{"product_id":"understanding-chinese-engineering-doctoral-students-jiabin-zhu-9789811011351","title":"Understanding Chinese Engineering Doctoral Students in U.S. Institutions: A Personal Epistemology Perspective","description":"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.\u003cbr\u003eIt 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jiabin Zhu\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 9811011354\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9789811011351\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Springer\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/12\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 190\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.03lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.50d","brand":"Jiabin Zhu","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48874358833407,"sku":"9789811011351","price":54.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/understanding-chinese-engineering-doctoral-students-jiabin-zhu-9789811011351","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}