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Showing 1 to 18 of 18 for “"Academic Socialization"”.
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Chinese Female Graduate Students' Academic Socialization Across Disciplines - Perspectives On Language, Culture, And Gender
… identity, the present study aims to explore the academic socialization experience of three female Chinese graduate students in the United States. The ethnographic case study collected data from various sources such as classroom observations, open-ended questionnaires, interviews with participants …
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Academic socialization and the transition to elementary school : parents' conceptions of school readiness, practices, and children's academic achievement trajectories
… significant socioeconomic and racial gaps in academic achievement exist (Coley, 2002; Rouse, Brooks-Gunn, & Mclanahan, 2005). Kindergarten is considered to be a pivotal point of educational transition, as academic achievement upon kindergarten entry is associated with subsequent academic …
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Academic And Language Socialization Of Russian Ma Tesl Students At Us Universities: Struggles, Triumphs, And New Identities
… country and everyday exposure to new social and academic cultures make international students undergo an uneasy academic socialization process and re-imagine themselves through the use of second language (l2). This process is simultaneously coupled with academic and language socialization …
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Don’t Assume They Don’t Care: African American Parental Involvement And Implications For Student Engagement And Achievement
… the positive effects of parental involvement in academic achievement and engagement of students in school. Parental involvement is described as distinct acts of participation that include attending parent teacher conferences, volunteering at school, and helping with homework. The ways in which …
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Academic identity, parental socialization, and teacher support of charter school Latinx adolescents
… continue to lag behind other students in academic achievement across their academic career. One variable that has significantly predicted academic achievement in adolescents is their level of academic identity. The proposed study will measure the relationship between Latinx adolescents’ …
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Forced options : faculty identity development and institutional culture
… identity development by examining the ways academic socialization into a competitive, hierarchical system privileges certain aspects of an individual's identity while imperiling others. In presenting data based on hour-long qualitative interviews with six mid-career university faculty …
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MAPPING ACADEMIC LITERACY NETWORKS: MULTILINGUAL INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS WRITING IN A BUSINESS SCHOOL
… and provided various conditions for students’ academic literacy practices. Their students, in turn, recognized and reassembled different accessible resources (both from themselves and their teachers) and constructed their own literacy networks for their writing and learning practices. For …
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Interdiscursive process of academic literacy socialization: A qualitative inquiry of Korean ESL students in a U.S. MBA program
… findings from a qualitative analysis of the academic literacy socialization of five Korean graduate students in a U.S. MBA (Master of Business Administration) program as they progressed through their first two academic quarters of their education. The study specifically examines the academic …
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Parenting Profiles of Academic and Racial Socialization: Associations With Academic Engagement and Perceptions of Academic Ability of African American Adolescents
<p>Studies have indicated that both academic and racial socialization are independently associated with African American student outcomes. Few investigations, however, have utilized a person-centered approach to explore whether these dimensions work in concert. The current investigation examines …
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Parental Educational Involvement in High School: Practice, Policy, and Implications for Low-Income and Minority Youth
… in policies and practice aimed at improving academic achievement, particularly for low-income and racial/ethnic minority youth. While much previous work has explored parental educational involvement for younger children, few consistent findings have emerged regarding parental educational …
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The changing nature of academic development: exploring student perceptions and experiences of a learning skills programme in higher education
… perceptions and experiences of a 3rd generation academic development programme in higher education. I set out to explore the issue from two perspectives: firstly from the perspective of the higher education institution’s approach to academic development, namely, a learning skills programme and a …
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Refugee college students acquiring academic literacy: an exploration of how their views of academic literacy impact the process
… was to first, examine the difference between the academic literacy definition and views of the involuntary immigrant college students and the academic literacy definition and views of the hosting country; and second, to examine how these students acquire academic literacy over the course of one …
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ETHNIC IDENTITY AND FUNDS OF KNOWLEDGE IN THE SCHOLARSHIP OF LATINA FACULTY
… to their understanding and conceptualization of academic scholarship. Two broad questions guided this research. First, how do Latina faculty understand and conceptualize academic scholarship, and second, how do perceptions of identity and life experiences influence this conceptualization? The …
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The Path to University Admission in the United States through Intensive English Programs
… IEPs have shifted their focus to assist these academically bound international students by functioning as a bridge to enrollment in American undergraduate or graduate degree programs. Accordingly, it has become increasingly important to investigate and better understand how such programs are …
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The Associations Between Parental Involvement and Science Achievement via Children's Perceived Academic Competence and Academic Effort
… and indirectly, through their perceived academic competence and academic effort across gender and race/ethnicity groups using data from the Longitudinal Study of American Youth (LSAY). The ecological model, social cultural contexts of parental academic socialization, the parental …
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One Purpose, Multiple Realities: A Qualitative Study on Parental Involvement in Two Malawian Private Secondary Schools
… their children’s education at different levels. Academic socialization (discussions pertaining to children’s schooling experiences and conversations about parents’ aspirations and expectations) was the most significant home-based Parental Involvement strategy. A significant but not surprising …
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Parental Involvement, Socio-economic Status and Students' Perceptions of the Classroom Learning Environmnet as Predictors of 8th Grade Students Academic Achievement: A Structural Equation Model
<p>Problem</p> <p>Academic achievement among the nation’s youth has been on the decline for decades. The statistics from the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) paints a bleak picture of the academic performance of more than half of the 4th and 8th grade students being below the …