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Understanding Mainland Chinese Students' Motivations for Choosing Teacher Education Programmes in Hong Kong
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Gao, Xuesong; Trent, John – Journal of Education for Teaching: International Research and Pedagogy, 2009
In this paper, we report on an inquiry exploring the experiences of 10 mainland Chinese student teachers of English so as to understand why they came to Hong Kong for a teacher education programme. The study revealed that these students were largely attracted to teaching in Hong Kong because of its extrinsic benefits such as professional…
Descriptors: Student Teachers, Teaching (Occupation), Foreign Countries, English (Second Language)