Tuesday, September 6, 2016

"Tents of love" provided for China's "One-child" generation students

It's hard to comprehend the angst of parents who would sleep in a tent in order to make sure their only child successfully makes the transition to university study. However, sending your only child off has much deeper ramifications than most educators in the west would understand. The phenomenon of the "one child" generation is addressed by Johnston Wong of Bejing Normal University Hong Kong Baptist University United International College in Zhuhai, China, in chapter 4 of Enhancing Student Learning and Development in Cross-Border Higher Education titled "Adversity training for Chinese university students."

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