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Language Learning and Activation in and beyond the Classroom
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Choi, Julie; Nunan, David – Australian Journal of Applied Linguistics, 2018
In contemporary educational contexts, technology, globalization, and mobility have brought about a blurring of the boundary between language learning and activation in and beyond the classroom. (We prefer the term "activation" to "use" as it has a more dynamic connotation.) This contrasts with the pre-globalized, pre-Internet…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, English (Second Language), Language Usage
Appropriating Drama Pedagogy: Learning from the Local Practices in Hong Kong
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Tam, Po-chi – Pedagogy, Culture and Society, 2010
This paper aims at describing and explaining how drama pedagogy is appropriated in Chinese language classrooms in Hong Kong. Drawing on the theories of dialogue and appropriation of Mikhail Bakhtin, the research shows that the dialogicality of drama in Hong Kong's classrooms is conditional, and therefore deviant from the conventional as…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Learning Activities, Language Arts, Teaching Methods
Examining Hong Kong Students' Motivational Beliefs, Strategy Use and Their Relations with Two Relational Factors in Classrooms
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Yin, Hongbiao; Lee, John C. K.; Zhang, Zhonghua – Educational Psychology, 2009
This study examines Hong Kong students' motivational beliefs, strategy use and their relations with two relational factors in classrooms--student learning community and teacher support and involvement. A total of 2206 Grade Four to Grade Nine students responded to a questionnaire that comprised three instruments, including two scales measuring…
Descriptors: Self Efficacy, Student Motivation, Measures (Individuals), Foreign Countries
Development of a Classroom Environment Scale in Hong Kong
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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
The Psychosocial Environment in the Hong Kong Mathematics Classroom.
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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
Roadblocks to Educational Reform: Investigating Knowledge and Practice of Hong Kong Kindergarten Teachers
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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