The study demonstrates a practical result of how Chinese trainees are affected by culture during their training in Finland. Past studies in educational fields between Finland and China are mostly comparative studies. Whereas this study discusses cultural influences in Finnish education export, and it provides an opportunity to Finnish educational institutions to understand how Chinese trainees think and what they need when they are taking short-term training in Finland.
Finnish education providers and related institutions could utilize this study to optimize the design and the quality of training programmes for their Chinese clients.
However, the results are not universal to every group from China, as we can detect different needs and views from the interviews.
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