Reflective teaching in a holistic personal development course for Chinese university students: a case study

2016 ◽  
Vol 15 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Cecilia M.S. Ma
Keyword(s):  
University Students ◽  
Reflective Practice ◽  
Personal Development ◽  
Qualitative Evaluation ◽  
Reflective Teaching ◽  
Teaching Performance ◽  
Chinese University ◽  
University Course ◽  
Development Course

AbstractResearch shows that reflective practice plays an important role in promoting teaching performance and facilitating a positive learning atmosphere. This article provides a case study on a teacher’s reflection in a university course. The author discusses the difficulties she encountered and the strategies she used when teaching a leadership course. Students’ post-lecture qualitative evaluation is used as an illustration to show how these feedbacks guide the teacher when reflecting and evaluating her teaching performance. Implications are discussed to highlight the importance of reflective practice in university contexts.

Evaluation of a subject on leadership and intrapersonal development: views of the students based on qualitative evaluation

2014 ◽  
Vol 13 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Daniel T.L. Shek ◽  
Moon Y.M. Law
Keyword(s):  
Hong Kong ◽  
University Students ◽  
Qualitative Evaluation ◽  
Holistic Development ◽  
Chinese University ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Chinese University Students

Abstract“Tomorrow’s Leaders” is a subject developed to satisfy the leadership and intrapersonal development requirement at The Hong Kong Polytechnic University. After taking this subject, students were invited to use three descriptors and a metaphor to describe their experiences about the subject. Based on the reflections of 143 students, results showed that 94.4% of the descriptors used by informants were positive and 2.31% of the descriptors were negative. For the metaphors used to describe the subject, 92.7% were positive and 4.47% were negative. In conjunction with other findings, the present study suggests that Tomorrow’s Leaders is a subject that can promote the holistic development in Chinese university students in Hong Kong.

scholarly journals Reflective Journals of Students Taking a Positive Youth-Development Course in a University Context in Hong Kong

2012 ◽  
Vol 2012 ◽  
pp. 1-8
Author(s):  
Daniel T. L. Shek ◽  
Florence K. Y. Wu
Keyword(s):  
Hong Kong ◽  
University Students ◽  
Youth Development ◽  
Case Study Approach ◽  
Thick Description ◽  
Reflective Journals ◽  
Study Approach ◽  
Development Course ◽  
Psychosocial Competencies

To promote the holistic development of university students, a course entitled “Tomorrow's Leaders” was developed and offered at The Hong Kong Polytechnic University. Based on a case study approach, reflective journals of five outstanding students of the course are presented and analyzed (i.e., thick description), with several themes emerging from the reflection. First, the students liked the course, and they identified many positive attributes. Second, the students appreciated the instructors. Third, the students viewed that the course contributed to different aspects of their development. Fourth, some areas of improvements were proposed. In conjunction with other evaluation mechanisms, the present findings strongly suggest that the course is able to promote psychosocial competencies in university students taking this course.

scholarly journals Can Substitutes Reduce Future Demand for Wildlife Products: A Case Study of China’s Millennial Generation

Human Ecology ◽  
2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Katherine I. Rock ◽  
Douglas C. MacMillan
Keyword(s):  
University Students ◽  
Millennial Generation ◽  
Chinese University ◽  
Consumer Markets ◽  
Strong Orientation ◽  
Future Consumption ◽  
Medicinal Properties ◽  
Beijing China ◽  
Future Demand

AbstractChina is one of the world’s leading consumer markets for wildlife products, yet there is little understanding of how demand will change in the future. In this study, we investigate the consumptive habits and attitudes of the millennial ‘Juilinghou’ demographic – a subset of society in China with the potential to substantially influence future demand for wildlife products. We surveyed 350 Chinese university students across Harbin and Beijing, China, and found that the intended future consumption of wildlife products was relatively low in this population but with a strong orientation towards wildlife products with medicinal properties. Seventy percent of those respondents who had used and/or intended to use wildlife products were willing to try substitutes, but this was heavily dependent on their price (cheaper) and quality. The insights gained through this survey are intended to meaningfully inform future initiatives to introduce sustainable substitutability into wildlife markets to alert future wildlife product consumers to alternative choices.

scholarly journals Enablers and barriers of online learning during the COVID-19 pandemic: A case study of an online university course

2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (4) ◽  
pp. 130-146
Author(s):  
Nuri Kara ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Online Learning ◽  
University Students ◽  
Online Courses ◽  
Private University ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Study Approach ◽  
Axial Coding ◽  
Online Assignments ◽  
University Course

COVID-19 has affected university students’ learning experiences on a great scale. The aim of this study was to understand the enablers and barriers to the effectiveness of online learning in a university course during the COVID-19 pandemic, using a qualitative case study approach. Participants were 44 first-year university students enrolled in a digital game history and analysis course at a private university. Structured and semi-structured interviews were conducted to collect the data, which were then organized and transcribed into full text. Inductive data analysis was applied with content analysis. The researcher used axial coding to compose themes by considering the commonalities among codes created. Five main themes emerged, namely online content, online assignments, online assessment, instructor behavior and practices, and psychological issues. Based on the findings, taking online courses at home and joining online classes from home positively affected students’ mood during the lockdown. On the other hand, students declared feeling pressure due to many online courses. All themes and codes are reported in detail together with direct quotations from students.

scholarly journals Language Learning as Investment or Consumption? A Case Study of Chinese University Students’ Beliefs about the Learning of Languages Other than English

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (6) ◽  
pp. 2156 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xiuwen Chen ◽  
Ke Zhao ◽  
Jian Tao
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
University Students ◽  
Language Learning ◽  
Chinese Higher Education ◽  
Master's Program ◽  
Professional Career ◽  
Chinese University ◽  
Multilingual Learning ◽  
Chinese University Students

This study draws on the notions of investment and consumption to interpret beliefs about learning languages other than English (LOTEs) among learners in Chinese universities. By interviewing 23 Chinese university students learning French or Spanish in a master’s program, we found that most participants questioned the usefulness of LOTEs for their professional career and viewed learning LOTEs as part of leisure and consumption rather than investment. Only a small number of participants related their language skill development to career aspirations and were motivated to continue learning LOTEs after the end of their LOTE classes. To further explain the different language beliefs about LOTE learning, we examined the identities of these LOTE learners. The analysis identified four patterns of ‘imagined identity’, indicating that the difficulty experienced by individual learners in anticipating the usefulness of LOTEs in their ‘imagined identity’ in the future, especially in their professional career, led to their belief about LOTEs as consumption and leisure rather than investment. This paper concludes with some implications for language policy planners in sustaining multilingual learning in Chinese higher education.

scholarly journals “Tell me about your Day”: Portraying Student’s Reflective Practice through Diary Writing

2021 ◽  
Vol 15 (2) ◽  
pp. 375-384
Author(s):  
Teguh Kasprabowo ◽  
Endang Yuliani Rahayu ◽  
Agnes Widyaningrum
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Language Learning ◽  
Reflective Practice ◽  
Language Learners ◽  
Learning Process ◽  
Personal Development ◽  
Qualitative Case Study ◽  
Writing Class ◽  
Diary Writing

Although commonly understood that diary writing benefits language learners in many ways, the use of diary writing as a medium for reflective practice in higher education is still rarely considered. The study aimed to portray the student's reflective practice through diary writing - to display how the student made meaning of her daily life and learning experiences. Employing qualitative case study, we observed one of our students’ reflective practice through her diary entries. Our study employed Rodger’s summary of Dewey’s reflective practice (2019) as the theoretical framework. The data of this research was a handwritten diary of a student named Lana containing 30 diary entries written from September 6, 2018, to October 22, 2018. The entries were written in the period when she joined a Creative Writing class. The diary writing activity was mainly aimed to help the students in the class to build their writing habits by writing reflections of their daily activities. The result showed that diary writing provided room for Lana to carry out the reflective practice. This practice helped her to see and to understand herself as a learner. Also, Lana specifically expressed that diary writing helped her to have ideas for writing easily. Based on the findings, we argue that in the Indonesian higher education context diary writing needs to be incorporated in the learning process to benefit learners in their personal development and their language learning process.

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