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Article: A Qualitative Exploration on the Challenges of Transfer Students in an Asian Educational Context

TitleA Qualitative Exploration on the Challenges of Transfer Students in an Asian Educational Context
Authors
Keywordstransfer students
academic adjustment
social integration
self-identity
psychological well-being
Issue Date2021
PublisherMolecular Diversity Preservation International. The Journal's web site is located at http://www.mdpi.org/ijerph
Citation
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 2021, v. 18 n. 6, p. article no. 3238 How to Cite?
AbstractLimited 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.
Persistent Identifierhttp://hdl.handle.net/10722/304783
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2019 Impact Factor: 2.849
2023 SCImago Journal Rankings: 0.808
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dc.contributor.authorChing, SSY-
dc.contributor.authorTam, KY-
dc.contributor.authorZhang, LW-
dc.contributor.authorNG, J-
dc.contributor.authorCheung, K-
dc.date.accessioned2021-10-05T02:35:07Z-
dc.date.available2021-10-05T02:35:07Z-
dc.date.issued2021-
dc.identifier.citationInternational Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 2021, v. 18 n. 6, p. article no. 3238-
dc.identifier.issn1661-7827-
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10722/304783-
dc.description.abstractLimited 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.-
dc.languageeng-
dc.publisherMolecular Diversity Preservation International. The Journal's web site is located at http://www.mdpi.org/ijerph-
dc.relation.ispartofInternational Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health-
dc.rightsThis work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.-
dc.subjecttransfer students-
dc.subjectacademic adjustment-
dc.subjectsocial integration-
dc.subjectself-identity-
dc.subjectpsychological well-being-
dc.titleA Qualitative Exploration on the Challenges of Transfer Students in an Asian Educational Context-
dc.typeArticle-
dc.description.naturepublished_or_final_version-
dc.identifier.doi10.3390/ijerph18063238-
dc.identifier.pmid33800988-
dc.identifier.pmcidPMC8003861-
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dc.identifier.hkuros326487-
dc.identifier.volume18-
dc.identifier.issue6-
dc.identifier.spagearticle no. 3238-
dc.identifier.epagearticle no. 3238-
dc.identifier.isiWOS:000639172700001-
dc.publisher.placeSwitzerland-

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