Shaping “The Belt and Road Initiative” International Higher Education

Abstract

Abstract This study aims to exploring the “The Belt and Road” international higher education. This research uses a qualitative method to explore the learning perceptions of 22 international students from South-Asian countries studying in Chinese learning programs at three Chinese higher education institutions. The findings argue that the international students from South-Asian countries’ various attitudes towards the learning and teaching approaches as well as their communications with international classmates, Chinese students and teachers all shaped their learning perceptions of learning Chinese. Moreover, the findings reveal those international students’ cognitive (e.g., thoughts, beliefs, and ideas), affective (e.g., feelings and emotions) and conative (e.g., tendency or disposition) learning perceptions as parts of their psychological mechanisms interacted with institutional or cross-cultural contexts. This study also highlights the importance of making sense of these complexities to understand international students’ learning perceptions. The implications of stimulating their learning perceptions are also discussed.