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Understanding Chinese Engineering Doctoral Students in U.S. Institutions
Jiabin Zhu
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Hardback. Series: East-West Crosscurrents in Higher Education. Num Pages: 205 pages, 5 black & white illustrations, 21 colour illustrations, 40 black & white tables, biograph. BIC Classification: JNM; JNT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 13. Weight in Grams: 479.
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. Meanwhile, it provides practical examples from students’ academic experiences to showcase their thinking development and behavioral patterns.
It allows readers to gain an understanding of Chinese engineering students’ academic lives in U.S. institutions through a 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 ... Read more
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. Meanwhile, it provides practical examples from students’ academic experiences to showcase their thinking development and behavioral patterns.
It allows readers to gain an understanding of Chinese engineering students’ academic lives in U.S. institutions through a 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 ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Springer Verlag, Singapore Singapore
Number of pages
205
Condition
New
Series
East-West Crosscurrents in Higher Education
Number of Pages
190
Place of Publication
Singapore, Singapore
ISBN
9789811011351
SKU
V9789811011351
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About Jiabin Zhu
Dr. Jiabin Zhu is an Assistant Professor in the Graduate School of Education, Shanghai Jiao Tong University. Her primary research interests relate to engineering education, graduate education, and students’ cognitive development. She has published multiple peer-reviewed articles in journals such as Journal of Engineering Education, Advances in Engineering Education. For her work on the cognitive development of Chinese engineering doctoral ... Read more
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