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He, Tao; Zhu, Chang; Questier, Frederik – Asia Pacific Education Review, 2018
Although the adoption of digital technology has gained considerable attention in higher education, currently research mainly focuses on implementation in formal learning contexts. Investigating what factors influence students' digital informal learning is still unclear and limited. To understand better university students' digital informal…
Descriptors: College Students, Multimedia Materials, Electronic Publishing, Informal Education
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Zhu, Chang; Wang, Di – Asia Pacific Education Review, 2014
This research aims to understand the key competencies and characteristics for innovative teaching as perceived by Chinese secondary teachers. A mixed-methods research was used to investigate secondary teachers' views. First, a qualitative study was conducted with interviews of teachers to understand the perceived key competencies and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Secondary School Teachers, Teacher Competencies, Educational Innovation
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Zhang, Hui; Zhu, Chang; Sang, Guoyuan – Asia Pacific Education Review, 2014
Media literacy is an essential skill for living in the twenty-first century. School-based instruction is a critical part of media literacy education (MLE), while research on teachers' concerns and integration of MLE is not sufficient. The objective of this study is to investigate teachers' stages of concern (SoC), perceived need, school context,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Media Literacy, Primary Education, Teacher Surveys
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Sang, Guoyuan; Valcke, Martin; Tondeur, Jo; Zhu, Chang; van Braak, Johan – Asia Pacific Education Review, 2012
Teacher educational beliefs may be largely shaped by culturally shared learning experiences and social values. The main purpose of this study is to explore educational beliefs of Chinese student teachers. An adapted version of the Teacher Beliefs Scale (TBS)--developed in a Western context (Woolley et al. in "Educational and Psychological…
Descriptors: Factor Analysis, Elementary School Students, Constructivism (Learning), Student Teachers
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Zhu, Chang; Devos, Geert; Li, Yifei – Asia Pacific Education Review, 2011
This study aims to analyze and validate the dimensions and specific features of a school culture in a Chinese context. A sample of 181 teachers from a Chinese primary and secondary school in Beijing participated in a survey that measures school organizational cultural characteristics and teacher organizational commitment and well-being as outcomes…
Descriptors: School Culture, Teacher Attitudes, Well Being, Asian Culture
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Zhu, Chang; Valcke, Martin; Schellens, Tammy; Li, Yifei – Asia Pacific Education Review, 2009
This study was set up in a Chinese university in Beijing by implementing a Flemish e-learning course in a Chinese setting. A main feature of the e-learning environment is the asynchronous "task-based" online group discussion. The purpose of the study is to understand Chinese students' perceptions of a collaborative e-learning environment…
Descriptors: Electronic Learning, Group Discussion, Student Attitudes, Problem Based Learning