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Asian international doctoral students' assimilation into adapted physical activity graduate programs while attending predominantly white institutions of higher education within the Big Ten Conference

Sato, Takahiro
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1173114523

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2007, Doctor of Philosophy, Ohio State University, Physical Activity and Educational Services.
Asian international students compose more than 10% of enrollments at predominantly White-institutions of higher education (PW-IHE) in the United States (US) of America and are primarily enrolled at research IHE (Institute for International Education, 1999). Students from countries outside of the US are an important constituency for IHE in the USA America due to the added cultural richness they bring to the academy (Tan, 1994). However, many Asian international students at PW-IHE in US encounter difficulty when attempting to describe assimilation and may have difficulty adjusting to their environment (Uba, 1994). The purpose of this study was to describe and explain Asian international doctoral students’ assimilation into Adapted Physical Activity (APA) graduate programs while attending PW-IHE within the Big Ten Conference. Participants were seven Asian international APA doctoral students. The theoretical framework was assimilation theory, which refers to a process of interpretation and fusion in which persons and groups acquire the memories, sentiments, and attitudes of other persons and groups and, by sharing and explaining their experiences and history, incorporate with them in a common cultural life (Park & Burgess, 1969). This study used an explanatory (holistic) multiple case study design (Yin, 2003). Data were collected using (a) a modified demographic questionnaire, Doctoral Education and Career Preparation (DECP; Golde & Dore, 2001) survey; (b) face-to-face interviews (Yin, 2003); and (c) academic program of study from each participant. Interview data were analyzed using constant comparative analysis (Glaser & Strauss, 1967), which involves systematically examining and refining variations in emergent themes. The basic strategy of this analysis process is to do what its name implies – constantly compare. The researcher begins with a particular incident from an interview, program of study, and demographic questionnaire, for example to compare these data with other content in the same set of data or in another set (Glaser & Strauss, 1967). Findings were presented descriptively in narrative as recurring themes. These recurring themes were: (a) academic experiences, (b) relationships, (c) barriers, and (d) identity, political, cultural, and diversity awareness. Implications of these findings are described for APA professional development programs.
Samuel Hodge (Advisor)
341 p.
Education, Higher
Adapted Physical Activity; Assimilation; Asian international students

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  • Sato, T. (2007). Asian international doctoral students' assimilation into adapted physical activity graduate programs while attending predominantly white institutions of higher education within the Big Ten Conference [Doctoral dissertation, Ohio State University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1173114523

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Sato, Takahiro. Asian international doctoral students' assimilation into adapted physical activity graduate programs while attending predominantly white institutions of higher education within the Big Ten Conference. 2007. Ohio State University, Doctoral dissertation. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1173114523.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Sato, Takahiro. "Asian international doctoral students' assimilation into adapted physical activity graduate programs while attending predominantly white institutions of higher education within the Big Ten Conference." Doctoral dissertation, Ohio State University, 2007. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1173114523

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