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Chen, Junjun; Brown, Gavin T. L.; Hattie, John A. C.; Millward, Pam – Teaching and Teacher Education: An International Journal of Research and Studies, 2012
This study surveyed Chinese middle school (n = 951) teachers' conceptions of excellent teaching and examined the relationship of those conceptions to their self-reported teaching practices. Responses were analyzed using confirmatory factor analysis and structural equation modeling. These teachers identified one examination-oriented dimension and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Structural Equation Models, Factor Analysis, Teaching Methods
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Chen, Junjun – Asia-Pacific Education Researcher, 2015
Teachers' belief systems about the nature and purposes of a phenomenon such as teaching and learning influence strongly how they teach and what students learn and achieve. A sample of 891 Chinese middle school teachers from 15 middle schools in a province in China responded to a 48-item questionnaire which explored their conceptions of approaches…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Teacher Attitudes, Beliefs, Teaching Methods
Chen, Junjun – Asia Pacific Education Review, 2007
Knowing how teachers in China understand excellence in teaching is an important precursor to developing teaching standards. This study explores the conceptions of excellent teaching held by 20 middle school teachers in the north of China. A phenomenographic approach with grounded theory was used to interpret teachers' descriptions of a time when…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Middle Schools, Middle School Teachers, Teacher Effectiveness