“I Think, therefore I Am” — The New Taiwan Children’s Ethnic Identities’ Exploring Experience through Small Group Counseling.

• Main Authors: Li-Ping Chang, 張莉苹
• Other Authors: Su-Fen Tu
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2017
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/282z8u

碩士 === 中原大學 === 教育研究所 === 105 === The purpose of this study is to explore the new Taiwan children’s ethnic identities’ exploring experience through small group counseling. The first purpose is to understand the exploring experience of the new Taiwan children’s ethnic identities during the before, middle, and after part of the small group exploration; the second purpose is to understand the impact of small group participation on the ethnic identity development of the new Taiwan children. The study adopted a purposive sampling method. Six new Taiwan children who volunteered to participate in a small group named “new Taiwan children ethnic identity exploration group” were invited to participate in this research. The participants included two 8th-grade female students, two 7th-grade female students, and two 7th-grade male students. A semi-structured in-depth interview design was employed to carry out interviews during the before, middle, and after part of the small group participation. Each interview was conducted for about 60-90 minutes. After the interviews, the interview contents were compiled into text containing the experience of new Taiwan children’s participation in the small ethnic identity exploration group. For the data analysis, the directed content analysis procedure was adopted using Phinney (1990)’s ethnic identity theory. Also, to verify the credibilities of the results, the respondents’ and co-analyzers’ triangulation validation method was adopted. The results of analysis included: A.Through the participation of the small group, there were substantial progresses pertaining to four connotations of the new Taiwan children’s ethnic identities as follows:. (A)About the ethnic self-identification, the new Taiwan children could perceive the self and others’ identities by sharing discussion through the small group. (B)About the ethnic sense of belonging, because of the group attribution, and the interests on ethnic self-identification and the ethnic culture, the new Taiwan children were able to integrate ethnic culture into career planning. (C)About the ethnic attitudes, the new Taiwan children have more understanding of foreign immigrants, and have built positive ideas of multiculturalism. (D)About the ethnic involvement, the new Taiwan children have enhanced their understanding and exchange of ethnic culture, so as to support the ethnic self- identification, the ethnic sense of belonging, and the ethnic attitudes. B.Through the participation of small group, the new Taiwan children have enhanced their self-identity, self-acceptance and sound personality development. The new Taiwan children establish a positive self concept and promote the development of sound personality by participate in the small group of ethnic Identity exploring. C.The supportive environment of small group, help the new Taiwan children to promote ethnic identities development. The therapeutic factors of small group counseling, help the new Taiwan children to promote the development of ethnic identities. Based on the research findings and discussions, the researcher proposed four recommendations regard to the school system, personal and family system, and future research.