The Educational Functions of Peer Groups in the Residential College

DOI

10.2991/emehss-18.2018.107How to use a DOI?

Keywords

Peer groups, residential colleges, whole-person development, education, psychology.

Abstract

This paper focuses on the peer groups in the university residential colleges and their educational functions on the resident students. Residential colleges are different from traditional dormitories, offering more comprehensive services as well as social opportunities for students. The research method - authentic interview surveys are utilized to collect information. Moreover, previous studies and reliable theories are borrowed as supports for the research discoveries in this paper. Peers, as the closest companions in the university life, play a crucial role in students' improvement on information input, identity formation, psychological development and interpersonal skills. Though peer groups' educational functions undoubtedly exist in diverse aspects, potential disadvantages are also critically discussed at the end of the paper in order to avoid unilateral analysis on this topic.

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© 2018, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Yuan Tao
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DA  - 2018/03
TI  - The Educational Functions of Peer Groups in the Residential College
BT  - Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Economics and Management, Education, Humanities and Social Sciences (EMEHSS 2018)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 532
EP  - 537
SN  - 2352-5398
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