Experiences of teaching engineering students in Taiwan from a Western perspective

International Journal of Engineering Education

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1013-1022

  Sandnes, Frode Eika ^a   Huang, Yo Ping ^b   Jian, Hua Li ^c  

^a OSLO METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (Norway)

^b TATUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Chinese learner; Cultural understanding; Internationalization; Teacher mobility

Indexed keywords

EID: 33751038760     PISSN: 0949149X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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