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Hu, Bi Ying; Zhou, Yisu; Li, Kejian – European Early Childhood Education Research Journal, 2017
As consumers of Early Childhood Education and Care (ECEC), Chinese parents play a crucial role in the ongoing process of monitoring, evaluating, and improving the quality of ECEC in China. This study used questionnaires to solicit parental feedback on the importance of, and their quality ratings for, aspects of ECEC. The researchers used a random…
Descriptors: Parent Attitudes, Foreign Countries, Early Childhood Education, Child Care
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Liu, Shujie; Zhao, Decheng; Xie, Wei – International Journal of Educational Management, 2016
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to investigate Chinese teachers' attitudes toward performance pay. Specifically, this study examined the extent to which Chinese teachers supported performance-pay programs. The study also examined the effects of these programs on teachers, particularly on their levels of collaboration, work motivation, and…
Descriptors: Teacher Attitudes, Teacher Salaries, Questionnaires, Performance Based Assessment
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Wang, Lijuan; Ha, Amy Sau-ching; Wen, Xu – Journal of Teaching in Physical Education, 2014
This research primarily aimed to examine the compatibility of teaching perspectives of teachers with the Physical Education (PE) curriculum in China. The Teaching Perspective Inventory (Pratt, 1998) was used to collect data from 272 PE teachers. Descriptive statistics, MANOVAs, and correlational procedures were used for quantitative data analysis.…
Descriptors: Teacher Attitudes, Foreign Countries, Physical Education, Correlation
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Xiaoyu, Chen – Chinese Education & Society, 2015
The author uses sampling survey data from students at higher education institutions and performs an empirical analysis of the distribution of different types of higher education opportunities for residents with different socioeconomic backgrounds. The study finds that there is a significant relationship between the distribution of different…
Descriptors: Educational Opportunities, College Attendance, Higher Education, Social Status
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Dumenci, Levent; Yates, Phillip D. – Educational and Psychological Measurement, 2012
Estimation problems associated with the correlated-trait correlated-method (CTCM) parameterization of a multitrait-multimethod (MTMM) matrix are widely documented: the model often fails to converge; even when convergence is achieved, one or more of the parameter estimates are outside the admissible parameter space. In this study, the authors…
Descriptors: Correlation, Models, Multitrait Multimethod Techniques, Matrices
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Wang, Qi; Chen, Xiaojuan; Chen, Yongsheng – Journal of Community Psychology, 2011
The present study combined the literature analysis with the empirical study and proposed a Chinese local conception of psychological empowerment, which was defined as a process of personality-oriented, self-motivated, and proactive control with the aim of community members' citizen participation. Its basic dimension comprised an inclination to…
Descriptors: Citizen Participation, Measures (Individuals), Psychology, Foreign Countries
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Yu, Xiaoming; Yang, Tubao; Wang, Shumei; Zhang, Xin – Health Education Journal, 2012
Background: Health education in primary and middle schools in China has been implemented for more than two decades since 1990s. This study aims to assess the students' health literacy gained through school health education, and provide scientific base to the concerned government agencies for updating the relevant national policy for school-based…
Descriptors: Measures (Individuals), Public Agencies, Foreign Countries, Comprehensive School Health Education
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Choi, Kyung-Hee; Lui, Hui; Guo, Yaqi; Han, Lei; Mandel, Jeffrey S. – AIDS Education and Prevention, 2006
In China, men who have sex with men (MSM) are at high risk for HIV. However, little is known about their HIV testing behavior. From September 2001 to January 2002, we recruited 482 men through social networks and MSM venues. We conducted HIV testing and counseling, and anonymous, standardized face-to-face interviews. Eighty-two percent of…
Descriptors: Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS), Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Confidentiality, Foreign Countries