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Wong, Rebecca W.Y. – International Journal of Social Research Methodology, 2015
Whilst there is no doubt that fieldwork research involving active criminals contains risks and dangers, this is not always the case. Drawing on interviews conducted with illegal tiger skin suppliers and traders in Lhasa (Tibet), this article challenges orthodox understandings of criminological fieldwork. My experience in Lhasa speaks to three…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Risk, Interviews, Animals
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Ma, Xiaoying; Abbott, Malcom – Journal of International Education in Business, 2016
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to report the findings of a series of interviews conducted with a number of managers of Chinese private higher education institutions on the growth of the private higher education sector in China and the relationship it has with the government. Private higher education managers in China do seem concerned with…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Higher Education, College Administration, Administrators
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Zhang, Hongshia; He, Huachun – International Journal of Science Education, 2012
The integrated science education major has been implemented for a decade in China. An investigation was conducted in 2010 to find out students' satisfaction with the programme. Participants included 27 senior students and 25 past students from six normal universities. Results show very low satisfaction. Identified reasons include the fact that the…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Science Education, Foreign Countries, Education Majors
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Li, Hui; Rao, Nirmala; Tse, Shek Kam – Early Years: An International Journal of Research and Development, 2011
This longitudinal study examined the relationship between pedagogical continuity in literacy education and early literacy development by comparing Chinese children in Hong Kong and Shenzhen. Stratified random sampling was used to select 24 preschool and Primary 1 classes in four communities catering to middle-class families in each city. The 24…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Literacy Education, Holistic Approach, Educational Change
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Liu, AiZhong; Tan, Hongzhuan; Zhou, Jia; Li, Shuoqi; Yang, Tubao; Sun, Zhenqiu; Wen, Shi Wu – Child Psychiatry and Human Development, 2007
The objective of this paper is to develop a brief screening instrument of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) for young victims of natural disasters. Data were derived from flood victims in 1998 and 1999 in Hunan, China. A representative population sample of 6,852 subjects 7-15 years of age was selected. Among them, 6,073 (88.6%) were…
Descriptors: Screening Tests, Foreign Countries, Mental Disorders, Natural Disasters
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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