香港曾經是個很特別的殖民地，英國佔領香港非因掠奪資源，而是因地理上接近中國的優勢。香港的政治主權，並不是古典殖民主義描述的一對一關係，而是結連與中國、英國的多邊關係。本文以三個階段分析香港的教師教育：即（1）從中央書院至1945年第二次世界大戰結束；（2）戰後至1984年中英談判；（3）過渡時期至高等教育急速發展的20世紀90年代，探討殖民管治與香港教師教育的關係。回歸之前，教師教育在中、英互動的政經脈絡中發展，政策源於回應中國社會變遷的權衡之計。教師教育政策響應社會需求，有效保持香港社會穩定，長久以來是個失落的教育議程。本文從歷史探索香港教師教育的發展。
[Copyright © 2014 香港中文大學香港教育研究所.]

The aims of the study were to examine the association between occupational PA and overall PA level of school teachers, and to compare the occupational PA level of school teachers engaged in PAs of a different nature at work (PE and non-PE teacher) in Hong Kong. Seventy-one elementary school teachers were assessed for three-day PA levels using step pedometers. Results indicated that occupational PA significantly predicted overall daily PA level. PE teachers were reported to have higher step counts during working hours compared with non-PE teachers. In addition, the occupational PA level of teaching profession is not reported to be at low level. The promotion of PA, both leisure and occupational, should be emphasized to the teaching profession.
[Copyright © 2012 International Journal of Sport & Health Science.]

Competence to work in schools is an important dimension of professional competence, although it is often a neglected dimension of teacher development. This article reports a qualitative study that examined student teachers’ learning experiences in initial teacher education (ITE) in relation to competence to work in schools. In-depth interviews were conducted with 12 student teachers on an undergraduate ITE programme in Hong Kong. The findings of the study show that competence to work in schools is characterised by student teachers’ deep contextualised learning. In addition, it offers a deeper understanding of this competence in the ITE context by identifying its three facets, namely understanding of the micro-political realities of schools, social capital building and social strategies. The study provides insights for ITE and schools to support student teachers’ development of their competence to work in schools, including the design of ITE curricula, ITE processes and co-curricular activities in undergraduate studies. Moreover, it suggests the importance of developing schools as growth-fostering and positive micro-political sites for ITE fieldwork and teacher induction.
[Copyright © 2016 Taylor & Francis.]

This study aims to understand teacher emotions through interviewing 25 and surveying 1492 primary teachers in China using a mixed method. Deductive content analysis was employed to analyze the data allocating the five nested ecological system – microsystem, mesosystem, exosystem, macro-system, and chronosystem. Results show that the number of emotions that teachers reported decreased as the distance from the teachers increased. The highest intensity of teacher emotions, especially with regard to teacher-student interaction and classroom management, was reported at the microsystem level. Given the powerful role that emotions and relationships play in teaching and learning, it is critical for teacher education in both preservice and inservice settings to support the development of knowledge and skills for emotional self-regulation, the nurturing of relationships in classrooms, and the improvement of their will-being.

The aim of the survey was to examine the attitudes of general primary PE teachers toward integrated PE and the relationships of gender, teaching experience, and class size. Eighty three teachers participated in the survey. The results indicated a neutral attitude towards integrated PE by teachers. There was a significant difference between male and female teachers in their perception of whether "students with disabilities like my teaching" (p = 0.018), but no significant differences with other attitudes by gender. There was a significant difference between teachers' teaching experiences and their perceptions of whether "Little support offered to integrated PE" (p = 0.006), however, no significant differences with other items by experience. There was also a relationship between perceived teaching competency and class size (p < 0.001, r = 0.454). The results were mainly discussed in relation to teaching competency, support, teaching experience and class size.
[Copyright © 2012 Hong Kong Baptist University.]

The use of educational technology by Hong Kong primary school teachers has been realized by the government’s long-term support to the technology infrastructure, professional training, technical support, and development of teaching resources in local primary schools. However, the high adoption rate may not reflect the willingness of teachers to accept technology for educational purposes. Presently, there is no existing research investigating in-service primary teachers’ technology acceptance in Hong Kong. The aim of this study is to investigate teachers’ acceptance of technology and the influencing factors behind their acceptance. This study takes a quantitative approach to investigate 185 primary teachers in Hong Kong using Structural Equation Modeling on a customized Technology Acceptance Model. The results suggest that contrary to common belief, perceived ease of use and perceived usefulness of the technology have little influence on behavioral intention of use in our research context. Rather, a pragmatic consideration of facilitating conditions is found to be a strong dominating factor. A context-specific interpretation of the results is provided. Implications on school policy are also discussed to provide insights for the development of educational technology.
[Copyright © 2016 Springer US.]

智慧教室以自動感知、識別、互聯、設備便攜等特徵，充分滿足了新一代學習者對強交互的要求。智慧教室環境下的課堂互動較之傳統課堂具有高度的複雜性，已有觀察工具很難滿足其研究需要。本研究在充分調研已有互動觀察工具基礎上,結合智慧教室特點，設計開發了面向智慧教室的中小學課堂互動觀察工具，共分為基本資訊、教室類型、教室硬軟體配備、技術支援的課堂互動過程、智慧教室環境對課堂交互的支援等五個主要部分。該工具在香港、北京和深圳的中小學進行了八輪30次現場課堂和10次錄影課堂的觀察、討論和修訂，經驗證具有較高的信效度和良好的使用體驗。
[Copyright © 2015西北師範大學.]