Is teaching in a primary band 1 school easy? A case study

Is teaching in a primary band 1 school easy? A case study

• Forrester, Victor David Nicolson
• Leung, W. C.
• Fung, Stella
• Ng, Maria
• Mccotter, Elizabeth
• Gaffney, John

1998

Hong Kong Educational Research Association (HKERA) 15th Annual Conference: Quality Education Across Disciplines, Systems and Regions (1998: Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong, China)

• M Teachers & Education for Teachers
  • MG Identities, Attitudes & Opinion of Educational Workers
• Q Philosophy of Education, Educational System & School At Different Levels
  • QC Primary Education

• Hong Kong

• 1997.7 onwards

• Primary Education

Band 1 schools have an enviable reputation in Hong Kong and one which can breed false assumptions that somehow Band 1 schools present that fabled-land where teaching somehow is "easy". How do Band 1 schools gain and (more importantly) justifiably sustain their reputations for excellence in education? This paper seeks answers to this question by investigating one case study Band 1 Primary School from the perspective of the teachers who shoulder responsibility for sustaining a track record of "educational excellence". The challenges facing these teachers, their practical solutions and the underpinning educational theories will be examined. This examination includes the perspectives of a school principal, two local and two expatriate experienced classroom teachers and a "visiting" practicing teacher. By triangulating these varied perspectives, this paper seeks to focus attention not only on "Band 1 teaching methods" but, more significantly on the features of effective teaching which may be generalisable across the spectrum of Hong Kong Primary schools.

Paper presented at the Hong Kong Educational Research Association (HKERA) 15th Annual Conference: Quality Education Across Disciplines, Systems and Regions

• English

Conference Papers

https://bibliography.lib.eduhk.hk/bibs/8ddf7af8

2015-10-08