The interplay between ethnic and academic identity construction among South Asian students in Hong Kong tertiary education

The interplay between ethnic and academic identity construction among South Asian students in Hong Kong tertiary education

• Gu, Ming Yue Michelle The Education University of Hong Kong
• Guo, Xiaoyan Grace University of International Business and Economics
• Lee, Chi Kin John The Education University of Hong Kong

Higher Education, 2019

Springer Netherlands

2019

• N 學生與學生服務
  • NO 少數民族及移民學生
• P 香港教育各層面與外地之比較
  • PH 少數民族的教育、種族及族群因素

Ethnic Identity Academic Identity Ethnic Minority Students Tertiary Education Hong Kong

• Hong Kong

• 1997.7 onwards

• 未指定或無法歸類

This qualitative study investigates the interplay between the ethnic and academic identity construction of a group of university students with South Asian backgrounds in Hong Kong. The findings indicate that ethnic identity and ethnic socialization have protective and facilitative effects on learning motivation and academic achievement. It is found that these ethnic minority students receiving tertiary education, holding congruent views of ethnic and academic identity, display a sense of agency and critical reflectivity of both the host society and their heritage communities and see facilitating community uplift and developing a more positive social image of ethnic minorities as their generation’s responsibility. Reconstructing an ethnic identity and developing new social images therefore motivate them to pursue academic success. The findings indicate that the South Asian students figured out ways in which to interact with the outer world and set up new roles and spaces (i.e., a heritage community with more positive social image). The findings shed light on how to provide better opportunities for and assistance to ethnic minority students when they pursue higher education. Copyright © 2019 Springer Nature B.V.

• 英文

期刊論文

• 00181560

• 10.1007/s10734-019-00391-7

https://bibliography.lib.eduhk.hk/tc/bibs/ca1d9b0e

2019-11-01