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An empirical study of the influence of teaching approaches and academic ability on students' understanding of environmental issues in Hong Kong
- An empirical study of the influence of teaching approaches and academic ability on students' understanding of environmental issues in Hong Kong
- International Research in Geographical and Environmental Education, 10(3), 260-283, 2001
- Routledge
- 2001
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- Hong Kong
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- 1997.7 onwards
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- Secondary Education
- This paper reports on a study conducted in Hong Kong which addresses the question of whether teaching approaches can influence the development of learning outcomes within the context of environmental education, how such outcomes are affected by different academic ability levels, and whether they vary over time. The overall hypothesis is that enquiry teaching is more effective than didactic approaches for the development of environmental understanding, irrespective of students' original academic ability and the time frame of measurement. A quasi-experimental design based on a pre-test and two post-tests and follow-up interviews administered to geography classes at matriculation level was used to collect numerical data about changes in understanding after the teaching of a people-environment topic. Students showed a moderate level of environmental understanding to begin with. Results showed that, irrespective of academic ability, those taught with an enquiry approach did better than those who were taught didactically in the short term but not in the long term. The reasons for this trend are discussed in terms of student ability and teaching conditions in schools. To increase the effectiveness of enquiry teaching, improvements in teacher education and training, curriculum revision, funding and research support and changes in examination questions are called for. [Copyright of International Research in Geographical and Environmental Education is the property of Routledge. Full article may be available at the publisher's website: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10382040108667445 ]
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- English
- Journal Articles
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- 10382046
- https://bibliography.lib.eduhk.hk/bibs/5bac66dd
- 2010-09-06
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