Hong Kong student teachers' beliefs about children's learning: Influences of a cross-cultural early childhood teaching experience

Hong Kong student teachers' beliefs about children's learning: Influences of a cross-cultural early childhood teaching experience

• Brownlee, Joanne Centre for Innovation in Learning, Queensland University of Technology
• Chak, Amy Dept. of Early Childhood Education, Hong Kong Institute of Education

Australian Journal of Educational and Developmental Psychology, 7(2007), 11-21, 2007

University of Newcastle, Faculty of Education

2007

• M Teachers & Education for Teachers
  • MA Professional Education for Teachers
• M Teachers & Education for Teachers
  • MG Identities, Attitudes & Opinion of Educational Workers

Preservice Teacher Education Student Teachers Practicums Teacher Education Programs Young Children Foreign Countries Teaching Experience Student Teacher Attitudes Cross Cultural Studies Cultural Differences Cultural Pluralism Program Effectiveness Learning Processes Constructivism (Learning) Preschool Teachers Australia Hong Kong

• Hong Kong

• 1997.7 onwards

• Pre-Primary Education
• Post-Secondary Education

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Twenty-one in-service early childhood students participated in a teaching practicum in Australia as part of the final year of a Bachelor of Arts in Hong Kong. Students spent two weeks visiting a university and early childhood settings in Australia. The university based component of the program included workshops and discussions with lecturing staff located in both the Australian and Hong Kong universities. Students were asked to complete written statements about 'What is children's learning?' before and after their practicum experience. An inductive analysis of students' written statements and practicum evaluations revealed an increase in beliefs about children's learning as 'active understanding' over the two-week period. Implications for teacher education programs are discussed.
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2010-09-27