Education Experience of the Children of Taiwanese Businessmen in Thailand：A Research on Taiwanese Students in International Schools

• Main Authors: WU,TING-YI, 吳亭儀
• Other Authors: KUNG,I-CHUN
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2016
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/p3s4hs

碩士 === 國立暨南國際大學 === 東南亞學系 === 104 === This study investigates and describes the factors that Taiwanese children in Thailand choose to study in International schools, the life experience and learning process of adaptation, by the qualitative research and in-depth interviews with 8 Taiwanese businessmen and 10 Taiwanese children. The objective findings are summarized as follows: 1. The reasons that children choose to study in Thai International Schools are due to parents’ advices, information sources and the characteristics of schools, instead of considering the transportation issues and tuition fees. 2. The adaptation issues: language is the most difficult problem and it takes 1-3 years to adapt. Culturally, Taiwanese children have positive experience to get along with Thai people as they are friendly and polite. In learning aspects, although the teaching methods are totally different from Taiwan, children still prefer the diverse and active learning environment in international schools. 3. Age, family and social supports are the most essential factors which influence the adaptation of living and learning for Taiwanese children in Thailand. The younger they went to Thailand, the better they can adapt themselves to the new environments. Besides, with family support, especially in emotional aspect, children have higher adaptability. Moreover, with the strong peer relationships and the language support from school, they are able to adapt to the foreign environment in a short time. However, because of the limitation of interviews, the study only can show the adaptation situation about 30 years ago. For future researchers, this research can be done for the children of Taiwan businessmen in Thailand in recent years; to reveal the results of the current situation of adaptation.