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Filial Piety and Academic Motivation: High-Achieving Students in an International School in South Korea
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Tam, Jonathan – International Journal of Multicultural Education, 2016
This study uses self-determination theory to explore the mechanisms of filial piety in the academic motivation of eight high-achieving secondary school seniors at an international school in South Korea, resulting in several findings. First, the students attributed their parents' values and expectations as a major source of the students'…
Descriptors: High Achievement, Student Motivation, Family Relationship, Parent Aspiration
An Exploration of Differences in Cultural Values in Teacher Education Pedagogy: Chinese English Language Teacher Trainees' Perceptions of Effective Teaching Practice Review
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Skinner, Barbara; Abbott, Lesley – Teacher Development, 2013
This study reports the impact of different cultural values on the teacher education of Chinese teacher trainees. By examining their perceptions of the effectiveness of teaching practice feedback, the study uses Hofstede's dimension of "individualism" (IDV) to explore the "culture bumps" which may occur between teacher educators…
Descriptors: Cultural Differences, Teacher Education, Preservice Teachers, Foreign Countries
"Tongshi" Education Reform in a Chinese University: Knowledge, Values, and Organizational Changes
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Zhang, Donghui – Comparative Education Review, 2012
Derived from the Confucian educational tradition, the term "Tongshi" reflects a contemporary Chinese effort to break away from the former Soviet legacy and forge undergraduate curricula on the basis of a US general education model. In recent years, "Tongshi" education reform has entered the spotlight in Chinese universities as…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Higher Education, Organizational Change, Confucianism
Choosing a Higher Education Study Abroad Destination: What Mainland Chinese Parents and Students Rate as Important
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Bodycott, Peter – Journal of Research in International Education, 2009
Mainland China is one of the largest sources of undergraduate and postgraduate students. Previous research has identified the push-pull factors and features that influence a student choice of study abroad destination. This article extends understanding by identifying and examining what 251 mainland Chinese parents and 100 students rated as most…
Descriptors: Parent Attitudes, Foreign Countries, Values, Study Abroad
A Chinese Perspective on Teaching and Learning. Routledge Series on Schools and Schooling in Asia
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Eng, Betty C., Ed. – Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2011
Bringing together educators from a range of backgrounds--psychology, sociology, social work, counseling, and teaching--this volume shows how Asian cultural values and beliefs can provide a lens through which to understand and envision how curriculum and pedagogy can be creatively adapted, not only in a local Chinese classroom context, but in a…
Descriptors: Methods Courses, Curriculum, Volunteer Training, Social Sciences
The Enactment and Perception of Mathematics Pedagogical Values in an Elementary Classroom: Buddhism, Confucianism, and Curriculum Reform
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Leu, Yuh-Chyn – International Journal of Science and Mathematics Education, 2005
The purpose of this case study was to investigate the values demonstrated by an elementary school teacher in her mathematics teaching and what values her students perceived. This research adopted the valuing theory (Raths, Harmin & Simon, 1987) and used classroom observations and interviews to document the teacher's mathematics pedagogical values…
Descriptors: Expertise, Curriculum Development, Mathematics Education, Student Evaluation