Teaching Basics of Qualitative Research to FYC International Students: Challenges and Hopes
Location
DeSantis Room 1054
Format Type
Plenary
Format Type
Paper
Start Date
17-1-2020 3:30 PM
End Date
17-1-2020 3:50 PM
Abstract
Many international students come to the States with little to no previous knowledge of how to carry out qualitative research. They all enroll in a First Year Composition (FYC) course, which is required in almost all the higher education institutions in the United States, and in which success is found to positively correlate with success in other courses (Adler-Kassner et al., 2012; Garrett, Bridgewater, & Feinstein, 2017). Many major-based courses rely on composition/English classes to teach students basics of qualitative research. In this presentation, I share my experience of how I come to teach international students who come from no background of qualitative research to conducting an introductory research paper in which they used basics of qualitative research: coming up with research questions, collecting data through semi-structured interview style, analyzing the data, and providing findings. I will share challenges I met in this FYC class: linguistic, cultural, and academic challenges, and ways to overcome them when teaching international students.
Keywords
international students, qualitative, FYC (first year composition)
Teaching Basics of Qualitative Research to FYC International Students: Challenges and Hopes
DeSantis Room 1054
Many international students come to the States with little to no previous knowledge of how to carry out qualitative research. They all enroll in a First Year Composition (FYC) course, which is required in almost all the higher education institutions in the United States, and in which success is found to positively correlate with success in other courses (Adler-Kassner et al., 2012; Garrett, Bridgewater, & Feinstein, 2017). Many major-based courses rely on composition/English classes to teach students basics of qualitative research. In this presentation, I share my experience of how I come to teach international students who come from no background of qualitative research to conducting an introductory research paper in which they used basics of qualitative research: coming up with research questions, collecting data through semi-structured interview style, analyzing the data, and providing findings. I will share challenges I met in this FYC class: linguistic, cultural, and academic challenges, and ways to overcome them when teaching international students.