Toward harmonious East-West educational partnerships: A study of cultural differences between Taiwanese and Norwegian engineering students

Asia Pacific Education Review

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 585-595

  Jian, Hua Li ^a,b   Sandnes, Frode E ^b   Huang, Yo Ping ^c   Huang, Yueh Min ^a   Hagen, Simen ^b  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b OSLO METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (Norway)

^c NATIONAL TAIPEI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Culture differences; Engineering; Internationalization; Learning

Indexed keywords

EID: 78049276217     PISSN: 15981037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12564-010-9114-0     Document Type: Article

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