Open AccessImproving postgraduate students' scientific literacy and self-efficacy using international collabor international collaborative research workshops: an explor ch workshops: an exploratory case study y case study in a Chinese university
Author(s) -
Zhang Qing,
Jingmin Wang,
Ruihong Ji,
Tairan Huang
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
journal of university teaching and learning practice
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.258
H-Index - 8
ISSN - 1449-9789
DOI - 10.53761/1.17.5.14
Subject(s) - context (archaeology) , psychology , medical education , exploratory research , feeling , christian ministry , literacy , china , pedagogy , sociology , political science , medicine , paleontology , social psychology , anthropology , law , biology
Postgraduate education in China bears the dual mission of "high-end talent supply" and "scientific and technological innovation" as delegated by the Ministry of Education of China (2017). Improve the quality of postgraduate student training and management is essential for Chinese universities to meet this requirement. This paper investigates the practical effectiveness of using a specially designed, internationally collaborative research training workshop to enhance new Chinese postgraduate students' scientific literacy and self-efficacy. The research results show that the workshop, which integrates seminar presentations and both individual and group-based student activities, is of practical significance for improving the experiences of first-year postgraduate students. The findings indicate the application of enactive mastery and vicarious learning strategies in research training workshop effectively boost students' motivation, confidence and feeling of accomplishment at their early research career, and can provide ongoing benefits to support Chinese students to further develop research skills and capabilities. The positive findings in this exploratory study can inform future research projects to examine the transferability of this research training workshop model in the broader Chinese higher education context.