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II.7Do you use any reference books written in otherlanguages? 0 Dependent 0.212II.8 Are you satisfied with the textbooks you have used? 0.183 IndependentII.9 How often do you read your lecture notes? 0.022 Dependent 0.097II.10you use other reference materials (books or othermaterials such as those from the Internet)?0.088 IndependentIII Teaching and learning methodsIII.1III.2III.3.AIII.3.BIII.3.CIII.3.DIII.4.AIII.4.BIII.4.CDo you feel that the teaching methods in your currentsubjects are suitable? 0 Dependent 0.186If you select C in Question 1, please give yourreasons: 0.01 Dependent 0.278Preferred teaching methods? Face-to-face lecturesand students taking notes 0.554 IndependentPreferred teaching methods? Case studies, classdiscussions and interaction between lecturers andstudents; 0.855 IndependentPreferred teaching methods? Self-learning based withlecturers’ supervision; 0.359 IndependentPreferred teaching methods? Fewer lectures and morelabs and tutorials. 0.166 IndependentHow can this help in learning and future development:Each concept has one definition only so there is noconfusion 0.281 IndependentHow can this help in learning and future development:Fewer class questions from students so lecturers havemore time to talk 0 Dependent 0.161How can this help in learning and future development:Fewer group assignments and more individualassignments 0 Dependent 0.183III.4.DIII.4.EHow can this help in learning and future development:Fewer student presentations and more lectures; 0.077 IndependentHow can this help in learning and future development:Lecturers arrange assignment groups rather thanstudents 0 Dependent 0.145III.4.FHow can this help in learning and future development:Working in groups with local students 0.358 IndependentIII.4.GHow can this help in learning and future development:Working in groups with international students 0 Dependent 0.394III.5What are the main differences between teachingmethods here and teaching methods in your previouseducation 0 Dependent 0.311III.6 Do you like lecturers to ask questions in class? 0.097 Independent55
III.7What are you most concerned about when evaluatinga subject? 0.001 Dependent 0.138III.8 In general, do you prefer 0.158 IndependentIII.9In general, how satisfied are you with the teachingmethods in your current subjects? 0.248 IndependentIV Education Management systemsIV.1IV.2IV.3Do you have any experience with credit-point systemsin your previous education? 0 Dependent 0.294Do you have any experience in selecting subjects andsub-majors by yourself? 0.053 IndependentWould you like to be able to take more electivesubjects? 0 Dependent 0.140IV.4IV.5Do you feel that your department/university haveprovided you with sufficient guidance and help onstudying in the Australian university education system? 0 Dependent 0.163Do you have any difficulties in selecting subjects andsub-majors by yourself?0.068 IndependentIV.6 Do you prefer to study? 0 Dependent 0.254V. LanguageV.1V.2V.3V.4V.5Due to the cultural and language differences,sometimes it is not easy to communicate with thosestudents from different cultural backgrounds. What doyou think are the main difficulties in communicating? 0 Dependent 0.465Do you have any English language- related difficultiesin understanding lectures? 0 Dependent 0.389Do you have any English language-related difficultieswhen completing your homework? 0 Dependent 0.509Are you confident about your English whenparticipating in-class discussions? 0 Dependent 0.547Do you have any English language related difficultiesin class presentations? 0 Dependent 0.579VI. Culture-based teaching & learning conceptsVI.1What are you most concerned about when evaluatinglecturers’ performance? They: 0 Dependent 0.248VI.2 Who do you think are good students? 0 Dependent 0.206VI.3VI.4VI.5VI.6VI.7Do you like to express your ideas and opinions inclass? 0.099 IndependentDo you care about whether your opinions are thesame as others? 0 Dependent 0.179Do you insist on your opinion when it conflicts withothers’? 0.73 IndependentDo you contact your lecturers directly when you havedifficulties in your studies? 0 Dependent 0.212Do you doubt the correctness of your opinion when itis different from your lecturers’? 0.042 Dependent 0.09956
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Strategies and Approaches toTeachin
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Table of Contents0 EXECUTIVE SUMMAR
Page 5: 0 Executive SummaryAustralian terti
Page 8 and 9: 1 Project OutcomesThe outcomes of t
Page 10 and 11: The identification information sect
Page 12: questions aim to discover their ass
Page 15 and 16: 3.2 Literature reviewCross-cultural
Page 17 and 18: 4 Survey Data AnalysisThis section
Page 19 and 20: Total Count 380 632 1012Percentage
Page 21 and 22: 2 Count 12 30 42Percentage 3.1% 4.7
Page 23 and 24: Table 13 shows that nearly all loca
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Page 27 and 28: Preferredfewerlectures andmore labs
Page 29 and 30: Table 26 (Question III.4.D) Preferr
Page 31 and 32: Maindifferencesbetweenteachingmetho
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Page 35 and 36: Table 38 (Question IV.4) Sufficient
Page 37 and 38: understanding lectures?Table 42 (Qu
Page 39 and 40: confident Count 301 179 480Percenta
Page 41 and 42: Table 49 (Question VI.4) Caring abo
Page 43 and 44: Table 52 shows that more local stud
Page 45 and 46: Table 56 shows that both local and
Page 47 and 48: a chi-square test to determine whet
Page 49 and 50: Significance Level (α= 0.05)Hypoth
Page 51 and 52: presentations are unrelated (Indepe
Page 53 and 54: Hypotheses V.2H0: Student category
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Page 59 and 60: II.6.EII.6.FII.6.GTextbooks you pre
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Page 65 and 66: distribution of these comments acro
Page 67 and 68: Figure 4.5 University of Sydney und
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Page 71 and 72: example, one student said that home
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Page 93 and 94: (7) Have you been involved in many
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Page 97 and 98: Furthermore, I was not familiar wit
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II.9 0.022 0.097 0.174 0.02 0.135II
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From Table 65, we can see that ther
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countries peoples. Personally, I fi
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perceived by them as something insi
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7. Arrange peer groups for those st
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covered (or not covered well) in th
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13. Ask assistance from internation
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11) • Weekly groupcase studies an
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8 Guideline for International Stude
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life. However, it is very important
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There are ways of maintaining focus
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Expect to be nervous initially and
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Avoid cheating and plagiarismAustra
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9 Disciplinary and interdisciplinar
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10 Results communication, publicati
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Visiting Professor Javier Montero f
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11 ReferencesAsmar C. (1999), Schol
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