An Autoethnographic Study of Identity Development of Korean "Wild-Geese Mother" Students in the U.S.

Autor/in	Cho, Sung Ran
Titel	An Autoethnographic Study of Identity Development of Korean "Wild-Geese Mother" Students in the U.S.
Quelle	(2013), (328 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit Ph.D. Dissertation, University of Wyoming
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
ISBN	978-1-3036-3125-2
Schlagwörter	Hochschulschrift; Dissertation; Ethnography; Mothers; Mother Attitudes; Females; Educational Mobility; Foreign Nationals; Asians; Qualitative Research; Self Concept; Epistemology; Sociocultural Patterns; Guidelines; Feminism; Semi Structured Interviews; English (Second Language); Second Language Learning; Children; Educational Attainment; Selection Criteria; Audio Equipment; Parent Child Relationship; Foreign Countries; Educational Experience; Nontraditional Students; South Korea; United States + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Thesis; Dissertations; Academic thesis; Ethnografie; Mother; Mutter; Mutterliebe; Weibliches Geschlecht; Bildungsmobilität; Ausländer; Ausländerin; Asian; Asiat; Asiatin; Asiaten; Asiate; Qualitative Forschung; Selbstkonzept; Erkenntnistheorie; Soziokulturelle Theorie; Richtlinien; Feminismus; English as second language; English; Second Language; Englisch als Zweitsprache; Zweitsprachenerwerb; Child; Kind; Kinder; Bildungsabschluss; Bildungsgut; Selection criterion; Auslesekriterium; Audio-CD; Parents-child relationship; Parent-child-relation; Parent-child relationship; Eltern-Kind-Beziehung; Ausland; Bildungserfahrung; Korea; Republik; USA
Abstract	Today a significant number of Korean mothers come to the United States (U.S.) with their children for their children's English education, while their husbands stay in Korea. Now these overseas families are called "wild-geese families" in Korea. Although some of these mothers have been attending U.S. adult and postsecondary educational programs, information about these women is limited both in Korea and the U.S. Therefore, this autoethnographic qualitative study examined how selected Korean wild-geese mothers identified themselves and described their lives before and after they became wild-geese student mothers in the U.S and what these women students experienced in U.S. adult and postsecondary education programs. The study specifically explored how these women described the influence of participation in the U.S. educational programs on their identity development. This study was explored through epistemological social constructionism, a subset of constructionism that views all meaning as being socially constructed. The theoretical framework that served as a foundation for the research was comprised of sociocultural theory, feminist pedagogy, and feminist perspectives of women's learning and identity development based on the book "Women as Learners" (Hayes & Flannery, 2000). In order to answer my research questions, I collected data primarily from semi-structured, in-depth interviews with 5 women, including me, who met the participant selection criteria. These interviews were conducted in English. The interviews were tape recorded and then transcribed. Then, data were analyzed qualitatively following an interpretive perspective in order to discuss the research questions. Since this was an autoethnographic study, during the process of data analysis and interpretation, I incorporated my experiences as a participant through the stories other participants narrated. [The dissertation citations contained here are published with the permission of ProQuest LLC. Further reproduction is prohibited without permission. Copies of dissertations may be obtained by Telephone (800) 1-800-521-0600. Web page: http://www.proquest.com/en-US/products/dissertations/individuals.shtml.] (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01