Learning Cultures and Learning Styles: Myth-Understandings about Adult (Hong Kong) Chinese Learners.

Kennedy, Peter

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Publication Date: 2002

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Learning Cultures and Learning Styles: Myth-Understandings about Adult (Hong Kong) Chinese Learners.

Kennedy, Peter

International Journal of Lifelong Education, v21 n5 p430-45 Sep-Oct 2002

Compares stereotypes with realities of the effect of Chinese culture on learning styles. Reviews literature on effective adult learning. Discusses learning style preferences of Hong Kong Chinese adults, teacher expectations, and new approaches to adult learning. (Contains 68 references.) (SK)

Descriptors: Adult Students, Cognitive Style, Cultural Influences, Foreign Countries, Second Language Learning, Stereotypes, Teacher Student Relationship

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Location: Hong Kong

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