Transnational Higher Education in the Asian Context

1. Introduction: The Widening Context of Transnational Higher Education
Tricia Coverdale-Jones

Part I. Institutional Issues and National Contexts

2. Japanese University Leaders’ Perceptions of Internationalisation: The Role of Government in Review and Support
Akiyoshi Yonezawa, Hiroko Akiba, Daisuke Hirouchi

3. Insight into UK China Articulation Programmes and Internationalisation: What Has Changed in the Last Few Years?
Lin Zheng

4. Internationalisation of Higher Education in Japan and the UK — Similarities and Contrasts
Tricia Coverdale-Jones

5. Internationalisation of Higher Education Institutions in China: Two Universities: Two Approaches
Rebecca Clothey

6. Challenges and Measures Related to the Integration of Chinese Students in Germany — the Activities of a German Foundation
Markus Lux

Part II. The Culture of Asian Learners

7. Creativity and Criticality: Developing Dialogues of Learning and Thinking through Synergy with China
Martin Cortazzi, Lixian Jin

8. Chinese Graduate Students’ Adjustment to Academic Demands in American Universities
Tian Tan, John C. Weidman

9. The Social Crux: Motivational Transformations of EFL Students in Japan
Joseph Falout

10. Influences of Chinese Cultural Patterns of Thinking on Discourse Organisation in English Dissertation Writing
Zhaoying Ren, Richard Hitchcock

11. What is it Like to Study for an Undergraduate Degree in India? Some Potential Implications for the Transition into Taught Postgraduate Programmes Abroad
Anja Timm

Part III. Practical Considerations of the Student Experience

12. Considering Cross-Cultural Student Exchange from a Social Psychological Perspective
Jiro Takai

13. Interpreting Malaysian Results in International Education Assessments
Gordon Slethaug, Jesilin Manjula

14. Chinese and Canadian Students in Undergraduate Degree Programmes in a Canadian University: A Quantitative Comparison
Garry N. Dyck

15. School Visits During Pre-Service Teacher Education: A Study of Malaysian Bachelor of Education Students in the UK Preparing to Teach English as a Second Language
Nandini Indiran, Mark Wyatt, John Naysmith, Susan Gibbs

Part IV. Conclusion

16. Transnational Higher Education in the Asian Context
Tricia Coverdale-Jones

Keywords: Education, Higher Education, Linguistics, general, English, Language Education, Language Teaching, Educational Policy and Politics