Presenter ： Yi-Chun TsaiAdvisor ： Dr. Chin-Ying Lin

June 8, 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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Statement of the Problem

There is a limited amount of research that has focused on native English-speaking teachers (NESTs) in Taiwan, especially related to their cross-cultural adjustment on educational organization and teaching.

Purposes of the Study

to explore the notion of the factor---the cross-cultural adjustment of the native English-speaking teacher at schools in Taiwan

to investigate the view with respect to administration staffs for the native English-speaking teachers in Taiwan

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Research Questions

How does the native English-speaking teacher adjust culture shock of at schools in Taiwan?

What are the expectations between the native English-speaking teacher and the administration staffs 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

That 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

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,1999)

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Culture in Organizations

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, 2000)

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Cross-culture in Schools

Cross-national different is in teaching, curriculum, and patterns of academic tracking that reflects differences in national culture and ideology.

(Schmidt et al., 2006)

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Culture Shock

Culture shock 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.

(Barling et al., 2004)

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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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NESTNEST AdministratorsAdministrators

Members ofDepartment of English

at NTIT

Members ofDepartment of English

at NTIT

Participants

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NESTNEST

AdministratorsAdministrators

Participants

Personal InformationWorkplace BackgroundWorking ItemsWorking Experiences

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Documentary Analysis•Organizing•Reading•Description•Classifying•Interpretation

NESTNEST 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

QuestionnairesQuestionnaires

Instruments

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Procedure

NESTNEST

InterviewInterview

AdministratorsAdministrators

QuestionnairesQuestionnaires

DataAnalysis

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Data Analysis

Research Q1

Cross-Cultural Adjustment

NEST

Interview

Part I

NEST

Interview

Part II

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Data Analysis

Research Q2

Viewpoints and Expectations

NEST

Interview

Part I

Administrators

Questionnaires

Part I+II+III