Keystone Prospectus Chinese Version English Version | Page 15

T H E K E Y S T O N E WAY Combining Cultural Learning Styles European American learning beliefs emphasize inquiry, curiosity, a challenging attitude, open mindedness, creativity, and efficiency. From wushu to Chinese history and literature, students are immersed in China from many perspectives. Chinese learning beliefs emphasize a set of personal moral virtues such as resolve, diligence, endurance of hardship, perseverance, concentration, and humility. Although both cultures have some of each other’s learning beliefs, each culture’s core beliefs anchor distinctly in their own model. One approach is not better than another. What gives graduates an advantage is the ability to integrate different cultural learning approaches, and apply them in the right moments. 15