Under Construction: The Development of Multicultural Curriculum in Hong Kong and TaiwanThe Asia-Pacific Education Researcher - Tập 23 - Trang 885-893 - 2014
Liz Jackson
This paper examines the development of multicultural curriculum in Hong Kong and Taiwan over the last two few decades. Though both societies are broadly Chinese cultural contexts, differences in their political histories, cultures, and demographics nonetheless reflect disparate approaches to the development of multiculturalism in curriculum content. At the same time, Hong Kong and Taiwan both face...... hiện toàn bộ
Examining Changing Assessment Practices in Online Teaching: A Multiple-Case Study of EFL School Teachers in ChinaThe Asia-Pacific Education Researcher - Tập 30 - Trang 553-561 - 2021
Shi Pu, Hao Xu
This paper reports on the results from a multiple-case study of how EFL school teachers in China coped with online assessment for 10 weeks caused by the Covid-19 pandemic. We looked into the online assessment practices of seven teachers from seven regions of China, through individual interview, teachers’ journals, instructional designs for online teaching, and online classroom observation. The fin...... hiện toàn bộ
The Impact of Financial Education for Children: Evidence from an Experiment in ChinaThe Asia-Pacific Education Researcher - Tập 33 - Trang 157-169 - 2023
Jinyan Zhou, Siche Feng, Lihuan Wu, Sheng Wang
Financial education for children has drawn considerable attention and has recently been advocated in schools; however, its impact still needs to be examined with a more comprehensive evaluation framework. This study carries out a paired-design experiment to evaluate the effectiveness of the Aflatoun Child Social & Financial Education program, which is initiated by the International Children's Savi...... hiện toàn bộ
Exploring the Causes, Consequences, and Solutions of EFL Teachers’ Perceived TechnophobiaThe Asia-Pacific Education Researcher - - Trang 1-12 - 2023
Lei Yang, Jijun Wang
This study examined the causes, consequences, and solutions of English as a foreign language (EFL) teachers’ technophobia. To this end, a semi-structured interview was held with 48 Chinese EFL teachers working in different institutes. The results of MAXQDA indicated that technophobia is a multi-face and multi-source phenomenon, which can affect different areas of second language (L2) education. Th...... hiện toàn bộ
The Globalisation of Public Higher Education in MacauThe Asia-Pacific Education Researcher - Tập 23 - Trang 117-124 - 2013
Cheng Man Diana Lau, Pong Kau Yuen
After the political transition in 1999, the economic performance of Macau skyrocketed within a short period of time. Globalisation and the changing political, economic and social landscapes have all exerted influence on higher education. The purpose of this paper is to study the impact of globalisation on public higher education in Macau after the change of sovereignty. The method of study is to a...... hiện toàn bộ
Bilingual Beginning Mandarin Teachers’ Classroom English in Sydney Schools: Linguistic Implications for Teacher EducationThe Asia-Pacific Education Researcher - Tập 22 - Trang 127-136 - 2012
Jun Yao, Jinghe Han
Little empirical research on bilingual beginning teachers has been conducted to examine their actual linguistic performance in the classrooms in Australia and other English-speaking countries. This study investigates the bilingual beginning Mandarin teachers’ use of English in Mandarin classes in Australian primary and secondary schools, focusing on how effectively they were able to use English to...... hiện toàn bộ
The Influence of Playing a for or Against a Controversial Position on Elementary Students’ Ability to Construct Cogent ArgumentsThe Asia-Pacific Education Researcher - Tập 24 - Trang 409-418 - 2014
Chun-Hsu Lin, Chiung-Hui Chiu, Chih-Chao Hsu, Tzone-I Wang
This study investigated the influence of requiring elementary students to participate in a detective role-playing game, within which students had to be for or against a controversial issue. Three intact sixth grade classes (N = 94) participated in this study. One class of students was asked to search for supporting evidence for one side of an online ethics dilemma and to create convincing argument...... hiện toàn bộ