The development and analysis of the Global Citizen Award as a component of Asia University America Program at Eastern Washington University

<p>"The purpose of this thesis report is to document the research, development, and analysis of the Global Citizen Award and its introduction, pilot, assessment, and revision as a cunicular component of Asia University America Program at Eastern Washington University. The Global Citizen Award is a merit-based and optional award for students who meet various criteria while attending the five-month study abroad program from Asia University in Tokyo, Japan. The thesis includes background and context for the award, including history and philosophy of the stake-holding institutions such as Asia University and Asia University America Program. This report includes an extensive review of literature, both foundational and contemporary, to reveal and contextualize the various factors that inspired the creation of the Global Citizen Award for Asia University America Program (AUAP) at Eastern Washington University. The primary researcher discusses the research methodology employed, framed in the epistemology of constructivist grounded theory operating through critical ethnography. Data analysis is qualitative in the form of participant-observer reports and analysis of student reflective writing samples."--Document.</p>

Name thesis:degree_name

Master of Arts (MA) in English: Teaching English as a Second Language

Level thesis:degree_level

Thesis

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

English

Year

2012

Author dc:creator

• Miner, Matthew Ged

• Eastern Washington University
• Ajia Daigaku (Musashino-shi
• Japan).--Eigo Kyōiku Sentā
• Asia University America Program
• Foreign study--Washington (State)
• Japanese students--Washington (State)
• Education
• Bilingual
• English language--Study and teaching--Foreign speakers
• Bilingual, Multilingual, and Multicultural Education
• English Language and Literature

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Repository record dc:identifier

https://dc.ewu.edu/theses/72

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:dc.ewu.edu:theses-1071