A Study On The Adaptability Of Freshmen 's Campus In The "People' S Republic Of China" Under The Curve Of Gats' Cultural Change

The minority students who took "the same college entrance examination as the Han students did" (SCEEH) is a special group of students in Chinese higher education. Affecting by their unique custom, tradition, living environment and religious belief, the SCEEH minority students are facing plenty of difficulties and challenges. On one hand, they have been challenged by the differences between rural and urban culture. On the other hand, they have to cope with the adaptability problem caused by the cultural differences among different minorities.The higher educational theory and management, which mostly apply to the Han students, have a time lag and ill adaptability for SCEEH minority students. However, the university social work can promote the equality of educational opportunity on values, ethical principles and methods. It can also help SCEEH minority students to learn knowledge and the ability to adapt the changing environment.The participants of this research are SCEEH minority freshmen from Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, who are currently attending universities in Xi’an. The research methods include interview, observation and literature analysis. Based on the theory model of Geertz’s cultural change curve, this paper analyzes the adaptive process of SCEEH minority freshmen from four phases which are honeymoon, cultural shock, cultural change and cultural stability. In the light of the four function of social work, which are preventive, curative, developmental and maintaining social stability, this paper provides SCEEH minority students the following suggestions:first, accelerate the constructing process of university social work station; second, organize educational activities of cultural adaptability of SCEEH minority freshmen; third, explore multicultural education model of SCEEH students; four, provide multi-social work services for SCEEH students.