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Thomas, Gregory P. – Research in Science Education, 2006
A debate is ongoing in Hong Kong regarding whether local and international schools vary in the extent to which they provide classroom learning environments that support the development of students' higher order thinking and metacognition. This study investigated commonalities and variations in the metacognitive orientation of local and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Metacognition, International Schools, Educational Environment
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Thomas, Gregory P.; Mee, Doris Au Kin – Learning Environments Research, 2005
This study reports on the impact of a 2-month classroom intervention that sought to alter the learning environment of two Hong Kong Primary Year 3 general studies classrooms. Mixed methodology, employing quantitative and qualitative data-gathering strategies, was used to investigate changes to the learning environments, including changes to the…
Descriptors: Intervention, Learning Strategies, Metacognition, Foreign Countries
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Woodrow, Derek; Sham, Sylvia (Mei, Yuen) – Race, Ethnicity and Education, 2001
Explored the responses of Chinese students in British schools to the education they received in independent, grant-maintained, and comprehensive school settings. British-Chinese students had distinctly different learning preferences than British-European students. They remained conditioned by traditional Chinese behavioral rules and believed in…
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Cognitive Style, Cultural Influences, Learning Strategies
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Ng, Peter Tze Ming – Christian Higher Education, 2005
Will our Christian colleges in Asia serve as possible venues for the cultivation of communication and understandings among people of different cultures? This is the issue addressed in this paper and the author attempts to give a report of the work of Chung Chi College overall, with special reference to her distinctive contribution as a Christian…
Descriptors: Church Related Colleges, Christianity, Foreign Countries, Higher Education
Ng, Kwok Chi – Online Submission, 2007
This paper reports on a study which investigates the implementation of a synchronous e-learning system ("Interwise") for online tutorials on an information technology related course offered by the Open University of Hong Kong (OUHK). It examines a set of interview data related to students' and tutors' views on the use of the system.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Tutors, Open Universities, Online Courses
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Reinders, Hayo; Lazaro, Noemi – Computer Assisted Language Learning, 2007
Self-access centres are sometimes portrayed as being at the forefront of pedagogical innovation. They are also said to be technology-rich language learning environments. In practice, however, the application of technology in a self-access environment has proven to be a challenge. This article focuses on 10 self-access centres that were found to be…
Descriptors: Innovation, Educational Technology, Educational Environment, Technology Uses in Education
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Kong, Chit-Kwong – Learning Environments Research, 2008
It is generally believed that classroom learning experiences very much influence students' academic development. However, relatively little is known about whether classroom learning experiences have much effect on students' affective and social development. In this study, we argued for the importance of learning experiences on students' affective…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Construct Validity, Student Surveys, Active Learning
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Wong, Emily M. L.; Li, Sandy S. C.; Choi, Tat-heung; Lee, Tsz-ngong – Educational Technology & Society, 2008
This paper draws on the literature of transformational leadership and learning organisation with a concern to foster innovative changes in classroom practices. Based on the understanding that effective use of ICT has to be construed in the pedagogical and organisational context, this study focuses on the impact of the relevant contextual factors…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Foreign Countries, Transformational Leadership, Case Studies
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Jim, C. Y. – Environmentalist, 1994
This article examines the objectives of environmental planning to rejuvenate old city districts in Hong Kong in relation to their limitations and potential. The prospects of environmental improvement through new institutional framework and legislative measures are discussed. (LZ/Author)
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Environmental Education, Public Policy, Urban Environment
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Cheng, Sheung-Tak – Adolescence, 1999
In Hong Kong secondary schools, students in the senior forms take competitive examinations to proceed to the next level, whereas those in the junior forms attend school regardless of their ability and motivation. To determine if this produces different classroom climates, 602 Chinese secondary school students were administered the Classroom…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adolescents, Classroom Environment, Foreign Countries
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Tam, Frank Wai Ming – Educational Management & Administration, 1996
Summarizes a study that surveyed 1,047 teachers and 4,715 students about 55 Hong Kong primary schools' educational environment. Analyzes 18 environmental variables categorized by instructional, structural, human, political, and cultural aspects. Classifies teacher and student environmental perceptions according to synergetic, headless, mediocre,…
Descriptors: Classification, Educational Environment, Elementary Education, Foreign Countries
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Chan, David W. – Gifted Child Quarterly, 2005
This study assessed the self-perceptions of 432 gifted students regarding their family environments and their talent areas. Family environmental variables included parental expectations to achieve, parents' encouragement to be independent, and family cohesion. Talent areas included academic skills, creativity, and leadership. The conjectures that…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Leadership, Family Environment, Talent Development
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Leung, Stanley W. H.; McPherson, Bradley – International Journal of Disability, Development & Education, 2006
Background noise poses adverse effects on speech sounds and affects student learning, especially for children with developmental disabilities. Sound-field and public address amplification systems can help to solve this problem by amplifying speech sounds relative to background noise. This study surveyed school classrooms for children with special…
Descriptors: Developmental Disabilities, Classroom Environment, Foreign Countries, Special Needs Students
Huxtable, Marion, Ed.; Blyth, Eric, Ed. – 2002
This book, with sequentially arranged chapters, allow practitioners, educators, and students to follow the expansion of school social work practice around the world. Leaders in the field from 12 countries provide eye-opening perspectives and interventions, selected for their range and application. Additionally, the book looks ahead to policy and…
Descriptors: Cross Cultural Studies, Cultural Context, Educational Environment, Foreign Countries
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Woo, Yam Ting Joseph – NABE: The Journal for the National Association for Bilingual Education, 1978
In order to understand the process by which the Hong Kong Chinese become bilingual, the educational system in Hong Kong is examined. (NQ)
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Educational Environment, Educational Policy, Elementary Secondary Education
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