중국 전문대 재직 교원의 한국 대학원 박사과정 경험에 대한 사례연구

A Case Study on the Experiences of Chinese College Faculty in South Korean Graduate Doctoral Programs

The purpose of this study was to examine the motivation and experience of studying abroad among Chinese college faculty members who studied abroad as doctoral students. For this purpose, we conducted qualitative interviews with six Chinese students studying abroad at K University's graduate school for a doctoral program regarding their motivations for entering a Korean graduate school for a doctoral program and the situations they experience during their overall study abroad experience. These were analyzed through open coding. The analysis was performed by applying the axial coding method. As a result of the study, the motivations of Chinese community college professors to study abroad for doctoral studies were broadly divided into (1) individual academic motivation, (2) system support of the current school, (3) family support, and (4) difficulty in pursuing a doctorate in China. Difficulties experienced during the doctoral program at a Korean graduate school were categorized into (1) administrative difficulties, (2) difficulties from family, (3) difficulties in combining work at the current school, and (4) difficulties in academics. In Korea, the easy experiences during the doctoral program were: (1) ease of language communica-tion, (2) being open to new situations, and the meaningful experiences during the doctoral program were: (1) the first time alone and the meaning of life, (2) thinking anew about family friends, (3) experiencing Korea’s high-quality higher education and open university life was broadly divided into four categories, and more specifically, 114 codings and 13 subcategories were discovered.