School leadership and teachers’ pedagogical orientations in Hong Kong: A comparative perspective     

Allan H. K. Yuen  M. W. Lee  Nancy Law 《Education and Information Technologies》2009,14(4):381-396

As a secondary analysis of SITES 2006, this paper aims to explore the school leadership factors that potentially affect teachers’ pedagogical orientations. The exploration is guided by four questions: (1) How do we describe school leadership factors? (2) What are the principals’ perceptions about pedagogy and ICT use? (3) What are the teachers’ perceptions about pedagogical orientations? and (4) How does the school leadership associate with teachers’ pedagogical orientations? Eight school leadership constructs were identified, which cover four areas: learning goals, priority for resource allocation, types of assessment, and priority of competencies for school leadership to acquire. The findings also indicate a gap between principals’ and teachers’ perceptions on pedagogy and ICT use in Hong Kong.  相似文献   

中国煤炭产业生命周期模型构建与发展阶段判定     

王云  朱宇恩  张军营  王冰 《资源科学》2015,37(10):1881-1889

客观判断煤炭产业生命周期所处阶段,对于中国煤炭产业的可持续发展和有针对性地制定相应政策措施具有重要意义。本文依据中国经济发展阶段和煤炭产业发展现状,运用产业周期相关理论,将龚柏兹曲线定量分析法与计算判断法、经验对比法两种判别法相结合,构建煤炭产业生命周期模型并进行实证应用,通过煤炭资源与产业规模维度、煤炭产业结构和组织维度、煤炭产业技术结构和效率维度、政府角色维度综合判定中国煤炭产业正处于产业生命周期形成期向成长期发展的“过渡阶段”,这一阶段中国煤炭产业正在进入一个重大调整期和转型期,随着能源生产与利用由“变革”到“革命”的转变,煤炭全方位综合清洁高效利用技术的突破、推广和应用以及煤炭管理方式创新,未来中国煤炭产业将进入快速成长期。  相似文献   

Myth of the Inferior Status of Vocational Education: The Case of Hong Kong     

Thomas Siu Ho Yau  Ming Lun Chung  Ho Ching Li  Derek Wai Sun Chun 《Chinese Education & Society》2018,51(6):476-490

Abstract

In this article, factors contributing to the poor perceptions and inferior status of vocational education in Hong Kong are discussed. Critical discourse analysis (CDA) is employed as the methodology in examining the discursive construction of vocational education in the policy context. A total of five policy documents published between 1970 and 2015 are included. Our findings show that the socioeconomic transformation of Hong Kong in recent decades, massification of higher education, and cultural factors such as parental expectations are pertinent to the stigmatization observed in vocational education. This article discusses the implications from the findings and concludes with possible solutions for the future development of vocational education in Hong Kong under the novel vocational and professional education and training (VPET) initiative launched by the government.  相似文献   

Does Teaching Experience Matter? The Beliefs and Practices of Beginning and Experienced Physics Teachers     

Imelda S. Caleon  Yuen Sze Michelle Tan  Young Hoan Cho 《Research in Science Education》2018,48(1):117-149

This study utilized multiple data sources to examine the beliefs about learning and teaching physics and the instructional practices of five beginning teachers and seven experienced teachers from Singapore. Our study was implemented in the unique context of teachers teaching the topic of electricity to students grouped according to academic abilities. The topic of electricity is one of the most difficult physics topics for students to understand and for teachers to teach. It was found that the experienced teachers, compared to the beginning teachers, tended to have beliefs about teaching and learning physics that are closer to constructivist views. The majority of the teachers, particularly the beginning teachers, espoused beliefs about learning physics that were incongruent with their beliefs about teaching physics. Although transmission-oriented and teacher-directed practices dominated the classroom lessons of both groups of teachers, more elements of constructivist instruction were found in the classroom lessons of the experienced teachers. It was also found that the classroom practices of the teachers, especially those in their inductive years of teaching, were more aligned with their beliefs about learning physics than their beliefs about teaching physics.  相似文献   

The motivation to study: an analysis of undergraduate engineering students at a Caribbean university     

Chris Maharaj  Erik Blair  Sarah Chin Yuen Kee 《Journal of Further & Higher Education》2018,42(1):24-35

The link between motivation and success is well documented; however, there is still room to problematise motivation in regards to the individual and contextual levels. This study looks at motivation in relation to students studying undergraduate engineering courses at a Caribbean university and seeks to discover the factors that motivate them to study and the factors that keep them motivated. An online questionnaire was constructed using 19 Likert-type questions and 5 questions that allowed for open-ended qualitative responses. The findings reveal that participants tended to be motivated by the increased possibility of desired future careers and tended to stay motivated by a combination of goal-orientation and family support. It is recommended that departments, faculties and institutions deliberate on shared and contextually constructed understandings of why students choose to enrol in particular university courses.  相似文献   

Fast implementation of two-dimensional singular spectrum analysis for effective data classification in hyperspectral imaging     

Jaime Zabalza  Chunmei Qing  Peter Yuen  Genyun Sun  Huimin Zhao 《Journal of The Franklin Institute》2018,355(4):1733-1751

Although singular spectrum analysis (SSA) has been successfully applied for data classification in hyperspectral remote sensing, it suffers from extremely high computational cost, especially for 2D-SSA. As a result, a fast implementation of 2D-SSA namely F-2D-SSA is presented in this paper, where the computational complexity has been significantly reduced with a rate up to 60%. From comprehensive experiments undertaken, the effectiveness of F-2D-SSA is validated producing a similar high-level of accuracy in pixel classification using support vector machine (SVM) classifier, yet with a much reduced complexity in comparison to conventional 2D-SSA. Therefore, the introduction and evaluation of F-2D-SSA completes a series of studies focused on SSA, where in this particular research, the reduction in computational complexity leads to potential applications in mobile and embedded devices such as airborne or satellite platforms.  相似文献   

Reflecting upon researchers’ and policy-makers’ tensions in the collaborative inquiry process: ‘what do different commonplaces contribute to curriculum deliberation?’     

Yuen Sze Michelle Tan  Matthew Atencio 《Educational Action Research》2017,25(3):370-386

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Mechanisms for promoting the development of cognitive,social and affective graduate attributes     

David Kember  Celina Hong  Vickie W. K. Yau  Shun Amaly Ho 《Higher Education》2017,74(5):799-814

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Adolescent-Parent Conflict among Chinese Adolescents in Hong Kong   总被引：6，自引：1，他引：6  

Jenny Yau  Judith G. Smetana 《Child development》1996,67(3):1262-1275

Adolescent-parent conflict was examined in 120 lower-class Chinese early, mid-, and late adolescents in Hong Kong. Individually interviewed adolescents described actual family conflicts, rated their frequency and intensity, justified their own and their parents' perspective on disputes, described how conflicts were resolved, and rated their parents' parenting styles. Conflicts were primarily with mothers, of moderate frequency and severity, and occurred over everyday issues. Chinese adolescents reasoned about conflicts primarily in terms of personal jurisdiction; personal reasoning decreased with age and was more frequent among males than females. Parents' reasoning was seen as primarily pragmatic. Adolescents wanted greater autonomy in decision making than their parents granted them, but parents' views prevailed less with age. Chinese parents were described as relatively warm and controlling; greater parental control and lower warmth were significantly related to conflict frequency and intensity. The findings are seen as reflecting autonomy development in a different cultural context.  相似文献   

Assessing the Personal-Social Development of Hong Kong Chinese Adolescents     

Mantak Yuen  Eadaoin K. P. Hui  Patrick S. Y. Lau  Norman C. Gysbers  Thomas K. M. Leung  Raymond M. C. Chan  Peter M. K. Shea 《International journal for the advancement of counseling》2006,28(4):317-330

A 60-item measure, the Personal-Social Development Self-Efficacy Inventory (PSD-SEI) was developed to assess personal-social development self-efficacy among adolescents in Hong Kong. The PSD-SEI was administered to 6,776 Grade 10–13 students in Hong Kong. Principal components analysis with varimax solutions yielded seven meaningful factors: 1. Self-Realization, 2. Leadership and Teamwork, 3. Emotional, Physical and Social Wellness, 4. Interests and Life Goals 5. Relationships, 6. Avoiding Drugs, Excessive Drinking and Smoking, and 7. Finance and Self-Care. Reliability analyses showed that the total scale and subscales were internally consistent. The data suggested that Hong Kong adolescents had some but not strong confidence in their personal-social development. Boys were more confident in self-realization and maintaining wellness; girls were more confident in leadership and teamwork, relationship with the opposite sex, and avoiding drugs, excessive drinking, and smoking. This study is the first attempt to develop and validate a personal-social development self-efficacy measure for Chinese adolescents. Further research and applications of the PSD-SEI for the quality enhancement of personal-social development programmes in schools are discussed.  相似文献