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The Roles of Hong Kong Preservice Early Childhood Teachers' Creativity and Zest in Their Self-Efficacy in Creating Child-Centered Learning Environments
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Cheung, Sum Kwing; Fong, Ricci Wai-tsz; Leung, Suzannie Kit Ying; Ling, Elsa Ka-wei – Early Education and Development, 2019
Research Findings: This study investigated the relationships of preservice teachers' year of study in the teacher education program, creativity, zest, and self-efficacy in managing children's behaviors to self-efficacy in creating child-centered learning environments. Data were collected from 275 Hong Kong preservice teachers via self-reported…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Preservice Teachers, Creativity, Self Efficacy
Culture and Personality in International Schools: Are Trait Differences in Students' Personalities Attenuated or Amplified?
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Wurf, Gerald C. – Intercultural Education, 2018
International schools provide a unique context for examining the influence of culture on adolescent personality and identity. In order to investigate whether intercultural education attenuates or amplifies known cultural differences in personality, the traits of 81 students from Chinese, North American, and mixed Chinese-North American cultural…
Descriptors: Personality Traits, International Schools, Acculturation, Self Concept
Quiet or Questioning? Students' Discussion Behaviors in Student-Centered Education across Cultures
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Frambach, Janneke M.; Driessen, Erik W.; Beh, Philip; van der Vleuten, Cees P. M. – Studies in Higher Education, 2014
A tool used in student-centered education is discussion among students in small learning groups. The Western origin of student-centered education, coupled with cross-cultural differences in communication styles, may detract from its cross-cultural applicability. This study investigates how in student-centered education, students' cultural…
Descriptors: Discussion (Teaching Technique), Learner Engagement, Student Participation, Comparative Analysis
Online Measurement of Academic Programme Preferences for Distance Learners in Hong Kong
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Zhang, Wei-yuan; Yeung, Lai-hung Au – Distance Education, 2003
The purpose of this paper is to report on the development of the first online self-directed inventory on the measurement of academic programme preferences (MAPP) for potential students at the Open University of Hong Kong (OUHK). In this study, trait-factor theory and personality type theory were employed. 1,963 respondents in Hong Kong were…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Open Universities, Lifelong Learning, Distance Education