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Chan, Cecilia Ka Yuk; Yeung, Nai Chi Jonathan – Journal of School Choice, 2020
Mass media and previous research tend to label Asian parents as "academic-obsessive" in their parenting, which can be reflected in the primary-school choice for their children. While some extant Hong Kong studies conducted a decade ago corroborated the above contention, we aim to provide an updated account of the general criteria…
Descriptors: Parenting Styles, Ethnic Stereotypes, Asians, School Choice
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Lau, Eva Yi Hung; Cheng, Doris Pui Wah – Journal of Early Childhood Research, 2016
In this study, we used a mixed-methods research design to investigate the extra curricular participation of kindergarten-aged Hong Kong children, based on reports provided by 1260 parents, and parents' perceptions of their children's extra curricular participation, through nine individual interviews. The results of the survey indicated that…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Kindergarten, Extracurricular Activities, Young Children