"How Do I Deal with These New Ideas?": The Psychological Acculturation of Rural Students

Autor/in	Dees, David M.
Titel	"How Do I Deal with These New Ideas?": The Psychological Acculturation of Rural Students
Quelle	In: Journal of Research in Rural Education, 21 (2006) 6, S.1-11 (11 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1551-0670
Schlagwörter	Acculturation; Rural Areas; Immigrants; Rural Youth; Student Journals; White Students; College Students; African American Students; Mexican Americans; Social Integration; Multicultural Education; Cultural Pluralism + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Akkulturation; Rural area; Ländlicher Raum; Immigrant; Immigrantin; Immigranten; Rural areas; Youth; Jugend; Jugendlicher; Studentenzeitung; Collegestudent; African Americans; Student; Students; Afroamerikaner; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Hispanoamerikaner; Soziale Integration; Multikulturelle Erziehung; Kulturpluralismus
Abstract	This study explored how an awareness of psychological acculturation can help faculty to understand rural/Appalachian students' classroom experiences. By using a thematic analysis technique, selections from student journals were identified that captured the perspective of being a rural/Appalachian student adjusting to the new cultural system of a college classroom. By focusing on 16 self-identified rural/Appalachian students, the researcher identified the attitudinal positions of assimilation, separation, and integration as students negotiated this intercultural experience. This paper identifies the complexity of rural/Appalachian cultural identity and also suggests strategies on how faculty can help students cope with oppositional knowledge they encounter in the university classroom. (Contains 2 footnotes.) (Author).
Anmerkungen	College of Education and Human Development. 5766 Shibles Hall, University of Maine, Orono, ME 04469. Tel: 207-581-2761; Web site: http://www.umaine.edu/jrre/.
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10