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Peer reviewedDewald, B. W. A. – Education + Training, 2000
Feedback about their learning experiences was obtained from part-time students at Hong Kong Polytechnic through videotaped focus groups. Video clips were used to develop an orientation program for new adult students and for staff development seminars on working with adult students. (SK)
Descriptors: Adult Students, Feedback, Foreign Countries, Part Time Students
Peer reviewedNg, Kwok Chi; Murphy, David; Jenkins, Winnie – International Journal of Lifelong Education, 2002
Responses from 29 part-time adult learners in Hong Kong regarding views of teacher support were classified as didactic/reproductive or facilitative/transformative. Differences between the groups related to student and teacher roles and responsibilities. Not all learners welcomed learner-centered approaches. A continuum emphasizing learners'…
Descriptors: Adult Students, Educational Environment, Foreign Countries, Graduate Study
Direct linkYum, Jessie C. K.; Kember, David; Siaw, Irene – International Journal of Lifelong Education, 2005
A characteristic shared by the majority of adult students is that they are undertaking part-time study. For these adult learners one of the major difficulties is how to find time for their study. This paper reports the coping mechanisms that part-time adult students adopt to meet the additional demands that study puts on their existing commitments…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Social Life, Time Management, Adult Learning
Boyle, Joseph P. – 1989
The results of a survey of 180 part-time students' opinions on the standard of English in Hong Kong, on governmental efforts to improve the level of English in Hong Kong, and on how returning Hong Kong to China in 1997 will effect the standard of English are reported. The students were enrolled in a 6-year course in Chinese/English/Translation at…
Descriptors: Adult Students, Business Communication, Educational Policy, Elementary Secondary Education
