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ItemModernization and youth culture in contemporary China : a translation, with introduction, of articles from the Chinese press, 1986-1987Shen, Jian-Yi ( 1988)The thesis provides, with an introduction and notes, translations of five articles from the Chinese educational press and one from a Chinese Ph.D student newly arrived in U.S.A. which throw light on the uncertainty being expressed in China about the values and behaviour of students and young intellectuals at a time of rapid policy change towards modernization and a more open attitude to the West. The texts here translated have been previously unavailable in English.
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ItemSchool organization as an internal teaching context : case studies of two Hong Kong aided secondary schoolsWong, Siu-Chi ( 1996)In this study, school organization is investigated as a teaching context from the teachers' perspective. The study investigates the theoretical position that characteristics of the school organization affect teachers' job-related attitudes which, in turn, affect educational outcomes. A review of the literature shows that various characteristics of school organization are related to teachers' attitudes and performance and educational outcomes of schools. In this study, the case study approach is adopted and both qualitative and quantitative research methods are used. The teachers' job-related attitudes of two aided secondary schools in Hong Kong are analyzed. The internal teaching contexts of the schools are then described in terms of structural, cultural and social relations perspectives. Factors of school organization which may affect teachers' attitudes are identified. The findings from this study provide support for previous research into the influence of teachers' working environments or the internal context of teaching on school effectiveness. Implications for efforts directed at improving workplace conditions in Hong Kong secondary schools and an agenda for further research are discussed.