Acculturative challenges among Pakistani secondary school students in Hong Kong     

《Int J Intercult Relat》2021

Scholars have extensively studied acculturation from different theoretical perspectives among immigrants across the societies of settlement. However, there is a dearth of knowledge about acculturation from a culture learning approach in Hong Kong. This article reports the acculturative challenges among sixteen (16) Pakistani students from six different secondary schools in Hong Kong. The phenomenographic data analysis of semi-structured interviews revealed four categories of everyday experiences in schools that hinder their acculturation. These are mainly related to inter-ethnic interactions, sensitivity towards diverse learning and sociocultural needs, and the Chinese language teaching curriculum for non-Chinese speaking students. Although the study reports Pakistani students' experiences, the findings may also translate the acculturative challenges among students with an immigrant or ethnic minority background in settlement societies. The article also discusses both the theoretical and practical implications for studying and helping immigrant young people in multicultural contexts.  相似文献   

A collaboratively constructed action leadership framework for sustainable learner support in contexts of adversity     

Rubina Setlhare  Lesley Wood 《Educational Action Research》2020,28(2):227-241

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Expatriate academics and transnational teaching: the need for quality assurance and quality enhancement to go hand in hand     

Antonia M. Lamers-Reeuwijk  Wilfried F. Admiraal  Roeland M. van der Rijst 《高等教育研究与发展》2020,39(4):733-747

ABSTRACT

In the past two decades, transnational education has been increasing and so has the need for staff to teach on these programmes. This study sought the views of non-Anglophone expatriate academics teaching transnationally in Oman by means of a survey and follow-up interviews. It highlights the challenges that they face in a teaching and learning environment that is academically and culturally new to them. These challenges relate mostly to the students, as they need extensive structured guidance, and to maintaining programme quality in meeting the learning outcomes, particularly critical thinking and writing in English. Teaching adaptation and quality assurance were less challenging. Findings indicate that for a more enhanced teaching and learning environment, both the provider and host institution need to continuously invest in face-to-face professional development addressing the challenges expatriate academics experience, and that the sole focus on quality assurance by provider universities is not sufficient to create this.  相似文献   

Stimulating Intrinsic Motivation in Millennial Students: A New Generation,a New Approach     

Joydeep Dutta Chaudhuri 《Anatomical sciences education》2020,13(2):250-271

There has been a fundamental change in health care pedagogy to address the demands and challenges posed by the present generation of millennial students. There is also a growing recognition of the role of intrinsic motivation as a catalyst in a positive learning experience. The term intrinsic motivation refers to energizing behavior that comes from within an individual and develops due to an inherent interest in the activity at hand. However, stimulating intrinsic motivation in the present generation of millennial health care students is a daunting task, considering their diverse and disparate nature. In addition, the inherent generational differences between educators and students, and an increasing emphasis on technological tools have resulted in a dichotomy in the educational environment leading to the development of a greater incidence of burnouts among students. Hence, numerous innovative techniques have been introduced in health care education to enhance the levels of intrinsic motivation in these students. Unfortunately, most of these approaches have only been moderately successful due to their limited ability to address the unique educational expectations of millennial students. The cumulative evidence suggests that specific approaches to stimulate intrinsic motivation should aim at nurturing the learning efforts of students, bridging the generational barriers between educators and students, and ameliorating the stress associated with health care education. Hence, the specific aim of this narrative review is to suggest empirically proven curricular strategies and institutional reforms to enhance intrinsic motivation in health care students belonging to the Millennial Generation.  相似文献   

浅议我国软件业的发展策略     

谭晓辉  周世革  周建华 《现代情报》2006,26(12):221-223

中国加入世贸组织，既为我国软件业的发展提供了难得的历史机遇和发展空间，又对我国软件业现状提出了严峻挑战，软件产品的市场竞争必将更加激烈。对此，我们应当放眼世界，从实际出发，认真分析入世给我国软件业带来的机遇和冲击，积极采取相应对策，促进软件业结构调整，加快核心技术研发，搞好原始创新，进一步完善市场运行机制，转变政府职能。鼓励更多的软件企业发挥优势参与国际竞争，开拓国际市场。尽快实现我国软件业的规模化、国际化经营。  相似文献   

加入WTO后气象服务对策研究   总被引：1，自引：0，他引：1  

张庆阳  王亚光  曹学柱  张沅 《软科学》2002,16(3):21-24

本文分析研究了加入WTO后对我国气象服务的影响、带来的机遇和挑战,并结合我国国情,从思想、法律、技术、人才等10个方面提出相应的对策。  相似文献   

Teaching critical thinking: Cultural challenges and strategies in Singapore          下载免费PDF全文

Charlene Tan 《British Educational Research Journal》2017,43(5):988-1002

Among the challenges faced by educators in promoting critical thinking is that of cultural compatibility. Using Singapore as an illustrative case study, this paper explores the cultural challenges and recommended strategies for the teaching of critical thinking in schools. The research for this study is based on a theoretical framework that focuses on two dominant practices of critical thinking: confrontational and individualistic on the one hand, and collegial and communal on the other. Research data shows that the main cultural challenges are the social expectations of teachers as knowledge transmitters and a perception that critical thinking is essentially adversarial. The recommended strategies are the utilisation of cooperative learning strategies and the provision of a safe learning environment. There are two major implications arising from this research study. The first is a need for policymakers and educators to be cognisant of cultural constraints in the teaching of critical thinking. The second is the significance of teacher efficacy to engender student engagement and successful learning within socio‐cultural constraints. The Singapore experience adds to the existing literature by highlighting the existence and significance of communitarian practices of critical thinking in an Asian context.  相似文献   

Inclusive education in higher education: challenges and opportunities     

Anabel Moriña 《欧洲特需教育杂志》2017,32(1):3-17

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试论我国的能源供应挑战及对策          下载免费PDF全文

周亮 《惠州学院学报》2007,27(2):34-37

近年来, 伴随着我国经济的飞速发展, 能源的需求量及供需缺口逐年增大, 能源的供应压力凸现,保障形势日益严峻。同时, 长期以煤为主的能源生产与消费给环境造成了巨大的破坏。结合当前的国际能源形势, 分析我国能源安全的现状及面临的问题, 提出战略应对措施。  相似文献   

基于馆校合作的美国教师教育课程探索及挑战     

付积  王牧华 《外国教育研究》2021,(2)

美国馆校合作教师教育课程是回应美国教育改革要求、变革传统教师教育模式以及深化馆校合作关系等各种因素综合作用的结果。美国大学和场馆在合作中探索和开发了具有不同特色的课程模式,研究将其分为场馆在线课程模式、场馆现场课程模式以及混合课程模式三种类型,并从课程规划与设计、课程内容、授课模式、课程管理、课程评估以及课程文化等不同维度,对不同课程模式的创新进行了研究和分析。但是,馆校合作教师教育课程在可持续发展方面仍然面临许多问题和挑战:如场馆经验的制度化、稳定的资金投入以及有效的课程管理。  相似文献