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Understanding How Transformational Servant Leadership Affects Student Leadership Development in a Higher Education Program in China
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Shaw, Marie – ProQuest LLC, 2017
Both transformational leadership and servant leadership are dominant theories in leadership studies. I conducted a study to advance both theories in a higher educational setting in the country of China. Based on the existing literature, both transformational leadership and servant leadership have significant effects on leadership development.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Transformational Leadership, Leadership Styles, Student Development
Teaching for Developmental Growth: Learning Partnerships and Student Development in Graduate Education in China
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Cen, Yuhao – Teaching in Higher Education, 2018
Teaching and learning in higher education can integrate and accomplish student developmental goals in addition to promoting student learning of subject matter knowledge and transferrable skills. Drawn from the theoretical concept of self-authorship, the Learning Partnerships Model was implemented in teaching a graduate-level course on social…
Descriptors: Graduate Study, Qualitative Research, Epistemology, Student Development
Learner Autonomy as an Element in Chinese Education Reform: A Case of English Language Subject
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Lu, Jinjin; Liu, Yingliang – English Language Teaching, 2016
Enhancing students' learning autonomy has been emphasized in the current round of English curriculum reforms by the Ministry of Education (MOE) in China. The initial aim of the new guidelines was developed to enhance students' English proficiency to better fulfil their basic education (Nine-year compulsory education). However, up until now, very…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Personal Autonomy, English (Second Language), English Curriculum
The Origin and Consequences of Excess Competition in Education: A Mainland Chinese Perspective
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Kai, Jiang – Chinese Education and Society, 2012
At present in mainland China, competition in education has become excessive; competition has been increasing, and a competitive mentality is on the rise. The formative causes of excess competition in education are complex; with both practical and conceptual causes. Its roots can be traced to intensifying social competition, a one-sided…
Descriptors: Competition, Student Attitudes, Foreign Countries, Educational Practices
A Qualitative Study Examining the Spatial Ability Phenomenon from the Chinese Student Perspective
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Kang, Helen W.; Mohler, James L.; Choi, Soyoung; Chen, Yuehua; Zheng, Chunhui – Engineering Design Graphics Journal, 2011
The authors used holistic and structured interviews to examine Chinese student perspectives on their own spatial ability. The results of this study were compared and contrast with a previous study that was conducted by Mohler (2008) of Caucasian student perspectives in United States. Findings of the current study agree with other literature that…
Descriptors: Interviews, Spatial Ability, Student Development, White Students
Questioning in Chinese University EL Classrooms: What Lies beyond It?
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Tan, Zhi – RELC Journal: A Journal of Language Teaching and Research, 2007
This paper reports the findings of a study examining classroom questioning behavior and its impacts on students' development. A triangulation was conducted to collect data: observations of nine university English lessons, semi-structured interviews with six teachers and focus group discussions with three groups of students. The data showed that…
Descriptors: Discipline, Focus Groups, Educational Change, English (Second Language)