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Cheang, Chi Chiu; So, Wing-Mui Winnie; Zhan, Ying; Tsoi, Kwok Ho – International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education, 2017
Purpose: This paper aims to explore stakeholder perspectives of the role of a campus eco-garden in education for sustainability (EfS). It will combine the perspectives to highlight a powerful learning environment (PLE) for university students to realize the concept of EfS. Design/methodology/approach: Semi-structured interviews were conducted to…
Descriptors: Environmental Education, Sustainability, Gardening, Teaching Methods
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Lau, Ken – Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education, 2017
The mission of universities today is not only to nurture experts in various professions, but also to cultivate lifelong autonomous learners. Independent learning and pedagogies that aim to foster learner autonomy have grown in importance over the past decade. However, the extent to which independent learning is successful in fostering autonomy has…
Descriptors: Independent Study, Personal Autonomy, Program Effectiveness, Student Attitudes
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Wong, Ruth – Pedagogy, Culture and Society, 2016
This longitudinal study investigates how in-service study abroad can improve the professional skills of teachers in regard to the strategies and attitudes they use to better motivate their students to learn English. The subject of this study is an in-service English as a Foreign Language (EFL) teacher from China who undertook a one-year teacher…
Descriptors: Teacher Education Programs, Longitudinal Studies, Study Abroad, Inservice Teacher Education
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Mak, Candice; Zhang, Kaili Chen – Emotional & Behavioural Difficulties, 2013
Preschoolers with autism face a number of challenges in integrating into different community activities owing to behavioural, communication and emotional concerns. Since the year 2009, the Hong Kong Heep Hong Society has developed a training programme for enhancing community participation among individuals with autism. The current project reports…
Descriptors: Autism, Preschool Children, Teacher Attitudes, Qualitative Research
Berry, Rita – New Horizons in Education, 2010
Background: The literature suggests two main types of orientations influencing teachers' choice of assessment strategies--"Knowledge acquisition and retention (K orientation)" and "Understanding and Conceptual change (U orientation)" with the former more directly related to surface learning types of assessment strategies and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Semi Structured Interviews, Student Evaluation, Selection
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Leung, Anita Sui Man; McGrath, Simon – International Education Studies, 2010
Globally, vocational and lifelong education reform now places greater stress on employability skills rather than only simple technical skills. This study undertakes a thorough review of the vocational education curriculum offered at one institution in Hong Kong so as to explore personal development opportunities that support the development of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Vocational Education, Employment Potential, Job Skills