Learning Journeys and Master's literacies: Chinese first-degree students' transitions to postgraduate studies in the UK

Wei Zhao, Pauline Sangster, Dai Hounsell

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Abstract

This chapter discusses the findings of an interview-based study of the postgraduate learning journeys of eighteen Chinese students enrolled in Master's programmes at a Scottish university in one of three contrasting subject areas: Signal Processing and Communications, Finance and Investment, and Education. The analysis is informed by research both on academic literacies and on student's experiences of learning in higher education, including cross-cultural studies. Four key interwoven facets of Master's literacies in the UK setting are explored: autonomy in learning, acquiring expertise in subject discourses, critical and analytical thinking, and interaction with teachers and students.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationHigher Education Transitions
Subtitle of host publicationTheory and Research
EditorsEva Kyndt, Vincent Donche, Keith Trigwell, Sari Lindblom-Ylänne
PublisherRoutledge
ISBN (Electronic)9781315617367
ISBN (Print)9781138670891, 9781138670884
Publication statusPublished - 9 May 2017

Publication series

NameNew Perspectives on Learning and Instruction
PublisherRoutledge

Keywords / Materials (for Non-textual outputs)

  • transitions
  • learning
  • HE

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