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Confronting Cultural Challenges When Reconstructing the Teacher-Student Relationship in a Chinese Context

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Traditionally, the Chinese educational system is shaped by teacher-centeredness, meaning that the teacher directs and controls the design of the overall educational objective and the educational process. However, in the past three decades, Chinese educational institutions have gradually made initiatives to transform their teachercentered educational approach into student-centered learning in order to enhance student learning motivation and learning outcome.

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  • Power Distance
  • Educational Process
  • Learning Content
  • Ethical Framework
  • Chinese Context

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  1. Department of Learning and Philosophy, Aalborg University, Denmark

    Xiang-Yun Du

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  1. Department of Learning and Philosophy, Aalborg University, Denmark

    Mads Jakob Kirkebæk

  2. Department of Learning and Philosophy, Aalborg University, Denmark

    Xiang-Yun Du

  3. Department of Learning and Philosophy, Aalborg University, Denmark

    Annie Aarup Jensen

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Li, H., Du, XY. (2013). Confronting Cultural Challenges When Reconstructing the Teacher-Student Relationship in a Chinese Context. In: Kirkebæk, M.J., Du, XY., Jensen, A.A. (eds) Teaching and Learning Culture. SensePublishers, Rotterdam. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6209-440-6_6

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