Transnational Higher Education in the Asian Context (eBook)

HIROKO AKIBA Assistant Professor and International Education Advisor at the School of Commerce and Management, Hitotsubashi University, Japan MARTIN CORTAZZI Visiting Professor at the Centre for Applied Linguistics at the University of Warwick, UK TRICIA COVERDALE-JONES Principal Lecturer in the School of Languages and Area Studies, University of Portsmouth, UK JOSEPH FALOUT Assistant Professor at Nihon University, College of Science and Technology, Japan SUSAN GIBBS Senior Lecturer in the School of Education, University of Portsmouth, UK DAISUKE HIROUCHI Assistant Professor at the Liberal and General Education Center, Utsunomiya University, Japan RICHARD HITCHCOCK Senior Lecturer at the University of Portsmouth, UK LIXIAN JIN Professor of Linguistics and Intercultural Learning and the Director of the Centre for Research in Intercultural Communication and Learning (CIRCL) at De Montfort University, UK MARKUS LUX Head of Section Education at Robert Bosch Stiftung in Stuttgart, Germany JESILIN MANJULA Lecturer at Sunway University, Malaysia JOHN NAYSMITH Head of the School of Languages & Area Studies at the University of Portsmouth, UK ZHAOYING REN Associate Professor in teaching English as a foreign language at Kunming University of Science and Technology, China GORDON SLETHAUG teaches in English Studies and Speech Communications at the University of Waterloo, Canada JIRO TAKAI Professor of Social Psychology at the Graduate School of Education and Human Development, Nagoya University, Japan TIAN TAN International Admissions Specialist in the University of Pittsburgh Office of Admissions and Financial Aid, USA ANJA TIMM Senior Research Fellow in Education and Deputy Director of the Medical Education Development Unit at the University of Southampton, UK JOHN C. WEIDMAN Professor of Higher Education at the University of Pittsburgh, USA MARK WYATT Senior Lecturer at the University of Portsmouth, UL AKIYOSHI YONEZAWA Associate Professor at the Graduate School of International Development (GSID), Nagoya University, Japan LIN ZHENG Senior Lecturer at the University of Portsmouth, UK

Acknowledgements Notes on Contributors PART I: INTRODUCTION The Widening Context of Transnational Higher Education (TNHE); T.Coverdale-Jones PART II: INSTITUTIONAL ISSUES AND NATIONAL CONTEXTS Japanese University Leaders' Perceptions of Internationalization: The Role of Government in Review and Support; A.Yonezawa , D.Hirouchi & H.Akiba Insight into UK-China Partnerships and Collaborations in Higher Education: What Has Changed in the Last Five Years?; L.Zheng Internationalisation of Higher Education in Japan and the UK - Similarities and Contrasts; T.Coverdale-Jones Internationalization of Higher Education Institutions in China: Two Universities: Two Approaches; R.Clothey Challenges and Measures Related to the Integration of Chinese Students in Germany: the Activities of a German Foundation; M.Lux PART III: THE CULTURE OF ASIAN LEARNERS Creativity and the Chinese Learner: Developing Dialogues of Learning and Thinking through Synergy with China; M.Cortazzi & L.Jin Chinese Graduate Students' Adjustment to Learning in American Institutions; J.C.Weidman & T.Tan The Social Crux: Motivational Transformations of EFL Students in Japan; J.Falout Influences of Chinese Cultural Patterns of Thinking on Discourse Organisation in English Dissertation Writing; Z.Ren & R.Hitchcock What is it Like to Study for an Undergraduate Degree in India? Some Potential Implications for the Transition into Taught Postgraduate Programmes Abroad; A.Timm PART IV: PRACTICAL CONSIDERATIONS OF THE STUDENT EXPERIENCE Considering Cross-cultural Student Exchange form a Social Psychological Perspective; J.Takai Interpreting Malaysian Results in International Education Assessments; G.Slethaug & J.Manjula Chinese Student Progress from Presessional to Degree Study at a Canadian University; G.N.Dyck School Visits by Malaysian Students during Pre-service Teacher Education in the UK; N.Indiran , M.Wyatt , J.Naysmith & S.Gibbs PART V: CONCLUSION Conclusion; T.Coverdale-Jones Index