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Fitting in: Exploring the experiences of middle schools students’ transition into an elite international boarding school

Hatch, Jared P.
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1292916159

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2011, Master of Arts (MA), Bowling Green State University, Cross-Cultural, International Education.
This study investigates middle school students as they transitioned into an elite international boarding school. A case study approach was used to gain a deeper understanding of the experiences of the participants in the study. Twelve middle school students were selected for this study based upon their grade level, gender, familiarity with English, nationality, and number of siblings to represent a maximal variation with the school. All twelve participants participated in one individual and one focus group interview about their experiences in coming to the new school. The data was analyzed inductively and five themes emerged. This study explores the acculturation process into an elite international boarding school, the effects that language learning has on this process, how this process produces independent individuals, how students must overcome fears throughout the process, and the effects that siblings have on transitions. The data suggest that elite international boarding schools have much in common with the elite boarding schools found in the US, and more research should be conducted at other elite international schools to further investigate these relationships.
Christopher J. Frey, PhD (Advisor)
Margaret Z. Booth, PhD (Committee Member)
Terry L. Herman, PhD (Committee Member)
124 p.
Education; Educational Psychology; Educational Sociology
transition; TCK; third culture; global nomads; boarding school; international school; middle school; ESL

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  • Hatch, J. P. (2011). Fitting in: Exploring the experiences of middle schools students’ transition into an elite international boarding school [Master's thesis, Bowling Green State University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1292916159

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Hatch, Jared. Fitting in: Exploring the experiences of middle schools students’ transition into an elite international boarding school. 2011. Bowling Green State University, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1292916159.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Hatch, Jared. "Fitting in: Exploring the experiences of middle schools students’ transition into an elite international boarding school." Master's thesis, Bowling Green State University, 2011. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1292916159

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