A qualitative exploration on the challenges of transfer students in an Asian educational context

A qualitative exploration on the challenges of transfer students in an Asian educational context

• Ching, Shirley Siu Yin The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
• Tam, Kin Yuen The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
• Zhang, Lillian Weiwei The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
• Ng, Jeremy The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
• Cheung, Kin The Hong Kong Polytechnic University

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 18(6), -, 2021

MDPI

2021

• A 人的成長與發展
  • AC 社化；自我概念；自尊、身份認同、感性、情緒、羣性與德性的發展
• A 人的成長與發展
  • AE 社會經濟差異、文化差異、階級和家庭背景
• Q 教育體系與各級學校
  • QE 專上教育

Transfer Students Academic Adjustment Social Integration Self-identity Psychological Well-being Higher Education in Asia

• Hong Kong

• 1997.7 onwards

• 專上教育

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Limited research has been conducted on community college (CC) transfer students' (TS) experiences in four-year universities, particularly in Asian contexts. To fill this research gap, in this qualitative study, 124 TS from various disciplines in a Hong Kong university participated in 39 focus groups and seven individual interviews. Unlike their Western counterparts, our TS were relatively better prepared and more academically adaptive. Nevertheless, their social integration was restricted by a lack of time for extra-curricular activities, a sense of inferiority and incompetence, and restricted social circles that did not enable interaction with non-TS. These challenges and their implications are discussed. In particular, this study has highlighted differences between the special education systems for CC transfer in Hong Kong and those in Western CC models. The study has also highlighted the study-induced stress, and poor self-perceptions that TS experience, despite their academic abilities. Copyright ©2021 MDPI.

• 英文

期刊論文

• 16604601

• 10.3390/ijerph18063238

https://bibliography.lib.eduhk.hk/tc/bibs/b1cf52cb

2022-05-12