The Chinese Learner: Cultural, Psychological and Contextual Influences

This is the first book to paint a clear, research based picture of how Chinese students and their teachers see the context and content of their learning both in Hong Kong and abroad. The focus of much of this research is the question 'How can Chinese learners be so successful academically (often out-performing their Western peers) when their teaching and learning seems to be so oriented to rote memorization?'. It is concluded that at the heart of...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0864311826
• ISBN13: 9780864311825
• Release Date: November 1996
• Publisher: Hong Kong University Press
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.9" x 8.9"
• Age Range: 22 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher