How Chinese students manage their transition to higher education effectively

Student initiative at Sino-Foreign cooperative universities

Dados Bibliográficos

ID21484809
AutoresYang Hang (0000-0001-8552-7925, Academy of Future Education, Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University, Suzhou, China), Xiaojun Zhang (0000-0003-4290-9629, Academy of Future Education, Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University, Suzhou, China, autor correspondente)
Ano2025
Volume45
Fascículo1
Páginas69-83
Data de publicação2025-01-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessNão
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoAsia Pacific Journal of Education (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0218-8791 • E-ISSN: 1742-6855
EditoraInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/02188791.2022.2047610
OpenAlexW4214927361
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas9
Referências citadas49

Although students are the key actors in their transition to higher education, there is limited research concentrating on student agency in a successful transition. This study examines how Chinese students actively and effectively manage their transition to the Sino-foreign cooperative university (SFCU). In X University – one of nine SFCUs in China, we conduct semi-structured interviews with 35 Chinese undergraduates and analyse the data through the grounded theory method. We argue that Student Initiative (SI) is a key capability in managing student transition. And we conceptualize SI as a five-dimensional construct comprised of self-consciousness and self-reflection under the cognitive aspect, self-driving and self-adapting under the behavioural aspect, and positive feelings under the affective aspect. Moreover, we identify the impact of SI on students’ academic and sociocultural transitions. Suggestions are put forward for students and SFCUs to enhance SI and facilitate student transition

Academic achievement · China · Feeling · Grounded theory · Higher education · Mathematics education · Pedagogy · Political science · Qualitative research · Sociocultural evolution · Sociology · Computer Science · Higher Education Practises and Engagement · Higher Education Research Studies · Psychology · Social Psychology · Youth Development and Social Support