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Ho, Wai-Chung – Bulletin of the Council for Research in Music Education, 1999
Examines the development of music education in Hong Kong. Describes political, economic, and cultural tensions in the context of the musical styles taught in Hong Kong secondary schools. Discusses the historical context, content/structure, and control of musical knowledge. Offers a model of music as a social construction. Includes references. (CMK)
Descriptors: Cultural Influences, Economic Factors, Foreign Countries, Models

Ng, Sai Leung – Social Indicators Research, 2005
This paper reports the results of a convenient sample survey of 500 Hong Kong university students conducted in May 2003. The main aim of the survey was to investigate the respondents' perception of the residential environment and its implications for the quality of life (QOL). Results indicated that the respondents were generally satisfied with…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Housing, Quality of Life, Transportation
Wong, Evia O. W. – International Journal of Educational Management, 2005
Purpose: Hong Kong continuing education has encountered vigorous change in recent years. It is not limited to the mode of teaching and learning. Changing government policies, fund cutting to the higher education system and the entry of overseas university degrees increase the intensity of competition in the environment to an extraordinary extent.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Continuing Education, Educational Change, Lifelong Learning
Lee, Nancy; Huang, Yue Yuan – RELC Journal: A Journal of Language Teaching and Research, 2004
The English verb "be" has always been a perceived problem for Chinese ESL learners, however, few studies have been conducted with a specific focus on the interlanguage "be" of Chinese ESL learners. This paper examines the variable use of the English verb "be" of 270 Hong Kong primary school children for developmental…
Descriptors: Textbooks, Verbs, Interlanguage, Foreign Countries
Olmsted, Patricia P., Ed.; Weikart, David P., Ed. – 1994
This report presents Phase 1 of the International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement (IEA) 3-phase Preprimary Project being conducted in 11 to 15 countries. The project spans the years 1987 through 1997. The Preprimary Project has been designed to be conducted in three interrelated phases: Phase 1, a household survey in each…
Descriptors: Cross Cultural Studies, Day Care, Early Childhood Education, Early Experience
Cheng, Yin Cheong – 1997
This paper describes why and what transformational leadership is needed to pursue school effectiveness and development in the rapidly changing education environment and in the coming new century. The paper first discusses the challenges to school leadership and the need for new leadership in light of the pursuit of school effectiveness and the…
Descriptors: Administrator Effectiveness, Educational Environment, Educational Planning, Elementary Secondary Education
Shek, Daniel T. L.; Tsang, Sandra K. M.; Lam, Lorinda L.; Tang, Florence L. Y.; Cheung, Penita M. P. – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2005
The purpose of this study was to examine the reliability and validity of the Chinese version of the Psycho-educational Profile-Revised (PEP-R). The Chinese PEP-R (CPEP-R) was administered to 63 preschool children with symptoms of autistic disorder recruited from special child-care centers in Hong Kong. Results showed that the scales of the CPEP-R…
Descriptors: Psychometrics, Preschool Children, Symptoms (Individual Disorders), Reliability
Mills, John; Eyre, Gayner; Harvey, Ross – Education for Information, 2005
As the demand for education rises, and with the increasing availability and sophistication of the means of delivery, open education and e-learning is being seen as a way to rapidly increase student numbers. This paper explores some realities of providing traditional open education and e-learning in an international environment and examines the…
Descriptors: Open Education, Foreign Countries, Educational Demand, Web Based Instruction
Heung, Vivian – International Journal of Inclusive Education, 2006
This paper describes the moves towards greater inclusion in the Hong Kong education system and the problems that have arisen from those moves. It then describes the introduction of an adapted version of the Index for Inclusion, called the Indicators for Inclusion in Hong Kong, in order to stimulate greater progress. As the adapted Hong Kong…
Descriptors: Inclusive Schools, Cultural Differences, Foreign Countries, Educational Improvement

Evans, Stephen – Hong Kong Journal of Applied Linguistics, 1999
Examines language in the workplace, specifically the construction industry in Hong Kong. Provides detailed information on language use in a professional context at the time of Hong Kong's return to China and shows that written communication is mainly in English, while spoken language is predominately Cantonese. (Author/VWL)
Descriptors: Cantonese, Case Studies, English (Second Language), Foreign Countries

Shek, Daniel T L. – American Journal of Family Therapy, 2002
Reports empirical evidence on the relationship between parental qualities and adolescent psychological well-being, school adjustment, and problem behavior among 229 economically disadvantaged Chinese adolescents. Results showed that perceptions of parental qualities were related to better adolescent psychological well-being and improved behavior.…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Adolescents, Behavior Problems, Child Rearing

Givvin, Karen Bogard; Hiebert, James; Jacobs, Jennifer K.; Hollingsworth, Hilary; Gallimore, Ronald – Comparative Education Review, 2005
In order to improve teaching, it is important to understand why teaching looks the way that it now does and how its general form can be explained. One way to address this question is at the classroom level. This approach has been found in the ethnographic work of anthropologists and has been skillfully applied in the recent work of such…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Instructional Effectiveness, Science Instruction, Mathematics Instruction
Chan, Sally; Fung, Maggie Yuen; Tong, Chien Wai; Thompson, David – Research in Developmental Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2005
Many clients in Hong Kong with developmental disabilities stay in mental hospitals because of mental disorders and behavioural problems. There is a need to identify strategies that promote psychological well-being and reduce problem behaviours in this group of clients. This study evaluates the impact of multisensory therapy on participants'…
Descriptors: Developmental Disabilities, Therapy, Outcomes of Treatment, Experimental Groups
Choy, Sheung-On; Ng, Sin-Chun; Tsang, Yiu-Chung – EDUCAUSE Quarterly, 2005
The Open University of Hong Kong (OUHK) is a distance education university with about 22,500 students. In fulfilling its mission, the university has adopted various Web-based and electronic means to support distance learning. For instance, OUHK uses a Web-based course management system (CMS) to provide students with a flexible way to obtain course…
Descriptors: Management Systems, Open Universities, Distance Education, Web Based Instruction
Lee, Wing On – International Journal of Educational Research, 2003
This paper analyses the data obtained from the findings on Hong Kong, as a part of the IEA second civic study. Because the survey was conducted two years after Hong Kong's return to China, the findings reflect concepts and attitudes toward citizenship among Hong Kong students shortly after the change of sovereignty. The study shows that Hong Kong…
Descriptors: Asian Culture, Elections, Foreign Countries, Classroom Environment