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Designing STEM Education in Small Class Teaching Environments: The Hong Kong Experience
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Liang, Weijun; Fung, Dennis – Asia-Pacific Education Researcher, 2023
This article begins with a historical overview of the STEM education policy and related classroom practices in Hong Kong. Against the backdrop that the Hong Kong education authority has been promoting STEM education over the past few years, there has been a pressing need for effective strategies of implementing STEM education in the context of…
Descriptors: STEM Education, Small Classes, Classroom Environment, Foreign Countries
Effect of Workplace Factors in Professional Teacher Development on the Implementation of Small Class Teaching
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Pow, Jacky; Wong, Marina – Journal of Education and Training Studies, 2017
It is commonly believed that small class teaching can greatly enhance student learning because the individual needs of each student can be better addressed, the students can learn more through more innovative and flexible teaching methods and the students have more time to interact with each other and to gain feedback from their teachers. Although…
Descriptors: Small Classes, Curriculum Implementation, Work Environment, Performance Factors
Developing Strategies for Communities of Practice
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Eric C.K. Cheng; John C.K. Lee – International Journal of Educational Management, 2014
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to explore strategies to develop communities of practice (CoP) to improve teaching in a school context. Design/methodology/approach: A cross-sectional questionnaire is developed to collect data from participants in a project that aims to cultivate a CoP to improve their small class teaching skills. A total of…
Descriptors: Elementary School Teachers, Foreign Countries, Communities of Practice, Interprofessional Relationship
Brokering Dialogue between Secondary Students and Teachers to Co-Construct Appropriate Pedagogy in Reduced-Size Classes
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Harfitt, Gary James – Teachers and Teaching: Theory and Practice, 2014
This study focuses on how two teachers working in reduced-size secondary classes of the same grade adapted their pedagogy as a result of a brokered dialogue between myself as researcher and 43 grade 10 students from the teachers' classes. Research was carried out over the course of one academic year. First, students' perspectives on studying in a…
Descriptors: Secondary School Students, Secondary School Teachers, Foreign Countries, Class Size
Do Class Size Reductions Make a Difference to Classroom Practice? The Case of Hong Kong Primary Schools
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Galton, Maurice; Pell, Tony – International Journal of Educational Research, 2012
This paper describes changes which took place in 37 Hong Kong primary schools where class sizes were reduced from 38 to between 20 and 25. Chinese, English and mathematics classes were observed over three years from Primary 1 (aged 6) to Primary 3. For 75% of observations no child was the focus of the teacher's attention in large classes. Reducing…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Classroom Techniques, Class Size, Teaching Methods
Longitudinal Effects of Class Size Reductions on Attainment: Results from Hong Kong Primary Classrooms
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Galton, Maurice; Pell, Tony – International Journal of Educational Research, 2012
In a four-year study of the effect of class size on pupil outcomes in a sample of 36 primary schools in Hong Kong, it has been found that there are few positive differences in attainment between classes set at less than 25 pupils and those of normal size averaging 38. Three cohorts of pupils were studied. In Cohort 1 pupils spent 3 years in small…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Class Size, Small Classes, Longitudinal Studies