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John, Lee Chi-kin; Frances, Lee Lai-mui; Hin-wah, Wong – Educational Research and Evaluation, 2003
The Hong Kong Classroom Environment Scale (HKCES) is a new instrument designed to assess upper primary and junior secondary school students' perceptions of actual and preferred classroom environment. The development of the scale involved 2 stages of study. In the 1st stage of study, exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses clearly identified 4…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Measures (Individuals), Secondary School Students, Classroom Environment
Guo, Shibao – Convergence, 2006
This study examines the role of adult education in bringing about social change through community development initiatives at a grassroots organisation called SUCCESS (United Chinese Community Enrichment Services Society), an immigrant community organisation in Vancouver, Canada. It adopts a case study approach. The study focuses on the historical…
Descriptors: Social Environment, Case Studies, Organizational Development, Community Development
Mok, Yan Fung; Kwong, Tsz Man – 1999
This study investigated the effects of school-level and individual-level factors influencing the participation and nonparticipation of secondary school teachers in continuing professional education (CPE). Researchers randomly selected 25 out of Hong Kong's 442 secondary schools to participate. All teachers in the schools were invited to complete a…
Descriptors: Continuing Education, Educational Environment, Foreign Countries, Graduate Study
Hope, Andrea; Butcher, Bob – Quarterly Review of Distance Education, 2005
Hong Kong's economic fortunes have always depended on trade with China. By the mid-1980s, the colonial higher education system was catering to only 6% of the 18-20 age cohort and there was a backlog of adult learners who had been denied access. The Open Learning Institute of Hong Kong was launched in 1989 to overwhelming public response. It…
Descriptors: Open Universities, Distance Education, Adult Students, Foreign Countries
Hong Kong Education Dept. – 2000
As part of the 1999 comprehensive review of the education system in Hong Kong, the Education Department introduced a quality assurance framework in local kindergartens. The framework comprises two components: self-evaluation and external monitoring. This guide presents performance indicators for use as evaluation criteria with reference to the…
Descriptors: Child Development, Educational Environment, Educational Quality, Evaluation Criteria
Liu, Yan; Wu, Amery D.; Zumbo, Bruno D. – Journal of Educational Research & Policy Studies, 2006
Since at least the 1980s, motivated, in part, by findings from international comparisons of students' mathematics achievement, some American (U.S.) educators and policy makers have initiated educational reform that focuses on improving teaching practices and curriculum designs by advocating for the adoption of Asian educational models. The…
Descriptors: Mathematics Achievement, Cross Cultural Studies, Educational Change, Foreign Countries
Bayley, Robert, Ed.; Schecter, Sandra R., Ed. – 2003
This collection of papers explores language socialization from very early childhood through adulthood. After "Introduction: Toward a Dynamic Model of Language Socialization" (Robert Bayley and Sandra R. Schecter), there are 16 papers in 4 parts. Part 1, "Language Socialization at Home," includes: (1) "Transforming…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Bilingualism, Cultural Differences, Early Childhood Education
Higbee, Homer, Ed.; Winters, Marjorie K., Ed. – 1980
Recommendations concerning the admission and placement of students from Hong Kong, Malaysia, the Philippines, and Singapore are presented along with results of a review of the system of education within each country. The information was gathered by teams of U.S. and Canadian educators. For each country, information is presented on the country, the…
Descriptors: Academic Records, Admission Criteria, College Admission, College Curriculum
Trinidad, Sue; Aldridge, Jill; Fraser, Barry – Australasian Journal of Educational Technology, 2005
This article reports the development, validation and use of a survey for assessing students' perceptions of their e-learning environments. The Online Learning Environment Survey (OLES) was administered to 325 students, 131 in Australia and 194 in Hong Kong. The data were analysed to examine 1) the reliability and validity of the survey, 2)…
Descriptors: Web Based Instruction, Online Courses, Virtual Classrooms, Electronic Learning
Woo, Jeong-Ho, Ed.; Lew, Hee-Chan, Ed.; Park, Kyo-Sik Park, Ed.; Seo, Dong-Yeop, Ed. – International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education, 2007
The first volume of the 31st annual proceedings of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education conference presents plenary lectures; research forums; discussion groups; working sessions; short oral communications; and posters from the meeting. Plenary lecture papers include: (1) On Humanistic Mathematics Education: A…
Descriptors: Preservice Teacher Education, Mathematics Curriculum, Elementary Secondary Education, Mathematics Education

Wong, Ngai-Ying – Journal of Mathematical Behavior, 1993
Open-ended questions and semistructured interviews were used to investigate the psychosocial learning environment among (n=35) grade-nine mathematics students in Hong Kong. The Mathematics Classroom Environment Scale has eight dimensions: enjoyability; order; involvement; achievement orientation; teacher led; teacher support; teacher involvement;…
Descriptors: Classification, Classroom Environment, Content Analysis, Cooperation
Ling, Li Yuen – International Journal of Educational Reform, 2003
Early childhood education in Hong Kong is in a transition time. The Hong Kong government's Education Commission is urging the field of early childhood education to engage in a substantial paradigm shift in order to achieve the goals of educational reform (Education Commission, 1999a). Informed by recent overseas research, government directives…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Educational Policy, Early Childhood Education, Knowledge Base for Teaching
Donoghue, Sue L. – Educational Technology & Society, 2006
Hong Kong's tertiary education environment has changed dramatically in recent years with universities now facing specific educational challenges in the areas of critical thinking, "life-long learning" and English language. The question exists as to what pedagogic developments will best allow the universities to address these challenges.…
Descriptors: Online Courses, Organizational Change, Foreign Countries, Team Teaching
Carmo, Mafalda, Ed. – Online Submission, 2015
We are delighted to welcome you to the International Conference on Education and New Developments 2015-END 2015, taking place in Porto, Portugal, from 27 to 29 of June. Education, in our contemporary world, is a right since we are born. Every experience has a formative effect on the constitution of the human being, in the way one thinks, feels and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Development, Educational Change, Educational Trends
Shaw, Thomas; And Others – 1994
Excerpts from interviews with 30 Asian high school students concerning their acculturation to the American classroom are presented and discussed. The students had been in the United States for no more than 2 years, and were here for a variety of reasons, including extended visits with relatives to temporary appointments of their parents to U.S.…
Descriptors: Acculturation, Asian Americans, Classroom Communication, Classroom Environment