Factors Affecting Option Choices Relative to the Uptake of Design and Technology at a Selected Hong Kong International School

Autor/in	Hughes, Marshall
Titel	Factors Affecting Option Choices Relative to the Uptake of Design and Technology at a Selected Hong Kong International School
Quelle	In: Journal of Research in International Education, 7 (2008) 1, S.77-92 (16 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1475-2409
DOI	10.1177/1475240907086889
Schlagwörter	National Curriculum; Foreign Countries; Student Attitudes; Grade 8; International Schools; Higher Education; Questionnaires; Interviews; Statistical Inference; Statistics; Ethnicity; Core Curriculum; Evaluation; English (Second Language); Hong Kong + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Schülerverhalten; School year 08; 8. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 08; International school; Internationale Schule; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Fragebogen; Interviewing; Interviewtechnik; Inferential statistics; Schließende Statistik; Statistik; Ethnizität; Kerncurriculum; Evaluierung; English as second language; English; Second Language; Englisch als Zweitsprache; Hongkong
Abstract	The purpose of the study described in this paper was to identify those factors which affect Year 9 students at Sha Tin College, Hong Kong, as they make option choices at the end of Key Stage 3 (Year 9: age 14). The main focus of the investigation was how these factors influence the selection or rejection of the four subjects offered under the heading of Design and Technology. In particular, the effects of attitude, gender and ethnicity were considered. The subjects responded to a questionnaire, and 10 per cent of the sample were interviewed. Responses were analysed using both descriptive and inferential statistics and results were then used to make recommendations about how the uptake of Design and Technology could be improved in the selected school. (Contains 1 table.) (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10