Transitioning 'In-Between': Chinese Students' Navigating Experiences in Transnational Higher Education Programmes (Spotlight on China, 7)

This book offers an account of Chinese students' intercultural learning experiences in China-Australia articulation programmes. While these students learn in programmes that Chinese and Australian partner universities collaboratively operate, differences in educational practices still make them encounter barriers. To deal with cross-system differences, some students indicate a positive sense of agency. However, some of them feel disempowered. Notably, many students develop a sense of in-betweenness through learning in such programmes. Based on the investigation, Kun Dai argues that intercultural learning and adjustment in the transnational higher education context may become more complex than other forms of international education.

Kun Dai, Ph.D., is Assistant Professor at the Department of Educational Administration and Policy, the Chinese University of Hong Kong. He has published several journal articles and book chapters in relation to transnational higher education, student mobility, and intercultural learning.