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Meeting an Asian Student

Meeting an Asian Student. Marina Wikman/SAMK Aasian askeleet –seminaari 19 March 2013. Asian students in Finland. Number of Asian students to Finland growing 2011 Asian students to Finland almost 12% of all incoming students Highest numbers from China South Korea Japan.

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Meeting an Asian Student

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  1. Meeting an Asian Student Marina Wikman/SAMK Aasian askeleet –seminaari 19 March 2013

  2. Asian students in Finland • Number of Asian students to Finland growing • 2011 Asian students to Finland almost 12% of allincomingstudents • Highestnumbersfrom • China • South Korea • Japan

  3. SAMK • English-tuition programmes since 1997 • 4.5 bachelor and 1 master programme • Number of Asian degreestudentsalmost 90 and exchangestudentsapprox 20 • From 9 Asian countries • Bangladesh, China, India, Nepal, Pakistan, South Korea, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam • First Asian students • Exchange 1995 (China) • Finnishspeakingdegree 1995 (Japan) • Englishtuitiondegree 1997 (Pakistan)

  4. Asian Learning and Teaching(by Suman Mishra) • Influencedbyreligious and philosophicalvalues • Described as passiveinformationreceival, but • Repetitivelearningleading to deepknowledge • Effort and hardworkemphasised • Focus on • Bigger picture • Dotlike and symbolic information instead of text links • Non-linear reasoning

  5. Asian teacherguidelines • Praiseleads to arrogance • Teacherdispenser of knowledge • Teacher-dominatedtwo-wayflow • Quietclassrooms • Repetitivelearning • Firstform, thencontent • Firstmemorising, thenmastery

  6. Student in Asian context • Pressure on student • Largenumber of people • Limited resources • Obligation to succeed • disappointment • Leads to educationalcompetition

  7. Learning styles Asia • Holistic • Complexity and interwovenconcepts (west: separation, measurement, analysis) • Emphasis on reflection • Pausing and reflecting (west: verbousity and quickthinking) • Collaborative • Rememberlonger, bemoresatisfied (west: individuallearning for onepurpose) • Settinghigherstandards • Teachers expecthighstandard (west: less and less)

  8. Asian vs. western learningstyles • Western studentsintrinsicallymotivatedand Asian studentsextrinsicallymotivated • East collectivelearning and westindividuallearning • Collaboration in and outside classroom • Peer tutoring • Authority of teacher • Stricthierarchy • Strict inside classroom, warm and friendlydiscussions outside (caring)

  9. Confusingeducationalcontexts(based on personalexperiences and the bachelor’sthesis of Milan Ghimire) • ’Have a break, have a Kitkat’ • ’What is the correctanswer?’ • ’Todaywe’lltalkabouthiringpeople’ • Askingquestions • Givingone’sownopinions • Discussing and analysing instead of facts • Relationship with teachers

  10. Confusing general contexts • Language skills • General lack of knowledge of customs • Lack of safetynet • Feeling an outsider • Time concept • Financial problems

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