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postgraduate thesis: Student engagement in community colleges : a Hong Kong case study
Title | Student engagement in community colleges : a Hong Kong case study |
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Issue Date | 2018 |
Publisher | The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong) |
Citation | Li, W. [李允熹]. (2018). Student engagement in community colleges : a Hong Kong case study. (Thesis). University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong SAR. |
Abstract | Despite the widespread use of student engagement as a benchmark to enhance students’ experience and for continuous improvement in tertiary education (chiefly in the United States and Australia), very scant research has examined student engagement in the local sub-degree sector, which is relatively new in the higher education scene in Hong Kong.
Guided by the theoretical framework behind the Community College Survey of Student Engagement (CCSSE) in the US, this study identified and analysed the main characteristics of student engagement in a local community college. By using a mixed-methods case study, it also examined how and why local and Mainland community college students differ in engagement.
Both qualitative and quantitative data reveal that local students there were not engaged enough in active and collaborative learning, student effort, and their interaction with instructors. Inadequate institutional support did not engage students either. However, students were engaged in academic challenge. Compared with local students, Mainland ones were more engaged. Further analysis indicates that the stigma of being an Associate Degree student discounted their willingness in active and collaborative learning. Both English and Cantonese inadequacy may discourage Mainland students from being engaged throughout the learning process.
The significance of this study lies in being the first student engagement study in the sub-degree sector. A survey tool for understanding local student engagement was developed. The empirical differences between local and Mainland students shed light on how to increase the level of student engagement, going forward.
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Degree | Doctor of Education |
Subject | Community colleges - China - Hong Kong |
Dept/Program | Education |
Persistent Identifier | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/264793 |
DC Field | Value | Language |
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dc.contributor.author | Li, Wan-hay | - |
dc.contributor.author | 李允熹 | - |
dc.date.accessioned | 2018-10-29T02:13:59Z | - |
dc.date.available | 2018-10-29T02:13:59Z | - |
dc.date.issued | 2018 | - |
dc.identifier.citation | Li, W. [李允熹]. (2018). Student engagement in community colleges : a Hong Kong case study. (Thesis). University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong SAR. | - |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/264793 | - |
dc.description.abstract | Despite the widespread use of student engagement as a benchmark to enhance students’ experience and for continuous improvement in tertiary education (chiefly in the United States and Australia), very scant research has examined student engagement in the local sub-degree sector, which is relatively new in the higher education scene in Hong Kong. Guided by the theoretical framework behind the Community College Survey of Student Engagement (CCSSE) in the US, this study identified and analysed the main characteristics of student engagement in a local community college. By using a mixed-methods case study, it also examined how and why local and Mainland community college students differ in engagement. Both qualitative and quantitative data reveal that local students there were not engaged enough in active and collaborative learning, student effort, and their interaction with instructors. Inadequate institutional support did not engage students either. However, students were engaged in academic challenge. Compared with local students, Mainland ones were more engaged. Further analysis indicates that the stigma of being an Associate Degree student discounted their willingness in active and collaborative learning. Both English and Cantonese inadequacy may discourage Mainland students from being engaged throughout the learning process. The significance of this study lies in being the first student engagement study in the sub-degree sector. A survey tool for understanding local student engagement was developed. The empirical differences between local and Mainland students shed light on how to increase the level of student engagement, going forward. | - |
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.subject.lcsh | Community colleges - China - Hong Kong | - |
dc.title | Student engagement in community colleges : a Hong Kong case study | - |
dc.type | PG_Thesis | - |
dc.description.thesisname | Doctor of Education | - |
dc.description.thesislevel | Doctoral | - |
dc.description.thesisdiscipline | Education | - |
dc.description.nature | published_or_final_version | - |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.5353/th_991044040643903414 | - |
dc.date.hkucongregation | 2018 | - |
dc.identifier.mmsid | 991044040643903414 | - |