Previous articleNext article No AccessSTUDENTS' AMBIVALENCE TOWARD THEIR EXPERIENCES IN SECONDARY EDUCATION: VIEWS FROM A GROUP OF YOUNG CHINESE STUDYING ON AN INTERNATIONAL FOUNDATION PROGRAM IN BEIJINGAlex CockainAlex Cockain Search for more articles by this author PDFPDF PLUS Add to favoritesDownload CitationTrack CitationsPermissionsReprints Share onFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail SectionsMoreDetailsFiguresReferencesCited by The China Journal Volume 65January 2011 Published on behalf of the Australian Centre on China in the World at the Australian National University Article DOIhttps://doi.org/10.1086/tcj.65.25790559 Views: 129Total views on this site Citations: 10Citations are reported from Crossref © The China JournalPDF download Crossref reports the following articles citing this article:Gil Hizi Fluctuating affect: Purpose and deflation in paths of self-development, HAU: Journal of Ethnographic Theory 11, no.33 (Feb 2022): 942–957.https://doi.org/10.1086/717568Jiefeng Ying, Jianing You, Jiaqi Guo The protective effects of youth assets on the associations among academic stress, regulatory emotional self-efficacy, and suicidal risk: A moderated mediation model, Children and Youth Services Review 119 (Dec 2020): 105660.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.childyouth.2020.105660Gil Hizi Marketised “Educational Desire” and the Impetus for Self-improvement: The Shifting and Reproduced Meanings of Higher Education in Contemporary China, Asian Studies Review 43, no.33 (Jul 2019): 493–511.https://doi.org/10.1080/10357823.2019.1630365Isabelle Harbrecht , ( 2018): 99.https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-21543-9_5Thiago Freires, Fátima Pereira O ensino secundário centrado nas artes: percepções de jovens do norte de Portugal, Educação e Pesquisa 44, no.00 (Aug 2017).https://doi.org/10.1590/s1678-4634201707160053Alex Cockain Identity Work at a Normal University in Shanghai, Anthropology & Education Quarterly 47, no.33 (Jul 2016): 314–328.https://doi.org/10.1111/aeq.12154Kan Wei Exploration and Rethinking: Student-Voice Studies in China, (Sep 2016): 323–338.https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-41291-1_21Chin Uy, Ronaldo A. Manalo, Ronaldo R. Cabauatan Factors affecting university entrants’ performance in high-stakes tests: a multiple regression analysis, Asia Pacific Education Review 16, no.44 (Oct 2015): 591–601.https://doi.org/10.1007/s12564-015-9395-4Minhua Ling “Bad Students Go to Vocational Schools!”: Education, Social Reproduction and Migrant Youth in Urban China, The China Journal 73 (Jun 2015): 108–131.https://doi.org/10.1086/679271Andrew B. Kipnis Constructing Commonality: Standardization and Modernization in Chinese Nation-Building, The Journal of Asian Studies 71, no.33 (Aug 2012): 731–755.https://doi.org/10.1017/S0021911812000666