Article: The design of experiential learning spaces for Chinese students studying at North American universities Journal: International Journal of Cultural Management (IJCULTM) 2022 Vol.1 No.2 pp.146 - 163 Abstract: With the continued increase of internationalisation in higher education, more international students are arriving at North American higher education institutions, especially from China. Concurrently, among the various teaching approaches, experiential learning has become one of the vital pedagogical methods in business education in North American higher education. To enhance the effectiveness of the experiential learning pedagogy, identifying and designing appropriate learning spaces for international students is extremely important, especially for Asian students who have been studying in very different types of learning spaces in their home countries. This exploratory study utilised a qualitative paradigm design through the Kolb learning space model to investigate the preferred experiential learning (EL) spaces for Chinese students studying at North American universities. The study's outcome indicates that well-developed experiential learning spaces could enhance Chinese students' experiential learning outcomes when studying at universities in North America. Inderscience Publishers - linking academia, business and industry through research

Title: The design of experiential learning spaces for Chinese students studying at North American universities

Authors: Chen-Yu Feng; Wei Song; David D. Schein; Paul Clark

Addresses: School of Management, Tianjin University of Technology, 391 Binshuixi Rd., Xiqing District, Tianjin, 300384, China ' School of Business, Black Hills State University, 1200 University Street, Spearfish, South Dakota, 57783, USA ' University of St. Thomas, Houston, 1111 Heights Blvd., Houston, Texas, 77008, USA ' Thompson Rivers University, 900 McGill Rd., Kamloops, BC, V2C 6N6, Canada

Abstract: With the continued increase of internationalisation in higher education, more international students are arriving at North American higher education institutions, especially from China. Concurrently, among the various teaching approaches, experiential learning has become one of the vital pedagogical methods in business education in North American higher education. To enhance the effectiveness of the experiential learning pedagogy, identifying and designing appropriate learning spaces for international students is extremely important, especially for Asian students who have been studying in very different types of learning spaces in their home countries. This exploratory study utilised a qualitative paradigm design through the Kolb learning space model to investigate the preferred experiential learning (EL) spaces for Chinese students studying at North American universities. The study's outcome indicates that well-developed experiential learning spaces could enhance Chinese students' experiential learning outcomes when studying at universities in North America.

Keywords: Kolb; experiential learning theory; learning spaces; learning styles; Chinese students; China; North American universities; culture.

DOI: 10.1504/IJCULTM.2022.126917

International Journal of Cultural Management, 2022 Vol.1 No.2, pp.146 - 163

Received: 19 Apr 2021
Accepted: 13 Oct 2021
Published online: 12 Nov 2022 *

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