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Klineberg, Otto; Hull, Frank W., IV – 1979
An international study of adaptation and coping of students, faculty, and administrators involved with foreign student exchange is examined using data obtained in 11 countries--Brazil, Canada, the Federal Republic of Germany, France, Hong Kong, India, Iran, Japan, Kenya, the United Kingdom, and the United States. The following are included:…
Descriptors: Case Studies, College Administration, College Environment, College Faculty

Postiglione, Gerard A. – Comparative Education Review, 1998
The academic profession in Hong Kong wrestles with preserving academic freedom and institutional autonomy during retrocession to Chinese sovereignty, while also dealing with issues related to rapid expansion and increasing student diversity, increased pressure to improve standards of research and teaching, and devolution of responsibility for…
Descriptors: Academic Freedom, College Environment, College Faculty, Foreign Countries

Lee, Christina C.; Cochran, Larry R. – Canadian Journal of Counselling, 1988
Used case study approach to focus on adjustment decisions of 15 female Chinese college students who emigrated from Hong Kong to Vancouver, British Columbia. Common themes of conflict involved Chinese and Western value opposition, the need for personal development, and the fear of social isolation. Six different patterns of client adjustment were…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), College Students, Counseling Techniques, Cross Cultural Studies
Palmer, W. P. – Online Submission, 1996
The concept of physical and chemical change is far from being the clearest and most self-explanatory concept in the world. If a number of chemists are asked to define physical and chemical change, there may well appear to be a fair degree of uniformity in their answers, until a few examples are suggested. When chemists are asked to place a variety…
Descriptors: Chemistry, Scientific Concepts, Knowledge Level, Textbooks
Cheng, Yin Cheong – 1995
This paper provides a framework for the discussion of policy and development of educational quality. Based on the choice of indicators, the purpose of assessment, and the type of evaluation, the paper proposes a whole-matrix approach to addressing the critical issues in assessing and monitoring educational quality. These critical issues include…
Descriptors: Educational Assessment, Educational Environment, Educational Quality, Elementary Education

Chan, Jimmy – Journal of Reading, 1981
A study of adolescents in Hong Kong suggested that parents' behavior toward their children did affect children's achievement in reading and other verbal skills. A more democratic style of child rearing correlated with the development of good reading abilities. (MKM)
Descriptors: Behavioral Science Research, Child Rearing, Cognitive Development, Elementary Secondary Education

Dimmock, Clive; Walker, Allan – Comparative Education, 1997
Interviews with nine principals of Hong Kong schools found that faced with uncertainties arising from Hong Kong's political transition, principals were somewhat confident about coping with changes in curricula and school management but felt less control over broader changes in access and opportunity following the expected influx of teachers and…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Civics, Coping, Educational Change

Cooke, B. L.; Pang, K. C. – Teaching and Teacher Education, 1991
Presents data from surveys and interviews with 129 beginning secondary teachers (trained, untrained, and partially trained) and a survey of school principals in Hong Kong. Differences between trained and untrained groups indicated a need for preservice training and induction for all beginning teachers. (SM)
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Beginning Teacher Induction, Beginning Teachers, Comparative Analysis
Tight, Malcolm, Ed.; Mok, Ka Ho, Ed.; Huisman, Jeroen, Ed.; Morphew, Christopher, Ed. – Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2009
This volume is a detailed and up-to-date reference work providing an authoritative overview of the main issues in higher education around the world today. Consisting of newly commissioned chapters and impressive journal articles, it surveys the state of the discipline and includes the examination and discussion of emerging, controversial and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Economic Progress, Higher Education, Political Science
Yee, Albert H.; Cheng, Joseph Y. S. – 1997
In both Hong Kong and the United States, educational practices, especially those in the early stages of development, often do not lay an adequate foundation for lifelong learning. Using an approach rooted in developmental psychology, however, can help educators understand how individuals, groups, and societies develop or fail to develop an…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Comparative Analysis, Confucianism, Developmental Stages

Lin, Xiaodong – Cognition and Instruction, 2001
This case study examined changes in a fifth-grade mathematics classroom in Hong Kong when a video-based story involving mathematics problem solving was introduced. Findings suggest that new technologies not compatible with existing practice may lead to intense reflections about which aspects of the individuals, their environment, and the new…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Change Strategies, Classroom Environment, Educational Practices
Wan, Yee – 1996
This paper proposes an integrative approach for teaching English as a second language to students in Hong Kong to develop their listening, speaking, reading, and writing skills in English to meet the challenge of an English curriculum. The integrative approach provides an authentic language environment for learners to develop language skills in a…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Educational Environment, Educational Strategies, Elementary Secondary Education
Mo, Kim Wan – 1998
In Hong Kong there has been a move toward greater self-management in schools. The government has supported the School Management Initiatives scheme and has stated that the management system calls for teacher appraisal as one of its internal quality assurance mechanisms. This study examined the relationship between dimensions of school climate and…
Descriptors: Correlation, Educational Change, Educational Environment, Elementary Secondary Education
Mo, Kim Wan – 1998
Formal teacher appraisal was introduced to schools participating in Hong Kong's School Management Initiative (SMI) without prior evaluation of its effectiveness. This study examines the current practice of appraisal and provides guidelines for schools wishing to introduce teacher appraisal. Teachers from SMI schools (n=337) completed…
Descriptors: Correlation, Educational Change, Educational Environment, Elementary Secondary Education
Gong, Gwendolyn – 1997
Education in Hong Kong has been developed along a British model that uses examination results to determine students' academic futures: to be allowed to go on to a university to study or to go into the workplace with a tenth-grade education. The system has been described by likening students to Peking ducks who are forced to eat, fattened up for…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Critical Thinking, Educational Environment, Elementary Secondary Education