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Li, Nan; Taconis, Ruurd; den Brok, Perry – Learning Environments Research, 2022
We investigated teachers' perceptions of an online inservice teacher course in China and its outcomes, as well as connections between these two types of perceptions. Data were collected from a sample of 251 teachers following a course on Information and Communication Technology in education using a questionnaire survey and interviews. Teachers…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Teacher Attitudes, Inservice Teacher Education, Online Courses
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Browne, Liz; Defty, Chris; Guo, Na; Hou, Kai; Wang, Dan; Zhuang, Lu – Teacher Development, 2022
Reporting on a mixed methods study carried out in China, this article explores the impact of an educational initiative some years after delivery. Taking data from a three staged longitudinal study, this paper facilitates debate about the nature of Continuing Professional Development (CPD) delivered in a transnational context. To promote such…
Descriptors: Classification, Faculty Development, Foreign Countries, Program Effectiveness
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Gerriet Janssen; Renka Ohta; Jeremy Lee; Michael Suhan – Language Teaching Research Quarterly, 2023
Drawing from a larger CIPP program evaluation ("Context, Input, Processes, Products") comprised of 11 analyses of the ETS online teacher training course titled "Teaching Academic English with the TOEFL iBT® Test" (TAE), this paper triangulates three qualitatively different data sets and seeks to understand how participants…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Language Tests, English (Second Language), Computer Assisted Testing
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Zhu, Yan – Language Teaching Research, 2022
Despite empirical evidence in support of the effectiveness of using tasks in young learners' classrooms, task implementation has been repeatedly reported as a thorny problem. An essential but under-researched issue is how in-service teacher education programme can be conducted to facilitate teachers' implementing tasks in their classrooms. This…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, English (Second Language)
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Yan, Chunmei; He, Chuanjun – Professional Development in Education, 2015
Short in-service teacher development (INSET) programmes have been globally used as a form of teacher development, but their impact has been under question. This study sought to examine teacher participants' perceptions of short INSET programmes to come up with better solutions to enhancing their effect on teachers' professional learning. A…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Language Teachers
Green, Patricia J.; Sha, Mandy; Liu, Lu – RTI International, 2011
In 2001, the U.S. Department of Education and the Ministry of Education in China entered into a bilateral partnership to develop a technology-driven approach to foreign language learning that integrated gaming, immersion, voice recognition, problem-based learning tasks, and other features that made it a significant research and development pilot…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, English (Second Language), Middle School Students, Partnerships in Education
Mu, Keli; And Others – 1993
This paper, written in outline form, summarizes the history and current situation of special education in China. The paper begins by listing milestones in Chinese special education from 200 B.C. to 1990 A.D. and noting that currently there are an estimated 6,500,000 children (ages 7-15, with disabilities, of whom 70,000 are being served in special…
Descriptors: Attendance, Compulsory Education, Delivery Systems, Differences