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Du-Babcock, Bertha – Business Communication Quarterly, 2002
Describes how the author modified her teaching at a large in a Hong Kong tertiary institution and why language, culture, and context differences mandated these adaptations. Describes the rationale for her adaptations, explains the adjustments she has made, and closes with some observations and advice to make teaching in a foreign environment more…
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Classroom Techniques, Cultural Differences, Foreign Countries
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Chan, Kara K. W. – Environmentalist, 1999
Investigates what and how much secondary school students in Hong Kong know about the environment and how their knowledge is related to the use of mass media. (Author/CCM)
Descriptors: Conservation (Environment), Environmental Education, Foreign Countries, Mass Media Effects
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Mak, Winnie W. S.; Ho, Gladys S. M. – Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 2007
Background: In this study, we tested the effects of three different coping strategies (i.e. problem-focused, emotion-focused and relationship-focused coping) on both positive and negative caregiving perceptions. Materials and Methods: Two hundred and twelve Chinese mothers of children with intellectual disability from a major non-governmental…
Descriptors: Mental Retardation, Family Environment, Mothers, Coping
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Lo, Julia; Hyland, Fiona – Journal of Second Language Writing, 2007
This paper looks at young ESL writers in Hong Kong and describes an action research project which involved the implementation of a new ESL writing programme designed to enhance students' motivation and engagement by taking more account of the young learners' own socio-cultural context. The study examined both the students' and teacher-researcher's…
Descriptors: Writing Strategies, Action Research, Audiences, Student Motivation
Boyer, Ernest L.; And Others – 1994
This report examines the results of an international study of higher education systems, based on surveys of approximately 1,000 faculty in each of the following nations: United States, Germany, the Netherlands, Russia, Sweden, United Kingdom, Hong Kong, Japan, Korea, Brazil, Chile, Mexico, Israel, and Australia. Findings are organized around seven…
Descriptors: Academic Freedom, Access to Education, Administrator Attitudes, College Faculty
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Chan, David W. – Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 1995
Depressive symptoms and coping strategies of 161 Chinese adolescents were assessed using the Beck Depression Inventory and the Ways of Coping Questionnaire. Higher mean depression scores than those from U.S. adolescents were found to be related to avoidant coping strategies, as well as low self-esteem and reduced social support. (SLD)
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Adolescents, Coping, Depression (Psychology)
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Thompson, Edmund R. – Journal of Management Education, 2002
Chinese business administration students in Hong Kong (n=113) identified important characteristics of teachers as follows: ability to stimulate thinking, curiosity, and discussion; enthusiasm; open-mindedness; business, international, and teaching experience; English skills; systematic structure; and feedback. Results suggest Chinese students are…
Descriptors: Business Administration Education, Cultural Differences, Educational Environment, Foreign Countries
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Tsui, Kwok Tung; Cheng, Yin Cheong – Educational Research and Evaluation (An International Journal on Theory and Practice), 1999
Studied the contingency relationship of school organizational health to teacher commitment with multilevel statistical analysis in a survey involving 20 aided primary schools and 423 teachers in Hong Kong. Results indicate that the relationship between school organizational health and teacher commitment is contingent on teacher characteristics.…
Descriptors: Educational Environment, Elementary Education, Elementary School Teachers, Foreign Countries
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Choi, Ching Yee; McPherson, Bradley – International Journal of Disability, Development & Education, 2005
Many researchers have stressed that the acoustic environment is crucial to the speech perception, academic performance, attention, and participation of students in classrooms. Classrooms in highly urbanised locations are especially vulnerable to noise, a major influence on the acoustic environment. The purpose of this investigation was to…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Urban Schools, Auditory Perception, Acoustics
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Tse, Shek-kam; Lam, Joseph Wai-ip; Loh, Elizabeth Ka-yee; Lam, Raymond Yu-hong – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2007
This study examines how the language used at home, Putonghua or Cantonese, has influenced the Chinese reading attainment of 4335 primary school students in Hong Kong. Also examined was the influence of the birthplace and home background socioeconomic status (SES) of the reader. Although the indigenous Hong Kong population uses Cantonese, a dialect…
Descriptors: Educational Planning, Elementary School Students, Oral Language, Foreign Countries
Tam, Frank Wai-ming; Szeto, Jessie Nin-choi – 2000
The purpose of this paper is to use the case-study approach to look at how a secondary school endeavors to improve its quality by introducing a new subject curriculum in its junior section. The innovation has proven to be a success, but the entire process has been both painful and enjoyable. It was found that to introduce the new curriculum, the…
Descriptors: Curriculum Enrichment, Educational Change, Educational Environment, Educational Improvement
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Leung, F. K. S. – Educational Studies in Mathematics, 1995
Presents a characterization of instructional practices in terms of cultural beliefs pertaining to mathematics and mathematics teaching and learning in Chinese and Western cultures. Results show striking differences in practice related to differences in attitudes and beliefs. Three appendixes of data are included. Contains 35 references.…
Descriptors: Beliefs, Classroom Environment, Cultural Differences, Foreign Countries
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Siu, Oi Ling – Chinese University Education Journal, 1995
Reviews conceptions of teacher stress and the literature on prevalence, sources, and effects of occupational stress on schoolteachers. Reviews research findings on how teachers cope with stress. Identifies policy changes in Hong Kong that could reduce stress levels among teachers and recommends the expansion of educational psychological services.…
Descriptors: Coping, Educational Policy, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries
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Godwin, C. D. – Management Learning, 1999
Over the past decade, the education-policy machinery in Hong Kong has been faced with important quality issues emerging that concern the history and culture of the school system. Evaluates two change-management initiatives between 1990 and 1995 and examines their outcomes in light of the endemic features of Hong Kong civil-service culture and…
Descriptors: Educational Administration, Educational Change, Educational Environment, Educational History
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Leung, Doris Y. P.; Kember, David – Journal of Further and Higher Education, 2005
An examination of the literature suggests that universities play a part in developing generic capabilities needed nowadays for societies, through immersing students in a stimulating campus environment. Part time students, though, spend less time on campus than their full time counterparts, and far less time than on-campus residents, so could be…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Part Time Students, College Students, Educational Environment
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