Applying team-teach approach in Hong Kong: Evaluation of a training workshop

Abstract

Team-Teach is a school-wide holistic approach developed overseas and now available in Hong Kong for the management of children’s challenging behaviors. Training workshops in Team-Teach strategies are conducted by the Centre for Advancement of Inclusive and Special Education at the University of Hong Kong. The study reported here explored participants’ evaluations of a workshop for trainers, based on Team-Teach principles. In particular, attention was given to suitability of course objectives, relevance and quality of training materials, and skills of the trainers. Participants’ perceptions were then analyzed against their demographic information (ages, occupations, work settings). A follow-up study involving questionnaires and individual interviews was conducted one month after the training ended. Findings indicated that participants’ evaluations of the workshop were very positive, and similar to those reported in the UK, Northern Ireland and New Zealand. Brief suggestions are made for modifying some aspects of the workshop to suit the Hong Kong Chinese context.

團隊支援管理 (Team-Teach) 是一個全校參與,旨在管理孩子行為問題的策略。它是由外國研究和發展的方法,現時也在香港推行。這個研究報告探討了參與者對於香港大學融合與特殊教育研究發展中心進行 Team-Teach 培訓工作坊的評價,例如工作坊的目標和相關性、培訓教材的質量,以及導師的訓練技巧。本報告也對參與者的年齡、職業和工作環境跟參與者對工作坊的評價作了分析。本研究於一個月後透過問卷和面談作了跟進分析。研究結果顯示參與者對工作坊有非常正面的的評價,跟外國的研究結果是一致的,包括英國、北愛爾蘭和新西蘭。最後,本報告提出了一些對工作坊的建議以針對香港這個華人社區。