[PDF] Integrating Language Arts Into The Hong Kong New Senior Secondary Nss Curriculum eBook

Author : Wing-Yee Wong
Publisher : Open Dissertation Press
Page : pages
File Size : 29,70 MB
Release : 2017-01-27
Category :
ISBN : 9781361375174

GET BOOK

This dissertation, "Integrating Language Arts Into the Hong Kong New Senior Secondary (NSS) Curriculum: Hearing Teachers' and Students' Voices" by Wing-yee, Wong, 黃穎兒, was obtained from The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong) and is being sold pursuant to Creative Commons: Attribution 3.0 Hong Kong License. The content of this dissertation has not been altered in any way. We have altered the formatting in order to facilitate the ease of printing and reading of the dissertation. All rights not granted by the above license are retained by the author. Abstract: Research has shown that language arts can provide a motivating and meaningful way for learners to interact and hence, help promote second language acquisition. Aiming to examine the feasibility of the incorporation of language arts into the Hong Kong New Senior Secondary (NSS) English Language Curriculum, this study sought voices from the main parties involved in the innovative change through investigating students' responses to language arts and teachers' efforts to shape the curriculum innovation. Both quantitative and qualitative data were collected from a local secondary school. Student questionnaires were administered to 129 senior secondary students (grades 11‐12) in this study. Focus group interviews with 14 students and semi‐structured individual interviews with 11 English language teachers were also conducted to explore senior secondary students' and teachers' views towards the use of language arts materials in their classrooms and to elicit their perceived advantages and constraints of integrating language arts into the NSS English Language curriculum at school. Although the students and teachers expressed positive views on language arts as a result of enjoying different learning activities and opportunities for collaborative learning, they displayed mixed feelings about its conduciveness for enhancing learners' English proficiency and preparing for the public examination - the Hong Kong Diploma of Secondary Education (HKDSE). The study concludes that in initiating an innovative change in the Hong Kong school context, teachers encounter challenges, such as time constraints, syllabus coverage, their self‐efficacy and readiness that evolve mostly due to the paradigm shift from traditional to contemporary pedagogies. Pedagogical implications are discussed and suggestions are presented to overcome such constraints to enhance the workability of such innovations in the local secondary education setting. DOI: 10.5353/th_b5396577 Subjects: Language arts (Secondary) - China - Hong Kong

Author : MAN-YEE. KOO
Publisher :
Page : pages
File Size : 20,55 MB
Release : 2017-01-26
Category :
ISBN : 9781361030653

GET BOOK

This dissertation, "Factors Affecting the Stakeholders' Choice Between Hong Kong New Senior Secondary Curriculum (NSS) and International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme (IBDP): a Case Study of a Hong Kong Secondary School" by Man-yee, Koo, 顧敏儀, was obtained from The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong) and is being sold pursuant to Creative Commons: Attribution 3.0 Hong Kong License. The content of this dissertation has not been altered in any way. We have altered the formatting in order to facilitate the ease of printing and reading of the dissertation. All rights not granted by the above license are retained by the author. Abstract: According to the recent reform of local curriculum and restructuring of schools, there is no need for Hong Kong students to take two open examinations (Hong Kong Certificate Education Examination (HKCEE) and Hong Kong Advanced Level Examination (HKALE)). Instead, the secondary level has been changed into three years of junior secondary education and three years of senior secondary education (New Senior Secondary (NSS)) with only one open examination for students to take, which is the Hong Kong Diploma Secondary Examination (HKDSE). Study period in university has been changed into four years so as to accommodate the change in secondary education. Besides, the emergence of direct subsidized schools (DSS) allows the schools to enjoy more freedom in restructuring. Some of these schools also offer International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme (IBDP) for students to choose. In this study, a case study was carried out. The objectives of the research were to find out what factors would affect school administrators to decide whether the school should offer IBDP or not. From the viewpoint of parents and their children, how do they decide the curriculum (NSS or IBDP)? How do teachers, parents and students comment on the mathematics curricula? What are the views of mathematics from NSS students and IBDP students? The research findings help to understand the factors concerned by the stakeholders and how the design of curriculum affects the views of the subject. This study found that parents trusted IBDP because of accreditation, better curriculum, children's choice and more choices when choosing universities. Students liked the mode of study and had the benefit to study abroad if they chose IBDP. In addition, school fee also affected their consideration when deciding curriculum. Same as parents, school administrators also concerned the accreditation of the curriculum. For the mathematics curriculum, this study found that teachers preferred NSS mathematics curriculum more than IBDP but students enjoyed IBDP mathematics curriculum more than NSS. Their views on using technology were different too. Finally, this study found that the view of mathematics of these two cohorts of students was different. Students who solely studied NSS compulsory part treated mathematics as numbers and calculation only. However, NSS students who have also studied mathematics extended modules1 and IBDP students treated mathematics as a way to help develop logical thinking and problem solving skills. Although IBDP has a long history, it is a newly introduced curriculum in Hong Kong and students from different curricula have different views on mathematics. The study makes a contribution to understanding the various strengths of the IBDP curriculum. Finally some suggestions for changes in the local curriculum and further research are given. Subjects: Education, Secondary - China - Hong Kong International baccalaureate - China - Hong Kong

Author : Christina DeCoursey
Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Page : 445 pages
File Size : 35,46 MB
Release : 2012-01-17
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 1443836885

GET BOOK

This volume is the first of a series contributing to the academic study of Language Arts, as an English-language teaching paradigm. Language Arts has been widely used in native English-speaking countries including Australia and New Zealand. Its recent adoption into the second-language teaching curriculum in Hong Kong, as well as similar initiatives within secondary and tertiary education in mainland China, enhances its interest to scholars studying second-language teaching and learning in Asian contexts. This book offers many papers and discussions of interest to teachers, language professionals, scholars and administrators. Its chapters explore current topics in Language Arts research including trends in the rapprochment of stylistics and linguistics, teaching approaches and learning outcomes. At the same time, they offer diverse theoretical and methodological aproaches, of interest to the practitioner and policy-maker as well as the researcher. The value of this volume lies particularly in strengthening the theoretical and methodological foundations of Language Arts. The use of literature and the arts in humanist education has a long history within Europe, being traditionally appreciated for its ability to transform leaders, instill finer sensibilities and question social ills. In its postcolonial incarnations, as the traditional subject areas were informed by critical and linguistic theories, language arts subject areas were less often used, as they were understood to offer opportunities to analyse their functions as apology for leaders, coopting the young, and pacifying dissent but less often used to teach second language skills. Language Arts curricula arising since the 1980s have increasingly embraced authentic voices, styles and genres. Contemporary Language Arts curricula use literature to teach reading-based and communication skills, in conjunction with critical and creative thinking. The movement of English-language education beyond native English shores has placed Language Arts into a World Englishes frame, and therefore its curricula have included the teaching ethics, civics and intercultural sensitivity. The explosion of media and digital communications of the 1990s led to the adoption of media literacy as a crucial Language Arts skill. As digital innovations continue to impact the teaching of English, Language Arts has adopted multiliteracies. These developments are represented in the papers included in this volume.

Author : Kaling Rosa Ho
Publisher :
Page : pages
File Size : 31,39 MB
Release : 2017-01-26
Category :
ISBN : 9781361210925

GET BOOK

This dissertation, "The Effects of Language Arts on the Learning Experience of a Hong Kong Secondary Four Chinese-medium Mixed Ability Class: a Case Study" by Kaling, Rosa, Ho, 何家玲, was obtained from The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong) and is being sold pursuant to Creative Commons: Attribution 3.0 Hong Kong License. The content of this dissertation has not been altered in any way. We have altered the formatting in order to facilitate the ease of printing and reading of the dissertation. All rights not granted by the above license are retained by the author. Abstract: Abstract Language arts being regarded as valuable assets for creating beneficial language learning experience for students has not been fully implemented in the Hong Kong English teaching syllabus, especially in the public examination classes. Can students of Hong Kong really benefit from language arts? In this paper, I focus on the effects of language arts on the learning experience of a Secondary 4 Chinese-medium mixed ability class in Hong Kong with regard to their enjoyment, their language enrichment, their cultural enrichment and their personal involvement in a series of four lessons based on the same topic: one conventional lesson and three language arts lessons using different language arts genres. Students' responses of the lessons were collected through Lesson Feedback Questionnaires, Individual Interviews and Students' Works. Special attention was given to comparing the views of the high achievers and low achievers of the class on the use of language arts in their learning of a second language. From the findings, students generally enjoyed the language arts lessons more than the conventional lessons, but they found that it was more effective and efficient to learn the language through the traditional approach as they felt that they were provided with a lot of information like vocabulary and complex sentence structures in class. It is hoped that the results of this study could help to shape the role of language arts in the recent development of the 2007 Hong Kong Certificate of Education Examinations English syllabus and the 2009 senior secondary English curriculum. ii DOI: 10.5353/th_b3167652 Subjects: Language arts - Study and teaching (Secondary) - China - Hong Kong English language - Study and teaching (Secondary) - China - Hong Kong High school seniors - China - Hong Kong - Attitudes

Author : Daya Choy Datwani
Publisher : Open Dissertation Press
Page : pages
File Size : 39,51 MB
Release : 2017-01-27
Category :
ISBN : 9781361478363

GET BOOK

This dissertation, "The Use of Language Arts in the Hong Kong Primary School Classroom: a Case Study of Teachers' Beliefs and Practices" by Daya, Choy Datwani, 蔡荻雅, was obtained from The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong) and is being sold pursuant to Creative Commons: Attribution 3.0 Hong Kong License. The content of this dissertation has not been altered in any way. We have altered the formatting in order to facilitate the ease of printing and reading of the dissertation. All rights not granted by the above license are retained by the author. Abstract: Abstract The Hong Kong Government has in recent years advocated a number of educational reforms in order to raise the standard of English in this competitive society. These reforms bring about resistance in schools and teachers are more pressured. On the other hand the English proficiency of graduates as public exam results show has not reached expectations, even though the reforms were supposed to enhance students' English through more authentic interaction and experience of another culture through language arts activities. It has been clearly stated in the syllabus for secondary and primary schools, which identifies three dimension targets of learning: knowledge, interpersonal and experience dimension; 'one of the Dimension Targets of the English Language curriculum is to develop learner's capacity to use English to respond and give expression to real and imaginative experience. In this regard, language arts has much to offer' (CDC 1999:103). The Curriculum Development Council (CDC) has used the term 'language arts' since 1983 to recommend 'approaches to the teaching of language arts/literature, which would make the teaching/learning process both meaningful and enjoyable'. It also refers to 'the use of imaginative texts in the language classroom and states that such texts may be selected from high or popular literature, both written and spoken, and include poems, novels, short stories, drama, films, film scripts, jokes, advertisements, popular songs lyrics, radio and television programmes, etc.'(CDC 1999:103). This thesis is an exploratory study aiming to explore the problems in promoting language arts in the Hong Kong primary school classroom, especially in mainstream teaching. Qualitative data from fifteen interviews with both local and Native-speaking English (NET) teachers are condensed and categorized into three areas: 1) teachers' attitudes and beliefs, 2) resources available for the teaching of language arts and 3) its implementation in the classroom. An analysis of the data shows that there is a difference in the understanding of language arts, the selection of materials and perception of a meaningful and enjoyable teaching/learning process, among the teachers themselves. After ii some discussion of the rationale behind these differences, a number of recommendations are made and the scope for further studies set out in the concluding chapter. iii DOI: 10.5353/th_b3671352 Subjects: Language arts - China - Hong Kong English language - Study and teaching (Elementary) - China - Hong Kong English teachers - China - Hong Kong - Attitudes Teachers, Foreign - China - Hong Kong - Attitudes

Author : Shuk-Kwan Leung
Publisher : Open Dissertation Press
Page : 190 pages
File Size : 21,61 MB
Release : 2017-01-26
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781361048290

GET BOOK

This dissertation, "Value Orientations in Senior Secondary (S4-S5) Chinese Language Curriculum of Hong Kong and Perceptions of Teachers on Values Education" by Shuk-kwan, Leung, 梁淑群, was obtained from The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong) and is being sold pursuant to Creative Commons: Attribution 3.0 Hong Kong License. The content of this dissertation has not been altered in any way. We have altered the formatting in order to facilitate the ease of printing and reading of the dissertation. All rights not granted by the above license are retained by the author. DOI: 10.5353/th_b3195903 Subjects: Values - Study and teaching (Secondary) Chinese language - Study and teaching (Secondary) Moral education (Secondary) Chinese language - Study and teaching (Secondary) - China - Hong Kong Values - Study and teaching (Secondary) - China - Hong Kong Language teachers - China - Hong Kong - Attitudes