Examining Culture's Impact on the Learning Behaviors of International Students from Confucius Culture Studying in Western Online Learning Context

• Main Authors: Haijun Kang, Bo Chang
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Journal of International Students 2016-07-01
• Series: Journal of International Students
• Subjects: confucius culture; cultural dimensions theory; Western culture; online learning behaviors
• Online Access: http://ojed.org/index.php/jis/article/view/356
• ISSN: 2162-3104; 2166-3750

There is a lack of shared understanding of how culture impacts learning in online environment. Utilizing document analysis, the authors in this research study culture’s impact on the learning behaviors of student sojourners from Confucius culture studying in Western online learning context. The shared understandings of Confucius culture and Western culture are compared, contrasted, and synthesized through Hofstede’s cultural dimensions theory. The learning behaviors of student sojourners from Confucius culture are examined from the following three dimensions: teacher-student relationship, curriculum development, and teaching and learning pedagogy. Practical implications of the findings are discussed.