This book presents the first comprehensive and systematic review of existing research on the malleability of intellectual styles.

Li-fang Zhang is Professor of Psychology and Education in the Faculty of Education at the University of Hong Kong. She is the co-author of five books, including the award-winning monograph The Nature of Intellectual Styles (2006). Professor Zhang has also published works on such diverse research areas as creativity, giftedness, personality, student development, teacher education, higher education, multicultural education and the academic profession.

Preface; Acknowledgments; Part I. Background: 1. Motivation for this book; 2. Key style models and measures; Part II. Empirical Evidence: Cross-sectional Studies: 3. Gender and intellectual styles; 4. Culture and intellectual styles; 5. Academic discipline and intellectual styles; 6. Occupation and intellectual styles; Part III. Empirical Evidence: Longitudinal Studies: 7. Longitudinal studies with interventions; 8. Longitudinal studies without interventions; Part IV. Concluding Remarks: 9. Evaluation, future directions, and implications; Epilogue.