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postgraduate thesis: An examination of how classroom interaction changes as a result of class size reduction: findings from a HongKong secondary school
Title | An examination of how classroom interaction changes as a result of class size reduction: findings from a HongKong secondary school |
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Authors | |
Issue Date | 2012 |
Publisher | The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong) |
Citation | Fung, C. T. [馮志生]. (2012). An examination of how classroom interaction changes as a result of class size reduction : findings from a Hong Kong secondary school. (Thesis). University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong SAR. Retrieved from http://dx.doi.org/10.5353/th_b5017826 |
Abstract | This study focused on the relationship between classroom interaction and small class teaching in a Hong Kong secondary school, an issue which has long been recognized in a range of international and local studies. The observation of one teacher teaching two S.1 classes of different class size (n=34 and n=23) and another teacher teaching two S.7 classes of different class size (n=23 and n=12) over a period of time has revealed key differences between teaching and learning in large and small classes.
This study draws on both quantitative and qualitative data. The study includes a pilot case study which comprised of three-hour lesson observations in each of the two S.1 (grade 7) classrooms, an action research study which consisted of 20-hour lesson observations in each of my two S.7 classes (grade 13), interview with the S.1 (grade 7) teacher participant and a total of 15 students, writing from my S.7 students, and my own teacher journal reflections from my S.7 classes.
Findings from both the case study and the action research reveal that students in the small classes have more opportunities for participation and classroom interaction after they were offered more group work, discussion, scaffolding and open-ended questions. It was found that small classes were more conducive to the fostering of dialogic teaching as well as the formation of communities of practice. Implications for pedagogy and further research are included. |
Degree | Master of Education |
Subject | Class size - China - Hong Kong. Interaction analysis in education - China - Hong Kong. |
Dept/Program | Education |
Persistent Identifier | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/183363 |
HKU Library Item ID | b5017826 |
DC Field | Value | Language |
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dc.contributor.author | Fung, Chi-sang, Thomas. | - |
dc.contributor.author | 馮志生. | - |
dc.date.issued | 2012 | - |
dc.identifier.citation | Fung, C. T. [馮志生]. (2012). An examination of how classroom interaction changes as a result of class size reduction : findings from a Hong Kong secondary school. (Thesis). University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong SAR. Retrieved from http://dx.doi.org/10.5353/th_b5017826 | - |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/183363 | - |
dc.description.abstract | This study focused on the relationship between classroom interaction and small class teaching in a Hong Kong secondary school, an issue which has long been recognized in a range of international and local studies. The observation of one teacher teaching two S.1 classes of different class size (n=34 and n=23) and another teacher teaching two S.7 classes of different class size (n=23 and n=12) over a period of time has revealed key differences between teaching and learning in large and small classes. This study draws on both quantitative and qualitative data. The study includes a pilot case study which comprised of three-hour lesson observations in each of the two S.1 (grade 7) classrooms, an action research study which consisted of 20-hour lesson observations in each of my two S.7 classes (grade 13), interview with the S.1 (grade 7) teacher participant and a total of 15 students, writing from my S.7 students, and my own teacher journal reflections from my S.7 classes. Findings from both the case study and the action research reveal that students in the small classes have more opportunities for participation and classroom interaction after they were offered more group work, discussion, scaffolding and open-ended questions. It was found that small classes were more conducive to the fostering of dialogic teaching as well as the formation of communities of practice. Implications for pedagogy and further research are included. | - |
dc.language | eng | - |
dc.publisher | The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong) | - |
dc.relation.ispartof | HKU Theses Online (HKUTO) | - |
dc.rights | The author retains all proprietary rights, (such as patent rights) and the right to use in future works. | - |
dc.rights | This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License. | - |
dc.source.uri | http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B5017826X | - |
dc.subject.lcsh | Class size - China - Hong Kong. | - |
dc.subject.lcsh | Interaction analysis in education - China - Hong Kong. | - |
dc.title | An examination of how classroom interaction changes as a result of class size reduction: findings from a HongKong secondary school | - |
dc.type | PG_Thesis | - |
dc.identifier.hkul | b5017826 | - |
dc.description.thesisname | Master of Education | - |
dc.description.thesislevel | Master | - |
dc.description.thesisdiscipline | Education | - |
dc.description.nature | published_or_final_version | - |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.5353/th_b5017826 | - |
dc.date.hkucongregation | 2012 | - |
dc.identifier.mmsid | 991034503859703414 | - |