Springer Singapore : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2017

ISBN

981-10-1136-2

Edizione

[1st ed. 2017.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (XV, 190 p. 26 illus., 21 illus. in color.)

Collana

East-West Crosscurrents in Higher Education, , 2364-6810

Disciplina

378.19829951073

Soggetti

Higher education

International education 

Comparative education

Learning

Instruction

Higher Education

International and Comparative Education

Learning & Instruction

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

1. Influx of International Talents in the United States: An Introduction -- 2. Epistemological Developmental Theories -- 3. Measurement on Personal Epistemological Development -- 4. Personal Epistemology in Application -- Chapter 5. Developing a Valid Survey for Personal Epistemology -- 6. A Mixed-Method Research Design -- 7. Overall Profiles of Epistemological Development -- 8. Factors Related to Epistemological Development -- 9. Stories of Chinese Engineering Doctoral Students’ Epistemological Thinking Styles -- 10. Factors Associated with Advanced Epistemological Thinking -- 11. Lessons Learned and Future Directions.

Sommario/riassunto

This book uses a mixed-method approach to address the topic of personal epistemology among Chinese engineering doctoral students from U.S. institutions. It presents a broad view of the epistemological development among Chinese engineering students from five U.S. Midwestern doctoral programs. At the same time it provides deep insights into the thinking styles and behavioral patterns for each



particular epistemological developmental stage and offers practical examples from students’ academic experiences in these programs. It allows readers to gain an understanding of Chinese engineering students’ academic lives in U.S. institutions through a solid cognitive theoretical lens. It also highlights a number of factors that can potentially facilitate adult students’ cognitive development, and extends the discussion on the benefits of study-abroad and cross-cultural education for the epistemological domain.