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Liu, Lisha – Journal of Education and Learning, 2016
Qualitative research strategy has been widely adopted by educational researchers in order to improve the quality of their empirical studies. This paper aims to introduce a generic inductive approach, pragmatic and flexible in qualitative theoretical support, by describing its application in a study of non-English major undergraduates' English…
Descriptors: Educational Research, Qualitative Research, Case Studies, Undergraduate Students
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Ma, Xiaoying; Abbott, Malcom – Journal of International Education in Business, 2016
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to report the findings of a series of interviews conducted with a number of managers of Chinese private higher education institutions on the growth of the private higher education sector in China and the relationship it has with the government. Private higher education managers in China do seem concerned with…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Higher Education, College Administration, Administrators
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Wei, Xia – International Education Studies, 2016
As Chinese traditional folk culture, folk games have unique educational value which can boost the development of young children's fine motor. Based on previous investigation of fine motor skill of children in Nanchong, Sichuan Province, the researcher chose a middle class in public city kindergarten A with lower survey score as the study object.…
Descriptors: Folk Culture, Psychomotor Skills, Skill Development, Intervention
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Jaeger, Kirsten; Gram, Malene – Higher Education: The International Journal of Higher Education Research, 2017
The paper takes an interest in consumer behavior in international higher education (HE). It takes qualitative narratives of international student experience as a point of departure for a discussion of the degree to which students conceive of their experience in consumer terms when they evaluate their stays abroad. Intentionally, the group of…
Descriptors: Study Abroad, Higher Education, International Education, Cultural Background
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Wei, Bing; Li, Xiaoxiao – International Journal of Science Education, 2017
It is commonly recognised that practical work has a distinctive and central role in science teaching and learning. Although a large number of studies have addressed the definitions, typologies, and purposes of practical work, few have consulted practicing science teachers. This study explored science teachers' perceptions of experimentation for…
Descriptors: Teacher Attitudes, Science Teachers, School Restructuring, Educational Change
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Lei, Zhu – English Language Teaching, 2017
The study investigates the incorporation and effectiveness of student written feedback and their attitudes towards peer feedback in writing class. Taking a qualitative case study approach, this study followes closely a class of thirty-two English juniors over one semester. Data sources include composition drafts, student written feedback and…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction, Writing Instruction, Feedback (Response)
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Qian, Haiyan; Walker, Allan; Li, Xiaojun – Journal of Educational Administration, 2017
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to develop a preliminary model of instructional leadership in the Chinese educational context and explore the ways in which Chinese school principals locate their instructional-leadership practices in response to traditional expectations and the requirements of recent reforms. Design/methodology/approach:…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Instructional Leadership, Models, Principals
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Jin, Jin; Horta, Hugo – Tertiary Education and Management, 2018
In a globalized world, universities face challenges adapting to changing environmental pressures and expectations of legitimacy. Studies on the topic have tended to focus on universities in North America and Europe, while Chinese universities have received less attention, perhaps due to their status as latecomers to global higher education. Based…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Universities, Higher Education, Institutional Characteristics
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Brown, Gavin T. L.; Wang, Zhenlin – Social Psychology of Education: An International Journal, 2016
Hong Kong (HK) and the People's Republic of China (PRC), while sharing historic cultural roots, have different policies for and practices of educational assessment. Student conceptions of assessment function to guide individual behaviour in response to the functions, purposes, and consequences of assessments. A new self-report questionnaire was…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Cultural Background, Qualitative Research, Factor Analysis
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English, Alexander S.; Allison, Jessica; Ma, Jian Hong – Journal of Education and Training Studies, 2016
In the recent years, there has been a rise in the number of Western students who are studying in China. Governments in China, and in other Western nations are expanding relations because China is currently developing world-class higher education institutions (Hennock, 2012). The present study explores motivations, deterrents and benefits of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Study Abroad, Foreign Students, Questionnaires
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Wang, Renfeng; De Donder, Liesbeth; De Backer, Free; Shihua, Li; Honghui, Pan; Thomas, Valerie; Vanslambrouck, Silke; Lombaerts, Koen – Educational Gerontology, 2016
Background and aim: Even though the beneficial effects of elderly learning are widely acknowledged, many older Chinese people are still not involved. This paper aims to examine the barriers that affect the level of educational participation of older adults in China. Methodology: Using a focus group methodology, 43 older participants (aged 55 years…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Older Adults, Barriers, Access to Education
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Zhang, Xiaodong – International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning, 2018
Systemic functional linguistics (SFL) theory focuses on developing language learners' meta-linguistic understanding of the interrelation among linguistic form (grammar/vocabulary), meaning, and context. Guided by SFL when using a mandatory textbook and open educational resources, this study investigates how exposure to this blended teaching and…
Descriptors: Linguistic Theory, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
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Zhang, Hong; Yuan, Rui; Wang, Qiang – Teachers and Teaching: Theory and Practice, 2018
Informed by an ethnographic approach, this study aims to investigate the professional culture of a group of English as a foreign language (EFL) teachers in a high school in China. Relying on data gathered through extended field observation and in-depth interviews, this study seeks to uncover the distinctive characteristics of EFL teacher culture…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Ethnography
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Quan, Guolong; Gu, Xiaoqing – Journal of Educational Computing Research, 2018
Recent studies have demonstrated the integration of visualization technology to support collaboration and stimulate learning performance. The use of visualization tools during the collaborative activities of international students is a worthy topic for further exploration. Based on grounded and activity theories, this research uses observation and…
Descriptors: Visualization, Cross Cultural Training, Cooperative Learning, Computer Assisted Instruction
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Wei, Jing – Journal of Education and Practice, 2017
Thematic progression (TP) patterns used in English leaner essays provide clues as to how they organize information and develop important concepts in their essays. This quasi-experimental research proved that instruction in TP produced positive effects on Chinese college students' use of linear progressions, constant progressions and new Themes.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Students, English (Second Language), Essays
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