Developing Intercultural Competence "At Home": Domestic Students’ Experiences in Chinese Universities

This book presents a mixed-methods study that explores the development of intercultural competence among local Chinese students in Chinese universities, using Deardorff’s process model of intercultural competence as a theoretical framework.

Xiaoqing Wang is a Lecturer at the School of Education, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, China. He is a co-founder and the first rotating chairman of the ＂Diversity, Local & Innovation＂ Education Academic Salon at Peking University, 2017-2018. His research interests include international higher education, student development, educational policy, and qualitative research methods. Dr. Wang is the author of The Impact Mechanism of the Chinese College Student Learning Assessment Project (Huazhong University of Science and Technology Press) and he also co-edited The History of Academic Dress (Peking University Press).

Kun Dai is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Educational Administration and Policy, Faculty of Education, The Chinese University of Hong Kong. Dr. Dai’s research interests include international and comparative education, transnational higher education, education policy, and intercultural learning and adjustment. Dr. Dai’s work has appeared in several leading international peer-reviewed journals, such as Studies in Higher Education, Higher Education Research & Development, Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education, and Compare. Furthermore, Dr. Dai is an Associate Editor of the Journal of International Students, an editorial board member of Compare, and a referee for more than 40 international journals.