Showing papers in "Asia-pacific Education Researcher in 2005"
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TL;DR: In this article, a survey study was conducted to examine the relationship among achievement goal orientations, study strategies and achievement of a sample of teacher education students in Hong Kong and the results were discussed in terms of socio-cultural factors and implications were drawn for teaching and learning as well as future directions of research.
Abstract: A survey study was conducted to examine the relationship among achievement goal orientations, study strategies and achievement of a sample of teacher education students in Hong Kong. Multivariate data analyses showed there was no significant difference in achievement goal orientations across discipline and programme groups but there was a significant difference in achievement goals between male and female students. The difference was found in performance goal. Analysis of the study strategies showed no significant difference across gender, discipline and programme groups. Correlational and path analyses showed learning goal was significantly and positively related to deep strategy but negatively and significantly related to surface strategy. Performance goal was significantly related to both surface and deep strategies. However, academic achievement was not significantly related to learning and performance goals or surface and deep strategies. The results were discussed in terms of socio-cultural factors and implications were drawn for teaching and learning as well as future directions of research.
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TL;DR: This paper found that students' attitudes toward learning English were dependent on their desire to improve their teaching effectiveness, and strategies designed to overcome problem areas when using English as the medium of instruction must be specific to the award.
Abstract: Recent research has concluded that tertiary students believed that the seven Hong Kong universities were not providing sufficient support when implementing the Hong Kong governments language policy on using English as the medium of instruction (EMI), and that they believed that their English ability was actually declining. This research was based on a cross-section of students across all year levels and awards, and may miss some important differences between types of award. The aim of this study was to understand the difficulties facing Cantonese speaking tertiary students who were enrolled in a teacher education award when using EM I. These students responded to a questionnaire at the beginning and end of a 10-weekcourseof study of a subject within the BEd (Hons.) and PGDE awards at The Hong Kong Institute of Education. The responses indicated that self-assessments of English language ability generally increased over the period, with the exception of listening skills. Students also identified thinking outcomes and affective outcomes when using English as the greatest problem areas, with the skills in writing, speaking and listening as important in overcoming these problems, as determined by factor analytic techniques. Finally, students' responses revealed that their attitudes toward learning English were dependent on their desire to improve their teaching effectiveness. The results demonstrated that students in teaching awards in Hong Kong are not typical of other tertiary students, and strategies designed to overcome problem areas when using the EMI must be specific to the award.
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