Environmental education in the primary curriculum in Hong Kong.

Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 1996
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Druh dokumentu: Bibliografie
Popis: by Chi-kin John Lee.
Publication date from spine.
Thesis (Ph.D.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 1995.
Includes bibliographical references (leaves 484-512).
Questionnaires in Chineses.
p.i
Acknowledgement --- p.iii
Table of Contents --- p.iv
List of Tables --- p.x
List of Figures --- p.xv
List of Appendices --- p.xv
Chapter Chapter One： --- INTRODUCTION
Chapter 1.1 --- Background of the Study --- p.1
Chapter 1.1.1 --- Emergence of environmental consciousness and environmental protection in Hong Kong
Chapter 1.1.2 --- Environmental education in the context of school curricula in Hong Kong
Chapter 1.1.3 --- The context of curriculum change -- primary education in Hong Kong
Chapter 1.2 --- Statement of the Problem --- p.7
Chapter 1.3 --- Purpose of the Study --- p.11
Chapter 1.4 --- Research Questions --- p.12
Chapter 1.5 --- Significance of the Study --- p.13
Chapter 1.6 --- Delimitations --- p.19
Chapter 1.7 --- Definitions of Terms --- p.19
Chapter Chapter Two： --- REVIEW OF THE LITERATURE -- ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION
Chapter 2.1 --- The Nature of Curriculum Change -- Environmental Education --- p.32
Chapter 2.1.1 --- Nature of environmental education
Chapter 2.1.2 --- Curriculum theorising and environmental education
Chapter 2.2 --- The Scale of Curriculum Change --- p.41
Chapter 2.3 --- Change and Curriculum Development Strategies --- p.43
Chapter 2.4 --- Status and Perceived Needs of Environmental Education --- p.44
Chapter 2.5 --- Analysis of Curriculum Materials with reference to Environmental Education --- p.49
Chapter Chapter Three: --- REVIEW OF THE LITERATURE -- CURRICULUM CHANGE
Chapter 3.1 --- Theories of Curriculum Change： The introduction of an innovation --- p.55
Chapter 3.1.1 --- General models of change
Chapter 3.1.2 --- Approaches to analysing educational change
Chapter 3.2 --- Teacher Change and Receptivity as an Area of Study --- p.64
Chapter 3.2.1 --- Technical perspective： Variables affecting teachers' receptivity to change
Chapter 3.2.2 --- Studies related to teachers' receptivity to and adoption of an innovation
Chapter 3.2.3 --- Receptivity and status risk theory
Chapter 3.2.4 --- An interpretive perspective： Teachers' voice in curriculum change
Chapter 3.3 --- Teachers' Stages of Concern as Perceptions of Curriculum Change --- p.91
Chapter 3.3.1 --- Concerns-based Adoption Model (CBAM)
Chapter 3.3.2 --- Studies related to Stages of Concern
Chapter 3.3.3 --- Stages of Concern and receptivity
Chapter 3.4 --- Research related to Adoption and Implementation of Environmental Education --- p.105
Chapter 3.4.1 --- Teachers' perceptions of environmental education
Chapter 3.4.2 --- Curriculum implementation of environmental education programmes
Chapter 3.5 --- Research related to Curriculum Change and Implementation in Hong Kong --- p.112
Chapter 3.6 --- Review of the Literature on Environmental Education and Curriculum Change -- An overview --- p.116
Chapter Chapter Four： --- RESEARCH DESIGN
Chapter 4.1 --- The Research Questions and Associated Research Methods --- p.121
Chapter 4.2 --- Methodological Issues --- p.125
Chapter 4.3 --- Questionnaire Surveys --- p.130
Chapter 4.3.1 --- Questionnaire design -- Instruments
Chapter 4.3.2 --- Pre-test phase for the second questionnaire survey
Chapter 4.3.3 --- Samples for the questionnaire surveys
Chapter 4.4 --- Case Studies and Case Study Approach --- p.148
Chapter 4.5 --- Methods of Data Analysis --- p.158
Chapter 4.6 --- Limitations --- p.170
Chapter Chapter Five: --- CURRICULUM DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION IN PRIMARY SCHOOLS
Chapter 5.1 --- "The Nature of Environmental Education as Stated in the ""Guidelines""" --- p.174
Chapter 5.2 --- Nature of Curriculum Development for Promoting Environmental Education in Primary Schools --- p.200
Chapter 5.2.1 --- Responsibilities of curriculum development agencies at the central level
Chapter 5.2.2 --- Effort of the Education Department
Chapter 5.2.3 --- Effort of government departments and non-government environmental organisations in promoting environmental education in schools
Chapter 5.2.4 --- Other support provided to the primary teachers for implementing the curriculum change
Chapter 5.3 --- Conclusion --- p.218
Chapter Chapter Six： --- THE STATUS OF ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION IN PRIMARY SCHOOLS IN HONG KONG
Chapter 6.1 --- Official Information about the Status of Environmental Education in Schools in Hong Kong --- p.223
Chapter 6.2 --- The Status of Environmental Education in Primary Schools --- p.224
Chapter 6.3 --- Some Practices of Environmental Education in Primary Schools --- p.233
Chapter Chapter Seven： --- TEACHERS' PERCEPTIONS OF THE ENVIRONMENT AND ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION
Chapter 7.1 --- "Concepts of the Term ""Environment' and Environmental Education Objectives and Content Perceived by Primary School Teachers" --- p.264
Chapter 7.2 --- Environmental Education Needs Perceived by Primary School Teachers --- p.277
Chapter 7.3 --- Degree of Teachers' Environmental Concern --- p.280
Chapter Chapter Eight: --- TEACHERS' RECEPTIVITY TO ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION
Chapter 8.1 --- Teachers' Stages of Concern towards Environmental Education --- p.288
Chapter Chapter Nine: --- CASE STUDIES OF SCHOOLS ADOPTING ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION AND SCHOOLS WITH TEACHERS OF HIGH AND LOW RECEPTIVITY TO ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION
Chapter 9.1 --- Characteristics of the Case Study Schools and the Environmental Education Curriculum and Activities Adopted --- p.321
Chapter 9.2 --- The Adoption Process in the Case Study Schools Adopting Environmental Education --- p.344
Chapter 9.2.1 --- Reasons for initiation and adoption
Chapter 9.2.2 --- The importance of principal support and die-hard supporters in the adoption of environmental education
Chapter 9.2.3 --- Responses of teachers towards the adoption of environmental education
Chapter 9.3 --- Examples of Infusing Environmental Education in Teaching by Individual Teachers --- p.367
Chapter 9.4 --- Factors Influencing Teachers' and Principals' Receptivity to the Adoption of Environmental Education in Primary Schools --- p.369
Chapter 9.5 --- Perceptions of Approaches to Environmental Education --- p.397
Chapter 9.6 --- "Principals' and Teachers' Perceptions of Good ""Guidelines""" --- p.400
Chapter Chapter Ten： --- DISCUSSION OF FINDINGS FROM SURVEYS AND CASE STUDIES
Chapter 10.1 --- Comparison of Survey and Interview Findings --- p.411
Chapter 10.2 --- The Relation of the Present Findings with the Literature of Curriculum Change and Environmental Education --- p.422
Chapter 10.2.1 --- The importance of perceived 'practicality' of the innovation to teachers
Chapter 10.2.2 --- Elements for effective planning of the innovation
Chapter 10.2.3 --- Need for improvement in curriculum development in environmental education
Chapter 10.2.4 --- The linkage between teachers' receptivity and school adoption of environmental education
Chapter 10.2.5 --- The role of the principal and of 'critical mass' in the adoption of environmental education
Chapter 10.2.6 --- "A principal's leadership, contextual characteristics and teachers' receptivity"
Chapter 10.2.7 --- Teachers' perceptions of environmental education
Chapter 10.3 --- Towards a Framework for Studying Teachers' Receptivity to Environmental Education --- p.442
Chapter Chapter Eleven： --- CONCLUSION
Chapter 11.1 --- Summary of Findings and Implications --- p.459
Chapter 11.2 --- Relation of the Present Study to Existing Theories --- p.476
Chapter 11.3 --- Suggestions for Future Research --- p.479
Chapter 11.4 --- Concluding Remarks --- p.481
References --- p.484
Appendices --- p.513
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