Journal Articles
What makes a good kindergarten teacher? A pilot interview study in Hong Kong
- What makes a good kindergarten teacher? A pilot interview study in Hong Kong
- Early Child Development and Care, 173(1), 19-31, 2003
- Routledge
- 2003
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- Hong Kong
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- 1997.7 onwards
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- Pre-Primary Education
- The present study was aimed at investigating the perception of teaching and learning of kindergarten teachers in Hong Kong. Despite the philosophical vision of early childhood education, a firm traditional kind of instruction, with emphasis on planning, preparation and external judgment, was perceived as an important indicator for good teaching. Moreover, teachers tended to focus on and describe their own actions as teachers rather than the actions of pupils. There was a shift from children's agenda to the teacher's agenda. A very different role of the teacher, in contrast to the philosophy of early childhood education, was recorded. The vision of developmentally appropriate early childhood education has not been well acknowledged by kindergarten teachers in Hong Kong. It is argued that challenge to their prior beliefs on teaching and learning will facilitate their future professional development.[Copyright of Early Child Development and Care is the property of Routledge. Full article may be available at the publisher's website: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/0300443022000022396]
- Special Issue on: "Early Childhood Education in Hong Kong."
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- English
- Journal Articles
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- 03004430
- https://bibliography.lib.eduhk.hk/bibs/fb726194
- 2010-11-24
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