Cooperative learning vs Confucian heritage culture's collectivism: Confrontation to reveal some cultural conflicts and mismatch

Asia Europe Journal

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 403-419

  Phuong Mai, Nguyen ^a   Terlouw, Cees ^b   Pilot, Albert ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

CHC countries; Collectivism; Confucian; Cooperative learning; Culturally appropriate pedagogy; Group learning

Indexed keywords

EID: 29444460786     PISSN: 16102932     EISSN: 16121031     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10308-005-0008-4     Document Type: Article

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