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A cross-cultural comparison of east Asian and American higher education criminal justice student learning preferences using the VARK questionnaire

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Title:
A cross-cultural comparison of east Asian and American higher education criminal justice student learning preferences using the VARK questionnaire
Authors:
Source:
Journal of Criminal Justice Education, 20(3), 272-291, 2009
Publisher:
Routledge
Year Published:
2009
Education Categories:
Keywords:
Education, Higher Learning Research Educational Anthropology Confucianism & Education Students, Foreign Education United States Quantitative Research East Asians Asia
Region:
- Hong Kong
- United States
Period:
- 1997.7 onwards
Level:
- Post-Secondary Education
Abstract:
The purpose of this quantitative study was to examine the relationship between learning preferences of East Asian and American higher education students. A review of the literature revealed a body of qualitative studies suggesting a stereotypical perception of an Asian learning preference influenced by cultural variables and the historical roots of Confucianism. The pedagogical implications of this stereotypical perception are obvious to faculty engaged in teaching and learning with Asian international students in America or abroad. The authors surveyed 233 higher education students from Hong Kong and America using the VARK Questionnaire. The authors used a two-way contingency table analysis and chi-square statistical tests to conduct their cross-cultural comparison on their variables of interest including age, gender, and country.
[Copyright of Journal of Criminal Justice Education is the property of Routledge. Full article may be available at the publisher's website: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10511250903200485]
Language:
- English
Document Type:
Journal Articles
ISSN:
- 10511253
DOI:
- 10.1080/10511250903200485
Permalink:
https://bibliography.lib.eduhk.hk/bibs/4ba0f803
Entry Date:
2010-11-28