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Yan, Louisa; Kember, David – Learning and Instruction, 2004
This article reports the group equivalents to deep and surface learning approaches by individuals. The learning behaviour of out-of-class student groups was examined through 57 individual and 15 focus group interviews with university students in Hong Kong. A number of types of learning activities were identified and most had variants with…
Descriptors: Group Dynamics, Group Behavior, Learning Activities, Foreign Countries
Chan, Yiu Man; Chan, Christine Mei-Sheung – Research in Education, 2004
The Self-esteem Inventory developed by Coopersmith (1967) was used to measure the self-esteem of 387 Chinese children. The sample included newly arrived mainland Chinese children and Hong Kong children. The results showed significant statistical differences when measuring the self-esteem level associated with the length of their stay in Hong Kong…
Descriptors: Self Esteem, Measures (Individuals), Immigrants, Children
Cheung, Robin Man-biu; Walker, Allan – Journal of Educational Administration, 2006
Purpose: This paper aims to contribute to one's understanding of how beginning principals in Hong Kong exercise leadership by exploring the concurrent influence of their inner worlds and the external contexts on their leadership within a reforming environment. Design/methodology/approach: Based on a study of the work lives of beginning principals…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Instructional Leadership, Beginning Principals, Leadership Training
Pang, Sun-Keung Nicholas – 1992
School discipline is the foundation of education and ensures a safe and peaceful environment in which to learn and work. Establishing rules and the use of reward and sanction to enforce rules are the primary aspects of school rule formation. Incentive-based rules improve discipline better than punishment-based rules, which hurt the student-teacher…
Descriptors: Discipline, Discipline Policy, Discipline Problems, Educational Environment

Birnbaum, Philip H.; Wong, Gilbert Y. Y. – Administrative Science Quarterly, 1985
This study examines culture-free and culture-bound hypotheses used to explain organizational structures. A survey of Hong Kong Chinese managerial employees in 20 multinational banks examined work satisfaction with relation to organizational structure, controlling for job structure and individual attributes. Findings generally supported the…
Descriptors: Centralization, Foreign Countries, Horizontal Organization, Job Satisfaction

Chan, Kara K. W. – Environmentalist, 1996
Describes an investigation into the environmental attitudes of students in Hong Kong and their readiness to engage in pro-environmental behavior that could involve change in personal lifestyle. Students' over-optimism towards technological development and the perceived importance of the benefits of modern consumer goods were major factors that…
Descriptors: Conservation (Environment), Environmental Education, Foreign Countries, Motivation

Chen, Guo-Ming; Chung, Jensen – Communication Quarterly, 1994
Describes Confucianism, identifying it as a major cultural factor explaining the economic success of Hong Kong, Japan, Singapore, South Korea, and Taiwan. Explores the impact of Confucianism on the organizational communication in these nations, based on four key principles of Confucian teachings: the hierarchial relationship, the family system,…
Descriptors: Communication Research, Confucianism, Cultural Influences, Economic Factors

Tse, Kin-shing; Chung, Choi-man – Chinese University Education Journal, 1995
Employs John Holland's vocational theory to study the relationship between teaching performance and teachers' personality-environment congruence. Finds that teacher-students with high congruence between their personalities and the school environment displayed higher scores on teaching performance. Suggests that personality-environment congruence…
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Personality Traits

Hui, Eadaoin K. P. – Journal of Adolescence, 2000
Investigates the personal concerns and causes of difficulties perceived by Hong Kong adolescent students (N=2,103). Results reveal that academic achievement was perceived as the most pressing concern, while problems at home and maladjusted behavior were seen as lesser concerns. Discusses implications for psychologists working with adolescents in…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adolescents, Behavior Problems, Educational Environment
Liu, E. Suk-Ching – Journal of Adolescence, 2005
This qualitative research explores, from the perspectives of runaway adolescents, what kind of family responses facilitate and attract a runaway adolescent to return home and what kind of parental characteristics facilitate the adolescents' adjustment to family reunification. The study carried out in-depth interviews with 16 adolescent boys…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Runaways, Qualitative Research, Adolescents
Yuen, Allan H. K. – Educational Media International, 2006
Extensive studies have been conducted on programming knowledge, instructional environments and effective pedagogies in order to improve the teaching and learning of computer programming. However, there have been few studies on the usefulness and effectiveness of using simulation. The aim of this paper is two-fold: to describe the design and…
Descriptors: Programming, Computer Simulation, Teaching Methods, Learning Experience
Wong, Andrew Lap-sang – International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning, 2007
The growing popularity of e-learning may pose one of the greatest challenges currently facing traditional educational institutions. The questions often asked are how, rather than whether, to embrace this new form of instructional delivery and how to create an appropriate learning environment for the learners. Educational institutions in Hong Kong…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Foreign Countries, Educational Policy, Computer Uses in Education
Cheng, Sheung-Tak; Chan, Alfred C. M. – Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior, 2007
Two theoretical models were constructed to illustrate how stressful events, family and friends support, depression, substance use, and death attitude mutually influence to create cumulative risks for suicide. The models were evaluated using structural equation modeling. Results showed that suicidality was strongly predicted by death attitude,…
Descriptors: Structural Equation Models, Models, Family Influence, Depression (Psychology)

Ng, 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
Grichting, W. L. – Australian Universities' Review, 1988
Academic environments for Australian faculty in Australia and Hong Kong are compared, and the likelihood of job satisfaction for Australians in Hong Kong is discussed. Career conditions under which Hong Kong employment will be most satisfactory are noted. (MSE)
Descriptors: College Faculty, Comparative Analysis, Faculty Workload, Foreign Countries