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Tam, Maureen; Wu, Alice Xue – International Journal of Lifelong Education, 2020
This article describes a learning unit for seniors within a university in Hong Kong, as an example of offering lifelong learning opportunities for senior adults. This article reports and discusses findings from a small-scale research study conducted at the unit, which aimed to explore the effectiveness of the current mode of integrating elder…
Descriptors: Lifelong Learning, Intergenerational Programs, Higher Education, Learning Experience
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Leung, Maggi W. H.; Waters, Johanna L. – Globalisation, Societies and Education, 2013
Drawing upon a project on British transnational education (TNE) programmes offered in Hong Kong, this paper interrogates the capacity development impact of TNE on the students, the Hong Kong Government and the programme providers. It addresses the questions: "What capacity is being developed in TNE operations?" and "For whom?"…
Descriptors: International Education, Foreign Countries, Neoliberalism, Models
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Santandreu Calonge, David; Chiu, Patrio; Thadani, Dimple R.; Mark, Kai Pan; Pun, Cecilia F. K. – Journal of University Teaching and Learning Practice, 2011
Graduate Teaching Assistants (GTAs) are front-line facilitators with first-hand contact with students. They play an important role in providing an engaging learning experience for undergraduate and postgraduate students. However, most of them have not received adequate training and guidance in teaching. This paper reports on an intensive and…
Descriptors: Blended Learning, Distance Education, Formative Evaluation, Learning Strategies
Chan Cheung Ming, Alfred; Lee, William K. M.; Ma Hok Ka, Carol – New Horizons in Education, 2009
Background: The Service-Learning and Research Scheme (SLRS) is the showcase of Lingnan's Service-Learning model, which is the manifestation of Lingnan University's Liberal Arts education and mission "Education for Service". The scheme was a pilot project, from 2004 to 2005, which led to the development of a University-wide protocol for…
Descriptors: Pilot Projects, Service Learning, Educational Strategies, Models
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Draper, Janet; Forrester, Victor – Research in Comparative and International Education, 2009
Where the continuing professional development (CPD) process is being increasingly articulated and circumscribed by policy and central specification, the initial year of teaching may significantly shape career-long expectations of CPD. This article contrasts the early experiences of beginning secondary teachers in Scotland and Hong Kong and the…
Descriptors: Inservice Teacher Education, Personal Autonomy, Foreign Countries, Professional Development
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Leung, Allen; Lopez-Real, Francis – International Journal of Computers for Mathematical Learning, 2002
Theorem acquisition and deductive proof have always been core elements in the study and teaching of Euclidean geometry. The introduction of dynamic geometry environments, DGE (e.g., Cabri-Geometre, Geometer's Sketchpad), into classrooms in the past decade has posed a challenge to this praxis. Students can experiment through different dragging…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Geometry, Mathematical Logic, Validity