This book uses a mixed-method approach to address the topic of personal epistemology among Chinese engineering doctoral students from U.S. institutions.--It presents a broad view of the epistemological development among Chinese engineering students from five U.S. Midwestern doctoral programs. Meanwhile, it provides practical examples from students academic experiences to showcase their thinking development and behavioral patterns.
It allows readers to gain an understanding of Chinese engineering students academic lives in U.S. institutions through a cognitive theoretical lens. It also highlights a number of factors that can potentially facilitate adult students cognitive development, and extends the discussion on the benefits of study-abroad and cross-cultural education to the epistemological domain.
1. Influx of International Talents in the United States: An Introduction.- 2. Epistemological Developmental Theories.- 3. Measurement on Personal Epistemological Development.- 4. Personal Epistemology in Application.- Chapter 5. Developing a Valid Survey for Personal Epistemology.- 6. A Mixed-Method Research Design.- 7. Overall Profiles of Epistemological Development.- 8. Factors Related to Epistemological Development.- 9. Stories of Chinese Engineering Doctoral Students Epistemological Thinking Styles.- 10. Factors Associated with Advanced Epistemological Thinking.- 11. Lessons Learned and Future Directions.
Dr. Jiabin Zhu is an Assistant Professor in the Graduate School of Education, Shanghai Jiao Tong University. Her primary research interests relate to engineering education, graduate education, and students cognitive development. She has published multiple peer-reviewed articles in journals such as Journal of Engineering Education, Advances in Engineering Education. For her work on the cognitive development of Chinese engineering doctoral studelĂ|
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