Professionalism,profession and quality assurance practitioners in external quality assurance agencies in higher education     

Jordan C.M. Cheung 《Quality in Higher Education》2015,21(2):151-170

This article seeks to spark a dialectic discussion on the establishment of a set of professional competencies for quality assurance practitioners who serve in external quality assurance agencies in higher education. Such a need is identified due to the shortage of relevant and sufficient coverage in the quality assurance literature. To substantiate the need, the concepts of professionalism and profession, and how these concepts are linked to the quality assurance in higher education sector, are carefully examined through a desk-top research study. References are drawn from the experiences in several other occupations. The result reveals that the development of the essential competencies for external quality assurance practitioners in higher education is valuable and essential and it will be useful for the practitioners to transform themselves into a profession in the long run.  相似文献   

Factors related to resilience of academically gifted students in the chinese cultural and educational environment          下载免费PDF全文

Xinjie Chen  Hoi Yan Cheung  Xitao Fan  Joseph Wu 《Psychology in the schools》2018,55(2):107-119

This study examined variables in three domains (personal, parent support, and peer support) for their relationships with the resilience of academically gifted students in the Chinese cultural and educational environment. The participants were 484 academically gifted students in two highly competitive secondary schools (so‐called “key” schools) in a metropolitan city in southern China. The constructs measured in the personal domain were resilience, hope, creativity, and curiosity. The constructs measured in the domain of parent support were parent trust, parent communication, and parent alienation. The constructs measured in the peer support domain were peer trust, peer communication, and peer alienation. Three nested regression models showed that the personal constructs (hope, creativity, and curiosity) were all related to the resilience of the academically gifted students. Parent support variables did not exhibit predictive effects over and above that of the personal constructs, but peer support variables did show additional predictive effects over and beyond personal variables and parent support variables. Explanations and implications were discussed for the findings, and some limitations of the study were also discussed.  相似文献   

Science teachers' beliefs about curriculum design     

Dr. Derek Cheung  Pun-Hon Ng 《Research in Science Education》2000,30(4):357-375

Teacher beliefs about curriculum design affect the quality of science education in schools, but science researchers know little about the interrelation of beliefs about alternative curriculum designs. This article describes a quantitative study of secondary science teachers' beliefs about curriculum design. A 33-item Science Curriculum Orientation Inventory (SCOI) was developed to measure five distinct orientations to curriculum: academic, cognitive processes, societycentred, humanistic, and technological. Data were collected from 810 integrated science, chemistry, physics, and biology teachers in Hong Kong. A confirmatory factor analysis of teacher responses to the SCOI indicated that science teachers' beliefs about curriculum design had a hierarchical structure; the five distinct curriculum orientations were positively correlated, forming a second-order curriculum, meta-orientation. Physics teachers were less society-oriented than biology, integrated science and chemistry teachers, and integrated science teachers were more humanistic than physics teachers. Although science teachers' beliefs about any of the five alternative curriculum designs did not vary with their teaching experience, the difference between beliefs about the cognitive processes orientation and the humanistic orientation increased when teachers had gained more teaching experience. Implications of these findings are discussed.  相似文献   

Simulation of in-cylinder radiative heat transfer of diesel engine with Monte-Carlo method     

Yan Zhao-da  Liu Zhen-tao  Rui Yang  Chen Jie  Yu Xiao-li  C. S. Cheung 《浙江大学学报(A卷英文版)》2000,1(3):306-310

A multi-zone (multi-dimensional) model is used to model the in-cylinder radiative heat transfer of a direct injection diesel engine. The space and the surface of the ω-combustion chamber are approximated by simple geometric shapes and discretized. The model takes into consideration the complexity of the structure of the combustion chamber and the non-uniform distribution of the radiation medium, and uses the Monte-Carlo method to simulate the in-cylinder radiative heat transfer. Supported by Foundation of National Engine Combustion Lab., Tianjin University (No 96001)  相似文献   

Purpose Among Youth From Low-Income Backgrounds: A Mixed Methods Investigation     

Kendall Cotton Bronk  Caleb Mitchell  Brittany Hite  Sam Mehoke  Ryan Cheung 《Child development》2020,91(6):e1231-e1248

Theoretical and empirical research lead to conflicting perspectives on whether youth from low-income backgrounds are likely to have access to lives of purpose. To explore this issue, this study used data collected during the 2016–2017 academic year from a sample of Southern California youth. Findings suggest (a) youth from low-income communities are as likely as youth from middle-income communities to report leading lives of purpose; (b) purpose among low-income youth is associated with many of the same indicators of positive development as it is among middle-income youth; and (c) youth from low-income backgrounds encounter personal hardships that, in the presence of familial support and other developmental assets, can inspire purpose. Implications for purpose-fostering interventions among low-income youth are discussed.  相似文献   

Factors affecting the state anxiety level of higher education students in Macau: the impact of trait anxiety and self‐esteem     

Cheung Hoi Yan 《Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education》2006,31(6):709-725

The aim of this study is to find out the levels of anxiety of 589 day‐ and night‐class students in higher education in Macau two weeks before the final examination period. The Chinese version of the 40‐item Spielberger’s State‐Trait Anxiety Inventory (Spielberger, Gorsuch & Lusherier, 1970 Spielberger, C. D., Gorsuch, R. and Lusherier, R. 1970. STAI manual for the state trait anxiety inventory, CA: Consulting Psychologist Press.  [Google Scholar]) was applied in this study. The two anxiety scales are nicely constructed into several logical and explainable factors. In addition, the Chinese version of Rosenberg’s self‐esteem scale (Rosenberg, 1965 Rosenberg, M. 1965. Society and the adolescent self‐image, Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press. [Crossref] [Google Scholar]) was applied to find out the relationship between students’ self‐esteem and their trait and state anxieties. Generally speaking, night‐class students, who had full‐time jobs during the day, had significantly higher levels of anxiety than day class students, who were either unemployed or engaged in part‐time employment. Furthermore, based on the results of the path analysis, students’ general anxiety levels might be affected by their general state of anxiety and their self‐esteem. It is hoped that through this study, the educational context of higher education might be better understood.  相似文献   

Media Education Across Four Asian Societies: Issues and Themes     

Cheung  Chi-Kim 《International Review of Education/Internationale Zeitschrift für Erziehungswissenschaft/Revue internationale l'éducation》2009,1(1):39-58

International Review of Education - This paper undertakes a comparative review of the development and implementation of media education in four Asian societies. The comparison focuses on the...  相似文献   

Validation of the Olympic Games Attitude Scale (OGAS): Evidence from Exploratory and Confirmatory Factor Analyses     

Jennifer Y. Mak  Siu-Yin Cheung  Carina C. King 《Measurement in physical education and exercise science》2016,20(2):99-111

There have been extensive studies of local residents’ perception and reaction to the impacts of mega events. However, there is limited empirical research on the social impacts that shape foreign attitudes toward the host country. The purpose of this study was to develop and validate the Olympic Games Attitude Scale (OGAS) to examine viewers’ perception of the Olympics hosting country. Participants (N = 483) were based on a convenience sample in a local community of the mid-Atlantic region in the United States. Results of the exploratory factor analysis identified four factors (economic advancement, image enhancement, community enrichment, and turmoil development) with a total variance of 67.59%. Confirmatory factor analysis showed that after removing one item, the 13-item OGAS provided a good fit to the data (comparative fit index [CFI] = .97; incremental fit index [IFI] = .97, standardized root mean square residual [SRMR] = .049; root mean square error of approximation [RMSEA] = .080). It is concluded that the OGAS is a valid measuring instrument for assessing viewers’ perception of hosting the Olympic Games.  相似文献   

School engagement and parental involvement: the case of cross-border students in Singapore     

Celeste Y. M. Yuen  Alan C. K. Cheung 《The Australian Educational Researcher》2014,41(1):89-107

The primary purpose of this paper is to examine the mutual relationship between school engagement of cross-border students (CBS) from Malaysia in Singapore and parental involvement in education. Focus-group interviews were conducted with school personnel, CBS and their non-local counterparts to provide a comprehensive understanding of the situation. The cross-border student group comprises diverse ethnicity and most of them are highly competitive and successful in engaging in the whole educational selection process from the beginning to their exit point. This paper argues that education for the CBS represents both a unique socio-cultural phenomenon in the two Asian societies and a manifestation of a widely shared pragmatic value of educational returns. The findings reveal that the nature of CBS engagement with schools is characterized by voluntary assimilation and is rewarded by the meritocratic system of Singapore.  相似文献   

Incorporating Emic Perspectives in Defining Social Competence: Validation of Parental Assessment of Peer Play Interactions at Home for Low-Income Chinese-Heritage Children     

Hyun  Sunah  Li  Lok-Wah  McWayne  Christine M.  Cheung  Katherine 《Early Childhood Education Journal》2022,50(2):185-195

Early Childhood Education Journal - Despite the rapid growth of the Chinese immigrant population in the United States, little is known about the social behaviors of Chinese-heritage,...  相似文献