Hong Kong teacher education students' goal orientations and their relationship to perceived parenting styles

Hong Kong teacher education students' goal orientations and their relationship to perceived parenting styles

• Chan, Kwok Wai Hong Kong Institute of Education
• Chan, Siu Mui Hong Kong Institute of Education

Educational Psychology, 27(2), 157-172, 2007

Routledge

2007

• M Teachers & Education for Teachers
  • MA Professional Education for Teachers
• A Human Growth & Development
  • AF Family & Development, Family Relationship, Reproduction & Child Rearing, Family Education, Parental Involvement

Foreign Countries Interaction Females Child Rearing Authoritarianism Parenting Styles Males Goal Orientation Gender Differences Parent Influence Preservice Teachers Teacher Education Programs Teacher Education Multivariate Analysis Asian Culture Hong Kong Parental Authority Questionnaire

• Hong Kong

• 1997.7 onwards

• Post-Secondary Education

The study examined goal orientations, perceived parenting styles, and their relationships in a sample of Hong Kong teacher education students. It was found that students adopted both learning and performance goals but tended to be more performance goal-oriented. Females were more performance goal-oriented than males. As well, students perceived their most influential parents to be authoritative. In terms of gender, authoritativeness was more effective with females and authoritarianism worked better with males. It was found that perceived parenting styles predicted goal orientations. Authoritativeness was significantly and positively related to learning goals, whereas authoritativeness and authoritarianism were significantly and positively related to performance goals. Besides main effects, there were interaction effects between gender and parenting styles on goal orientations. Cultural and contextual factors were considered in interpreting the findings.
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• English

Journal Articles

• 01443410

• 10.1080/01443410601066636

https://bibliography.lib.eduhk.hk/en/bibs/1557925d

2010-09-08