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Chu, Chau Kan; Morrison, Keith – Educational Studies, 2011
This paper argues that, despite government support in financial and contractual matters, ongoing problems of retention of Native-speaking English Teachers (NETs) in Hong Kong stem, in part, from problems of cross-cultural adjustment. The paper reports a small-scale qualitative investigation into the experiences of NETS in Hong Kong and finds…
Descriptors: Speech Communication, Intervention, Foreign Countries, Language Teachers
Claes, Ellen; Hooghe, Marc; Reeskens, Tim – Educational Studies, 2009
In recent years, various governments and education agencies have developed stricter policies to reduce truancy levels, mainly based on the argument that truancy is associated with risk behaviour, crime and substance abuse. In this article, we use a large, 28-nation comparative survey among 14 year olds to detect general patterns in consequences…
Descriptors: Truancy, Adolescents, Comparative Analysis, Institutional Characteristics
Akande, Adebowale W. – Educational Studies, 2009
The present study has been conducted with an aim to compare responses of undergraduates from Swaziland to previously reported findings with similar groups of American, Nepalese, Nigerian and Hong Kong. A total sample of 310 males and females in the age range of 20 and 21 were selected from three universities in South Africa. Self-esteem was…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Self Esteem, Self Concept, Cross Cultural Studies
Lam, Yvonne Y. K. – Educational Studies, 2006
This paper adopts a qualitative approach to study the perceptions of six secondary teachers from two schools with a similar background and history of school-based management (SBM). The study aims to explore the views of the teachers in the following areas: changes in school administration and the structure of the school under SBM; changes in the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, School Administration, Principals, Educational Change
Cheung, C. K. – Educational Studies, 2005
In this age of new media, children are exposed to media messages at an early age. What can we do when the mass media exert such a great influence on children? One proposal has been for the introduction of a new school subject: media education. Though media education has not been part of the official curriculum in Hong Kong, some schools, both…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Social Change, Educational Change, Journalism Education