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Author Gillespie, Sandra

Title South-South Transfer : a Study of Sino-African Exchanges
Published Hoboken : Taylor and Francis, 2014

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Description 1 online resource (403 pages)
Series East Asia
East Asia
Contents Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Preface; Acknowledgments; Table of Contents; Chapter One: Introduction; Context; Purpose; Significance; Methodology; Limitations; Outline; Chapter Two: Chinas Changing World View: The Evolution of Foreign Policy During the Maoist Reign; Introduction; Purpose and Focus; Phase One: The Peaceful Coexistence Approach; Phase Two: The Dominance of Revolution; Phase Three: The Grand Alliance; Conclusions; Chapter Three: Considerations of Theoretical Frameworks; Introduction; Purpose and Focus; Period of Borrowing; Period of Prediction
Period of Analysis: The Historical ApproachPositive-Inductive Approach; Problem Approach; Dependency/World Systems Analysis; World Order Models Project (WOMP); Conclusions; Chapter Four: Research Design and Data Collection; Introduction; Purpose and Focus; Part One: Intended Research Protocol; Part Two: Modifications to Intended Research Protocol; Part Three: Actual Research Protocol; Part Four: Summary; Part Five: Final Reflections on Methodology; Chapter Five: Student Profile; Introduction; Organization of Findings; Part One: Biographical Information; Part Two: Family Background
Part Three: Cultural BackgroundPart Four: Academic Background; Part Five: Current Education in China; Part Six: Summary Profile; Chapter Six: Motivation; Part One: Financial Motivations; Part Two: Academic Motivations; Part Three: Employment Motivation; Part Four: Personal Motivations; Part Five: Other Motivating Factors; Part Six: Summary of Motivational Factors; Chapter Seven: Issues; Part One: Level of Agreement and Disagreement on Issue Statements; Part Two: Written Comments on the Questionnaire; Part Three: The Interviews; Part Four: Embassy Counsellor Perspective
Chapter Eight: Social ContactPart One: Main Source of Company; Part Two: Close Companionship; Part Three: Frequency of Social Contact; Chapter Nine: Academic Experience; Part One: Ease and Difficulty in Academic Tasks; Part Two: Evaluating Academic Experience in China; Chapter Ten: Chinese Language and Progress; Part One: Chinese Language Training; Part Two: Chinese Language Proficiency; Part Three: Academic Progress and Language Proficiency; Chapter Eleven: Financial Support; Part One: Sources and Percentages of Support; Part Two: Sufficiency of Financial Support; Chapter Twelve: Conclusions
China's Changing World ViewWorld Order Models Project (WOMP); Final Comments; References; Appendixes A-N; A: A Sketch of Sino-African Relations in Historical Perspective; B: Letter Announcing China/Canada Scholars & Students Exchange Program, November 25, 1996; C: Letter of Recommendation from China/Canada Scholars Exchange Program, March 25, 1997; D: Letter of Confirmation from China/Canada Scholars Exchange Program, July 28, 1997; E: Admission Notice, June 6, 1997; F: Intended Interview Consent Form for African Students; G: Intended Interview Consent Form for Chinese Participants
Summary This study directs attention towards a South-South dimension of knowledge transfer: specifically, China's educational exchange programs for Africa
Notes H: Cover Letter and Questionnaire in English
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Subject Student exchange programs -- Political aspects -- China
Student exchange programs -- Political aspects -- Africa
International education -- China
International education -- Africa
African students -- China -- Case studies
African students
International education
Africa
China
Genre/Form Case studies
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781317734000
1317734009