thesis proposal defense 2009
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Presenter : Yi-Chun TsaiAdvisor : Dr. Chin-Ying Lin
December 24, 2009
IntroductionI
Purposes of the StudyII
Research QuestionsIII
Literature ReviewIV
MethodologyV
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Background of the Study
In academia, the emergence of globalization as a dominant discourse has generated heated debates on issues such as whether the world is becoming more homogenous or heterogeneous.
(Ke, 2008)
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Background of the Study
While most of the published literature on expatriation has focused on the training and selection, little is known about the processed that expatriates find most useful in adjusting to living and working in a foreign country.
(Palthe, 2004)
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Statement of the Problem
There is a limited amount of research that has focused on native English teachers (NETs) in Taiwan, especially related to their cross-cultural adjustment on educational organization and working.
Purposes of the Study
to explore the notion of the factor---the cross-cultural adjustment of the native English teachers at schools in Taiwan
to investigate the view with respect to administration staffs for the native English teachers in Taiwan
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Research Questions
How do the native English teachers adjust themselves to the academic culture at schools in Taiwan?
What is the culture shock for the native English teachers at schools in Taiwan?
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Research Questions
What are the different working expectations between the native English teachers and the administrators?
What trainings effectiveness for native English teachers may improve their adjustment in Taiwan?
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Academic Culture
Culture in Organizations
Culture in Educational Administration
Culture Shock
World Culture
Cross-cultural Cross-cultural AdjustmentAdjustment
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World Culture
It is a complex whole which includes knowledge, belief, art, law, morals, custom, and any other capabilities and habits acquired by human as a member of society.
(Tylor, 2004)
Academic Culture
It is the miniaturization of the concept of culture so that researchers study and write about the culture of the school or even the culture of the classroom.
(Scollon, 2009)
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Culture in Organizations
That is a pattern of shared basic assumptions that the group learned as it solved its problems of external adaptation and internal integration.
(Schein, 2002)
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Culture in Educational Administration
Some characteristics of school culture that we tend to regard as fixed are attributable to differences in national culture and expectations.
(Huberman, 2004)
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Culture Shock
It is becoming the intercultural competent consists of changing values, greater self-confidence, and a change in perspective.
(Taylor, 2004)
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Cross-cultural Adjustment
It follows logically that the various antecedents to adjustment may have different degrees of impact on each facet of adjustment.
(Palthe, 2004)
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Research Design
Instrument Procedure
Case Study Method
It refers to a method that complements survey and experimental techniques, one which provides detailed information about the research.
(Gomm et al., 2000)
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Qualitative approaches
With qualitative approaches, respondents have more freedom to express their feelings, so cultural differences and cross-cultural adjustment could be better captured.
(Liu & Spector, 2005)
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Social Validity
Socially valid findings may be achieved through the use of participatory action research, which, in its theoretical orientation, helps bring the results of research closer to adoption.
(Forster & Mash, 1999)
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Subjective Judgment
As one of social validity method, it is a popular method for quantifying subjective judgment utilizes the dominant eigenvector of a matrix of paired comparisons.
(Schlosser, 2003)
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Pilot StudyMembers of
Department of English at NTIT
Members ofDepartment of English
at NTIT
1 NET1 NET
InterviewInterview
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37 37 StudentsStudents
QuestionnairesQuestionnaires
6 Interviews 6 Interviews in randomin random
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Results of Pilot Study
The native English teacher had different beliefs and expectations on teaching from Taiwanese students.
The communication problems exist in working with local English teachers and administrators at schools.
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AdministratorsAdministrators
Members ofa school in central Taiwan
Members ofa school in central Taiwan
Participants
NETsNETs
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NETsNETs
AdministratorsAdministrators
Participants
Personal InformationWorkplace BackgroundJobs and PositionsWorking Experiences
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Documentary Analysis•Organizing•Reading•Describing•Classifying•Interpreting
NETsNETs In-Depth Interview•Face-to-face interview•Two hours and recorded•Open-ended questions•Member checking•Follow-up interviews
Instruments
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Educational organization
and administration
in schools
Hiring the native
English-speaking
teachers in schools
Administration assistants
AE AH
Teaching assistants
TE TH
Student assistants
SE SH
AdministratorsAdministrators
Instruments
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Reliability
The investigator’s position including the basis for selecting informants, and an audit trail consisting of interview tapes and transcriptions, will be used to ensure the reliability of this research.
(Flick, 2006)
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Validity
Member checking will be used and the in- depth interview and the open-ended questionnaires of this study will be applied the between-method of methodological triangulation.
(Denzin, 1986; Flick, 2005)
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Procedure
NETsNETs
InterviewInterview
AdministratorsAdministrators
QuestionnairesQuestionnaires
DataAnalysis
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Data Analysis
Research Q1+Q2
Cross-Cultural Adjustment
NETs
Interview
Part I + II
Administrators
Questionnaires
Part II + III
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Data Analysis
Research Q3+Q4
Expectations and Trainings
NETs
Interview
Part I + II
Administrators
Questionnaires
Part IV + V
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Make the definition of terms shorter
Add the list of literature review
Note the limitation of the study
Design the interviews of students