meeting an asian student marina wikman/samk aasian askeleet –seminaari 19 march 2013
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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
SAMK
• English-tuition programmes since 1997– 4.5 bachelor and 1 master programme
• Number of Asian degree students almost 90 and exchange students approx 20
• From 9 Asian countries – Bangladesh, China, India, Nepal, Pakistan, South Korea,
Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam• First Asian students
– Exchange 1995 (China)– Finnish speaking degree 1995 (Japan)– English tuition degree 1997 (Pakistan)
Asian Learning and Teaching(by Suman Mishra)
• Influenced by religious and philosophical values• Described as passive information receival, but• Repetitive learning leading to deep knowledge• Effort and hard work emphasised• Focus on – Bigger picture– Dotlike and symbolic information instead of text links– Non-linear reasoning
Asian teacher guidelines
• Praise leads to arrogance• Teacher dispenser of knowledge• Teacher-dominated two-way flow• Quiet classrooms• Repetitive learning– First form, then content– First memorising, then mastery
Student in Asian context
• Pressure on student– Large number of people– Limited resources– Obligation to succeed• disappointment
Leads to educational competition
Learning styles Asia
• Holistic– Complexity and interwoven concepts (west: separation,
measurement, analysis)• Emphasis on reflection– Pausing and reflecting (west: verbousity and quick thinking)
• Collaborative– Remember longer, be more satisfied (west: individual
learning for one purpose)• Setting higher standards– Teachers expect high standard (west: less and less)
Asian vs. western learning styles
• Western students intrinsically motivated and Asian students extrinsically motivated
• East collective learning and west individual learning– Collaboration in and outside classroom– Peer tutoring
• Authority of teacher– Strict hierarchy– Strict inside classroom, warm and friendly discussions
outside (caring)
Confusing educational contexts(based on personal experiences and the bachelor’s thesis of Milan Ghimire)
• ’Have a break, have a Kitkat’• ’What is the correct answer?’• ’Today we’ll talk about hiring people’• Asking questions• Giving one’s own opinions• Discussing and analysing instead of facts• Relationship with teachers