Internationalising the University The Chinese Context

by Coverdale-Jones, Tricia; Rastall, Paul

• ISBN13: 9780230203518
• ISBN10: 0230203515
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2009-01-15
• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan

Summary

The contributors toInternationalising the University: the Chinese Contextoffer an in-depth understanding of the rapidly changing developments in the fields of institutional, social, management, curriculum and student concerns and changes.

Author Biography

TRICIA COVERDALE-JONES is Principal Lecturer and eLearning Coordinator, School of Languages and Area Studies at the University of Portsmouth, UK. She has considerable experience of dealing with Chinese students on a daily basis in the UK Higher Education context. This is reinforced by an understanding of and profound interest in intercultural issues. As a convinced internationalist she believes that the transnational experience can be enhanced through greater understanding and research. 
 
PAUL RASTALL is a Principal Lecturer and Faculty International Coordinator, University of Portsmouth, UK. He has had responsibility for the development and management of international programmes for several years. He is currently responsible for developing numerous collaborative arrangements with universities in China, Hong Kong, and other Far Eastern countries. His academic background and publications are in Linguistics and English Language but he has also published on the needs of Chinese learners and worked with Tricia Coverdale-Jones on organizing conferences and publishing Chinese academic collaboration. 

Table of Contents

List of Figures	p. vii
List of Tables	p. ix
Preface	p. x
Acknowledgements	p. xi
Notes on Contributors	p. xii
Introduction Cooperation with Chinese Universities-Issues and Trends	p. 1
Institutional Perspectives
Conceptions of Internationalisation and Their Implications for Academic Engagement and Institutional Action: A Preliminary Case Study	p. 13
Chinese Universities' Motivations in Transnational Higher Education and Their Implications for Higher Education Marketisation	p. 33
The Internationalisation of Higher Education in China: The Case of One University	p. 57
Global Connections - Local Impacts Trends and Developments for Internationalism and Cross- Border Higher Education	p. 72
Using Policy Initiatives to Support Both Learning Enhancement and Language Enhancement at a Hong Kong University	p. 85
Student and Staff Perspectives
Cultivators, Cows and Computers: Chinese Learners' Metaphors of Teachers	p. 107
The Dissonance between Insider and Outsider Perspectives of the 'Chinese Problem': Implications for One of the UK's Largest Undergraduate Programmes	p. 130
Decoding Students' Value Orientations in Contemporary China	p. 147
Practical Approaches
Overcoming linguistic and Cultural Barriers to Integration: An Investigation of Two Models	p. 165
Building on Experience Meeting the Needs of Chinese Students in British Higher Education	p. 185
Chinese Learners and Interactive Learning	p. 206
Afterword :Responses to Internationalisation in the UK and the International Context and a Survey on Responses to Intercultural Communication Teaching	p. 223
Biographical Details of Authors	p. 239
Index	p. 248
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