by Fred Dervin (Editor), Fred Dervin (Editor), Anu Härkönen (Editor), Xiangyun Du (Editor)
As the number of international students in Chinese higher education increases steadily, this volume is one of the first to focus on their many and varied experiences. With contributions focusing on such topics as intercultural adaptation, soft power and interculturality, language learning strategies and the intercultural, and transformations in perspective, this volume provides the reader with a broad overview of the latest advances in the field of interculturality and study abroad. While the book will appeal to a global audience of researchers, practitioners and students with an interest in Chinese higher education, it will also be of interest to all those who remain intrigued by conceptual and methodological issues of interculturality.
Format: Hardcover
Pages: 276
Edition: 1st ed. 2018
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 19 Jul 2018
ISBN 10: 3319781197
ISBN 13: 9783319781198
Xiangyun Du ( ) is Professor in the Department of Learning and Philosophy and director of the Confucius Institute for Innovation and Learning at Aalborg University, Denmark. She is also affiliated to the College of Education at Qatar University, Qatar.
Anu Harkoenen is Head of International Affairs at Turku University of Applied Sciences, Finland and a doctoral researcher at the University of Helsinki, Finland.