International Education and the Chinese Learner

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Contents Acknowledgements vii Contributors ix Introduction 1 Gordon Slethaug I. Interrogating International Education and Chinese Learners 13 1. Something Happened While Nobody Was Looking: The Growth of 15 International Education and the Chinese Learner Gordon Slethaug 2. “Chinese Learners”: Misconceptions and Realities 37 Janette Ryan II. The Chinese Learner in International Schools in Hong Kong 57 3. Fit for Purpose? Why Chinese Families Choose International Schools 59 in Hong Kong Chris Forse 4. Being, Becoming, and Belonging: Exploring Hong Kong-Chinese 73 Students’ Experiences of the Social Realities of International Schooling Eric Jabal 5. Educating Chinese Learners for Social Conscience in Hong Kong: 89 An International School Perspective Martin Schmidt Ch00 Prelims(P.i-x).indd 5 12/07/2010 12:08 PM III. Teachers and Chinese Learners in Transnational 109 Higher Education Settings 6. A Danish Perspective on Teaching Chinese Students in Europe 111 Jane Vinther 7. Chinese Pre-Service Teachers in Australia: Language, Identity, 129 and Practice Jennifer Miller 8. Realizing “Cross-cultural Exchange”: A Dialogue between 149 the USA and China Ivy Wang 9. Learning for All: Cross-cultural, Interdisciplinary Team 161 Teaching between China and the USA Zhu Weibin Notes 173 Works Cited 177 Index 197 vi Contents Ch00 Prelims(P.i-x).indd 6 12/07/2010 12:08 PM ...