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Stimpson, Philip – Compare, 1997
Observes that there is a broad common purpose to environmental education in Hong Kong and neighboring Guangzhou, but the development is occurring in different social contexts. Compares and contrasts the two systems and examines factors leading to convergence or divergence as the two areas become politically and administratively interlinked. (DSK)
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Curriculum Development, Economic Factors, Educational Policy
Li, Yuen Ling – Learning Environments Research, 2004
This research study focused on pupil-teacher interactions in kindergarten classrooms in Hong Kong. Classroom observations of the morning or afternoon sessions of nine kindergarten teachers from three schools were carried out. Teachers, in general, exhibited considerable warmth towards their pupils. Teaching consisted largely of intensive…
Descriptors: Feedback (Response), Foreign Countries, Kindergarten, Basic Skills
Yan, Louisa; Kember, David – Higher Education: The International Journal of Higher Education and Educational Planning, 2004
This study examines the out-of-class learning activities undertaken, at the students' volition, by groups of students. Data were gathered through 57 individual and 15 focus group interviews with university students in Hong Kong. Group activities reported included: copying, sharing material, consulting peers, consulting teachers, studying and…
Descriptors: Student Behavior, College Students, Group Activities, Extracurricular Activities
Stimpson, Philip – International Research in Geographical and Environmental Education, 2004
Hong Kong styles itself as "the city that never sleeps", "the ever changing city". The dynamism and pace of change in teacher education, however, has to be seen as laggardly in comparison. This is not to say there has been no experiment but changes have been piecemeal and "add-ons". Teacher education in Hong Kong has…
Descriptors: Geography Instruction, Preservice Teacher Education, Teacher Education Curriculum, Geography
Chan, David W. – Roeper Review, 2006
The relationships among adjustment problems, self-efficacy, and psychological distress were investigated in a sample of 207 Chinese gifted students in Hong Kong. A mediation-effect model specifying that adjustment problems had an effect on psychological distress mediated by self-efficacy was hypothesized and tested using structural equation…
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, Structural Equation Models, Self Efficacy, Foreign Countries
Kember, David; Leung, Doris Y.P. – Studies in Higher Education, 2006
A qualitative study of perception of workload found that it was very weakly related to hours of work. The complex construct was better characterised as being influenced by a broadly conceived teaching and learning environment. It appeared to be possible to encourage students to perform a great deal of high-quality work, without complaining about…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Undergraduate Students, Educational Environment, Working Hours
Cheng, Yin Cheong – 1997
There is a strong need to understand, monitor, and enhance educational quality. This paper reports on a project that developed a framework of indicators for monitoring educational quality in Hong Kong primary schools. The framework was developed through various case studies and 2 large surveys of over 200 Hong Kong primary schools (involving over…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Educational Assessment, Educational Environment, Educational Quality
Chan, Kara K. W. – 1998
A postal survey on a random cluster sample of 1,032 secondary school students in Hong Kong was conducted to investigate how much students know about the environment and how their environmental cognition is shaped by the use of mass media. Results indicated that students were very knowledgeable on both general and local environmental issues. The…
Descriptors: Environment, Environmental Education, Foreign Countries, Mail Surveys
Chen, Ling; Cheng, Shammy H. M. – 2001
This research investigated how family communication patterns (FCP), based on conversation-orientation and conformity-orientation, were related to youngsters' self-disclosure to their parents. Data was collected through a questionnaire survey of youngsters in Hong Kong, aged 13-24. Questionnaires were distributed to students who were studying…
Descriptors: Communication Research, Family Characteristics, Family Communication, Family Environment

Lee, John Chi Kin – Environmental Education Research, 1997
Addresses the gap that has developed in Hong Kong between the Guidelines on Environmental Education in Schools and the actual implementation of those guidelines into practice. Environmental emphasis has been primarily subject-based, and institutional commitment to environmental education has been unsatisfactory. Calls for curriculum reforms and…
Descriptors: Conservation (Environment), Curriculum Development, Ecology, Elementary Secondary Education

Cheng, Yin Cheong – School Effectiveness and School Improvement, 1993
Investigates how school organizational culture is related to important organizational characteristics and how the profiles of strong culture-effective schools differ from those of weak culture-inefficient schools, in terms of organizational variables, teachers' job attitudes, and school effectiveness criteria. The survey of 54 randomly sampled…
Descriptors: Administrator Effectiveness, Educational Environment, Foreign Countries, School Culture

Yu, K. N.; Stokes, M. J. – Physics Education, 1998
Describes the use of teaching studios to encourage discussion of problems and presentation of solutions to the class. Argues that this is an effective way to have students teach other students. Concludes that teaching studios provide many benefits and produce positive responses from participants. (DDR)
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Educational Innovation, Foreign Countries, Grouping (Instructional Purposes)

Tam, Tony S. K.; Ho, Mary K. W. – Child Welfare, 1996
Draws on information collected from 877 subjects in Hong Kong using structured questionnaires to highlight the importance of parental involvement in the child's prospects of returning home from residential care. Challenges decisions in discharge planning that do not take into account an overall view of the child's needs. (MOK)
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Child Welfare, Factor Analysis, Foreign Countries
Lee, Margaret T. Y.; Wong, Betty P.; Chow, Bonnie W.-Y.; McBride-Chang, Catherine – Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior, 2006
The unique dimensions of perceptions of school and family contributing to depression and suicide ideation in Hong Kong adolescents were examined in two studies. In Study 1, among 327 Hong Kong Chinese female students ages 13-18, 47% reported some suicide ideation. Suicide ideation was significantly associated with depression, test anxiety,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Adolescents, Test Anxiety, Family Relationship

Leung, Joe C. B. – Community Development Journal, 1978
The author reviews the evolution of community development in a social work context in Hong Kong over the past decade, including riots, committees, block development, social actions, and politicization. He also comments on the role of the social worker in this context. (MF)
Descriptors: Community Development, Community Organizations, Foreign Countries, Neighborhood Improvement