Hong Kong secondary business teachers' conceptions of student competence and ways of teaching

Hong Kong secondary business teachers' conceptions of student competence and ways of teaching

• Yu, Christina Wai Mui Dept. of Mathematics, Science, Social Sciences and Technology, Hong Kong Institute of Education
• Boulton-Lewis, Gillian M. School of Design, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia

Journal of Vocational Education and Training, 60(3), 257-272, 2008

Routledge

2008

• G Curriculum, Teaching & Learning: Specific Disciplines
  • GE Social Sciences, Business & Law

Grounded Theory Foreign Countries Business Education Teachers Business Education Competence Teaching Methods Teacher Attitudes Secondary School Teachers Hong Kong

• Hong Kong

• 1997.7 onwards

• Secondary Education

This paper identifies and describes Hong Kong secondary business teachers' conceptions of student competence in business education, and their choice of teaching approaches to developing such competence. It also addresses the relationship between the conceptualisation of competence and teaching approaches in developing student competence. Phenomenography and grounded theoretical coding techniques were employed in the study, and the participants were 26 in-service business teachers. These teachers' conceptions of competence and their choice of teaching approaches were found to be multifaceted and semi-hierarchical. The identified conceptions address the basic and higher levels of competence that require different approaches in teaching. On the basis of the findings, it is recommended that teachers should not adopt an over-simplified view of the constitution of business students' competence and their competence development. They should be aware of their conceptions of competence, choice of teaching approaches and facilitation of student reflection in competence development.
[Copyright of Journal of Vocational Education and Training is the property of Routledge. Full article may be available at the publisher's website:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13636820802305603]

• English

Journal Articles

• 13636820

• 10.1080/13636820802305603

https://bibliography.lib.eduhk.hk/bibs/6f49148b

2010-09-08