Peer Mentoring Programme for Indian Students in China: The Beginning of a New Friendship or Just Another Scholar Procedure?

Autor/inn/en	Yu, Jiajia; Liu, Ming; Deng, Yongzhong; Feng, Xiaolong; Lozano Cárdenas, Alexis René Javier
Titel	Peer Mentoring Programme for Indian Students in China: The Beginning of a New Friendship or Just Another Scholar Procedure?
Quelle	In: Compare: A Journal of Comparative and International Education, 53 (2023) 1, S.159-177 (19 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Lozano Cárdenas, Alexis René Javier)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0305-7925
DOI	10.1080/03057925.2021.1886052
Schlagwörter	Peer Relationship; Mentors; Foreign Students; Foreign Countries; Friendship; College Students; Student Adjustment; Social Support Groups; Acculturation; Student Experience; Stress Variables; India; China + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Peer-Beziehungen; Ausland; Freundschaft; Collegestudent; Student; Students; Adjustment; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Adaptation; Social support; Soziale Unterstützung; Akkulturation; Studienerfahrung; Indien
Abstract	The transition to higher education institutions represents a challenge for any student, especially for international students who have to go through an academic and a socio-cultural adaptation process at the same time. Because of the insufficiency of Indian medical schools, many Indian students have come to China for English-medium medical programmes. To help Indian students with scholar and social problems, a Chinese counsellor is often assigned to them, following the same scheme for the Chinese students to facilitate their adaptation process. However, frequent communication problems, lack of trust and insufficient attention time have made this scheme insufficient for Indian students. In this research, a peer mentoring scheme is proposed as a possible solution to help Indian students in the adaptation process. Advantages were detected on the perceived scholar adaptation process and social support. These results and perceptions on the adaptation process of international students in non-English speaking countries are discussed. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01