COMPONENTS, CURRENT STATUS AND DESIRED STATE OF INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS LEARNING MANAGEMENT IN FOUR UNIVERSITIES IN JIANGXI PROVINCE, CHINA

Abstract

In recent years, with the improvement of Sino-foreign cooperative education and the internationalization level of higher education in China, the number of international students has maintained steady growth. China has become the third largest destination country for studying abroad in the world and the largest destination country in Asia, and the number of international students in many universities has exploded. This study aims to investigate and identify the components and sub-components of international students learning management by issuing expert check tables to five experts in the fields of education management from four universities in Jiangxi Province. And to explore the current status and desired states of international students learning management in four universities in Jiangxi Province by conducting a questionnaire survey on 193 international student administrators, teachers and international students in four universities. Then evaluate the critical priority needs for international students learning management by using the Modified Priority Need Index. Through questionnaire feedback, find out the problems in learning management, and put forward the corresponding countermeasures. The findings are as follows: 1) All in all, the five experts evaluated the components and sub-components of international students learning management in four universities in Jiangxi Province, all the results are at the highest level. 2) The current status of international students learning management in four universities in Jiangxi Province is generally at the moderate level. When considering in six aspects, the mean from high to low are: curriculum, evaluation, learning atmosphere, environment, teaching, activities, respectively; In addition, the desired state of international student learning management in four universities in Jiangxi Province is generally at the highest level. When considering in six aspects, the mean from high to low are: evaluation, learning atmosphere, environment, teaching, curriculum, activities, respectively. 3) When considering in six aspects, the Modified Priority Need Index of international students learning management in the four universities in Jiangxi Province from high to low are: environment, teaching, activities, evaluation, learning atmosphere, curriculum, respectively. This study has enlightening significance for policy makers and international student administrators in universities in Jiangxi Province, and has certain reference value for researchers working in similar fields of the management of international students. It can also be used as a reference for universities in other provinces to strengthen international students learning management.