The timing and critical incident of epistemic beliefs change in Hong Kong college students: an exploratory study
| Autor: | Wincy Wing Sze Lee |
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| Rok vydání: | 2018 |
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Semi-structured interview
05 social sciences Exploratory research 050301 education Cognition 050105 experimental psychology Education Epistemic beliefs 0501 psychology and cognitive sciences Attitude change Construct (philosophy) Psychology 0503 education Social psychology Curriculum Qualitative research |
| Zdroj: | Asia Pacific Journal of Education. 38:164-174 |
| ISSN: | 1742-6855 0218-8791 |
| Popis: | Research on epistemic beliefs (beliefs about what knowledge is and what knowing is) has advanced and there is now a burgeoning interest in examining this construct in the Chinese cultural context. However, issues related to understanding epistemic beliefs change remain under-explored. The present study used a qualitative approach to explore Chinese college students’ timing and critical incidents of epistemic beliefs change. Eight college students from Hong Kong participated in interviews and three key themes emerged from their responses. First, students identified college transition as a major source of epistemic perturbation. Second, they attributed epistemic beliefs change mostly to educational encounters. These encounters were characterized by a curriculum with multiple perspectives, being taught by teachers who could provide cognitive scaffolding for epistemic belief resolution, and assessment processes that allowed the latitude to demonstrate multiple perspectives. Furthermore, these characte... |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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