Getting undergraduates ready for China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) through an overseas experiential learning project, China and the world: Ancient and modern silk road

• Main Authors: CHIN, Andrew, MENKHOFF, Thomas, EVERS, Hans-Dieter, GN, Hoong Hui Daniel, KOH, Kevin, LEE, Chester Wey, LOH, Patrick, LOW, Linda, TAN, Sebastian, TEO, Teng Seng, YAP, Natalie
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2021
• Subjects: Experiential learning; Singapore; China; Belt and Road Initiative (BRI); Asian Studies; Business; Higher Education; Organizational Behavior and Theory
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/lkcsb_research/6816; https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/lkcsb_research/article/7815/viewcontent/SMU_XO_China_av.pdf
• Institution: Singapore Management University

In this paper, we explain how an experiential learning course and study tour to Gansu Province (People’s Republic of China) enabled undergraduates at the Singapore Management University (SMU) to acquire 21st-century competencies and higher-order thinking skills by analyzing and evaluating specific a...