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Teachers' Cultural Differences: Case Studies Of Geography Teachers In Brisbane, Changchun and Hong Kong
| العنوان: | Teachers' Cultural Differences: Case Studies Of Geography Teachers In Brisbane, Changchun and Hong Kong |
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| اللغة: | English |
| المؤلفون: | Lam, Chi Chung, Lidstone, John |
| المصدر: | Asia Pacific Education Review. 2007 8(2):178-193. |
| الإتاحة: | Education Research Institute, Seoul National University. Department of Education, 599 Kwanak-Ro, Kwanak-Gu, Seoul 151-748, South Korea. Tel: +82-2-880-5896; Fax: +82-2-889-6508; e-mail: aper2@hanmail.net; Web site: http://eri.snu.ac.kr/aper |
| Peer Reviewed: | Y |
| Page Count: | 16 |
| تاريخ النشر: | 2007 |
| نوع الوثيقة: | Journal Articles Reports - Research |
| Education Level: | Secondary Education |
| Descriptors: | Foreign Countries, Geography, Cultural Differences, Cultural Traits, Curriculum Development, Educational Change, Case Studies, Confucianism, Lesson Plans, Interviews, Observation, Educational Policy, Power Structure, Teaching Methods |
| مصطلحات جغرافية: | Australia, China, Hong Kong |
| تدمد: | 1598-1037 |
| مستخلص: | The primary purpose of this exploratory study is to identify variations in the ways in which individual teachers in different educational contexts interpret their curriculum and plan their lessons and in particular to explore the possibility that cultural differences as identified by Hofstede (1991) may be a contributing factor to understanding how teachers understand their work. "Educational reform" has become a catchphrase in the Anglo-American world, including the United States, Canada, Australia, and England and Wales, as well as in the Confucian Heritage Areas such as Mainland China, Singapore, Hong Kong, and Taiwan. Across the world, the educational reform measures being implemented are surprisingly similar. This paper describes a study of how geography teachers in Queensland, Australia, Hong Kong, and Changchun, China, plan their lessons and curriculum. From classroom observations and interviews with the teachers involved, we confirmed marked differences in each location regarding their cultural traits of power distance, individualist and collectivist preference and uncertainty tolerance, and that these traits appear to be highly influential in their curriculum planning. Despite the small scale of this study, we contend that there are good reasons for caution before national education systems import policies and curriculum reform initiatives from other countries for unthinking adoption. (Contains 1 table and 7 notes.) [An Appendix containing a summary of points in the textbook, suggested teaching method in teachers' reference and points that Mr. Au, a junior secondary geography teacher in Changchun, covered in his lessons on railways in China, is appended to this document.] |
| Abstractor: | Author |
| Number of References: | 37 |
| Entry Date: | 2007 |
| URL الوصول: | http://eri.snu.ac.kr/aper/06_Table_for_contents.htm |
| رقم الأكسشن: | EJ776337 |
| قاعدة البيانات: | ERIC |
Find this article in full text from Springer Verlag. | تدمد: | 1598-1037 |
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