Meeting the challenges of new immigrant children from the mainland: Teachers' perception and preliminary intervention in Hong Kong primary schools 

Meeting the challenges of new immigrant children from the mainland: Teachers' perception and preliminary intervention in Hong Kong primary schools 

• Ho, Kenneth Chi Ming

Hong Kong Special Education Forum, 2(1), 79-96, 1999

Special Education Society of Hong Kong Ltd.

1999

• M Teachers & Education for Teachers
  • MG Identities, Attitudes & Opinion of Educational Workers
• N Students & Student Services
  • NO Minorities & Immigrant Students

• Hong Kong

• 1990-1997.6
• 1997.7 onwards

• Primary Education

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The influx of new immigrant children accentuated the need of immediate attention to the immigrant education. It was necessary for educators to think about modifying our curriculum to make adaptation for newly arrived children and preparing our teachers to meet this challenge. This research was intended to find out about teachers' perception of new immigrant children and their perception of programs offered to these children. None of the teachers have any pre-service and in-service training in teaching newly arrived children. A total of 145 questionnaires from primary schools in five regions were sent and 99 questionnaires were returned. A quantitative approach was used in the data analysis. Most of the respondents agreed that newly arrived children had adaptation problems and tended to regard 'low English proficiency" as the greatest obstacle to newly arrived children. Consequently, about 99% of the respondents thought that newly arrived children needed the service of "English language course". The general impression was that the present adaptation services for newly arrived children were unsatisfactory.
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