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The Research-Teaching Nexus: Not Merely an Enduring Myth
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Zhang, Li-fang; Horta, Hugo; Jung, Jisun; Postiglione, Gerard A. – Higher Education Forum, 2020
For more than a century, whether or not the research-teaching nexus exists has remained an intensely debated issue in the global academy at both the conceptual and empirical levels. Situating teaching styles within the context of teaching, conceptualizing research agendas as a dimension of research, and using academic self-efficacy as a mediator,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Faculty, Teacher Researchers, Theory Practice Relationship
Conceptions of Creativity among Hong Kong University Students
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Zhang, Li-fang – Educational Psychology, 2013
This research had two objectives. The first was to determine the reliability and validity of the multifaceted assessment of creativity (MAC) for evaluating Hong Kong university students' conceptions of creativity. The second was to establish if the theory-practice and gender gaps discovered among mainland Chinese university students would be…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Students, Student Attitudes, Creativity
From Pentagon to Triangle: A Cross-Cultural Investigation of an Implicit Theory of Giftedness.
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Zhang, Li-fang; Hui, Sammy King-fai – Roeper Review, 2002
This study examined use of Sternberg and Zhang's (1995) pentagonal implicit theory of giftedness by 189 preservice teachers in China. In making judgments about giftedness, study participants considered three of the models' five criteria: excellence, productivity, and value (but not rarity and demonstrability). Results are compared to similar…
Descriptors: Ability Identification, Comparative Education, Cross Cultural Studies, Cultural Differences