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Abstract:
Asian students from Confucian-heritage cultures (CHCs) have been criticised for their commitment to a rote-based or ‘surface’ approach to learning. Yet CHC students generally have a more ‘academic’ approach to learning than Australians, and their academic performance is consistently higher than that of students from most Western countries. This paper suggests that this apparent paradox is a result of Western misperceptions, both of CHC students’ approaches to learning and of the environments in which they are taught. Some implications for handling international students in Australia are... [+] Show more
Subjects: Students; Teaching and learning; Culture and society
Keywords: Cognitive abilities; Cultural factor
Geographic subjects: Oceania; Asia; Australia
Published: Adelaide, South Australia: NCVER, 1994