{"id":423970,"date":"2026-08-21T00:33:00","date_gmt":"2026-08-20T16:33:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/library.usj.edu.mo\/?post_type=tnc_col_19631_item&p=423970"},"modified":"2026-08-24T12:20:24","modified_gmt":"2026-08-24T04:20:24","slug":"english-as-a-foreign-language-a-comprehensive-study-on-teachers-self-efficacy-and-its-antecedents-in-macao","status":"publish","type":"tnc_col_19631_item","link":"https:\/\/library.usj.edu.mo\/zh\/student-thesis-dissertation\/english-as-a-foreign-language-a-comprehensive-study-on-teachers-self-efficacy-and-its-antecedents-in-macao\/","title":{"rendered":"ENGLISH AS A FOREIGN LANGUAGE: A COMPREHENSIVE STUDY ON TEACHER’S SELF-EFFICACY AND ITS ANTECEDENTS IN MACAO"},"content":{"rendered":"

THIS STUDY COVERS THE LIMITED RESEARCH ON HOW EXPERIENCES WITH NATURE CAN FOSTER CHINESE STUDENTS\u2019 PRO-ENVIRONMENTAL IDENTITY AND BEHAVIOR. THE RELEVANT LITERATURE OUTLINES FIVE AREAS \u2013 IDENTITY, HUMAN BEHAVIOR, EXPERIENCES, NATURE AND TRANSFORMATION \u2013 IN UNDERSTANDING HOW THE CHINESE CULTURE OF \u2018FACE\u2019 (LAIN\/MIAN) SHAPES CHINESE STUDENTS\u2019 IDENTITY AND BEHAVIOR TODAY AND WHY EXPERIENCE WITH NATURE CAN HELP TO TRANSFORM CHINESE STUDENTS\u2019 VALUES, BELIEFS AND NORMS, AND SHAPES SOMEONE WHO MANIFESTS AN ENVIRONMENTALLY SENSITIVE BEHAVIOR. PAST RESEARCH STUDIES ENVIRONMENTAL BEHAVIOR IN VARIOUS DIMENSIONS, INCLUDING THE CORRELATION BETWEEN ENVIRONMENTAL KNOWLEDGE AND POSITIVE ENVIRONMENTAL ATTITUDES AND BEHAVIOR. YET SURVEYS OF HOW STUDENTS\u2019 EXPERIENCE WITH NATURE FOSTERS A PRO-ENVIRONMENTAL IDENTITY AND BEHAVIOR, ESPECIALLY AMONGST CHINESE STUDENTS, ARE RARE. THE QUALITATIVE CASE STUDY IN THIS THESIS SEEKS TO FIND OUT WHETHER SENIOR STUDENTS IN THE DESIGN DEPARTMENT OF IPM\u2019S SCHOOL OF ARTS WHO EXPERIENCED NATURE IN SOUTHERN THAILAND SHOW A STRONGER PRO-ENVIRONMENTAL IDENTITY AND BEHAVIOR COMPARED TO THOSE NOT IN THE EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING PROGRAM. A SURVEY WHICH INCLUDES THE ENVIRONMENTAL IDENTITY SURVEY (CLAYTON, 2003) AND THE ENVIRONMENTALLY RESPONSIBLE BEHAVIORS INDEX (SMITH-SEBASTO & D\u2019ACOSTA, 1995) WAS ADMINISTERED TO ALL SENIOR STUDENTS, AND AN IN-DEPTH INTERVIEW WITH STUDENTS WHO HAD EXPERIENCE WITH NATURE IN SOUTHERN THAILAND WAS CONDUCTED. THE FINDINGS SUGGEST THAT A RAINFOREST EXPERIENCE NOT MERELY FOSTERS PRO-ENVIRONMENTAL IDENTITY AND BEHAVIOR, BUT STUDENT ALL ROUNDED DEVELOPMENT ESPECIALLY AS A STEP TOWARDS INTERNATIONALIZATION. THE FINDINGS ALSO INDICATE TO WHAT EXTENT THE PROGRAMMATIC FACTORS OF THE EXPERIENCE WERE IMPORTANT IN CHANGING CHINESE STUDENTS\u2019 VALUES, BELIEFS AND NORMS IN THINKING AND BEHAVING ENVIRONMENTALLY, AS WELL AS IN STUDENT PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT. KEYWORDS: NATURE, EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING, PRO-ENVIRONMENTAL IDENTITY, PRO-ENVIRONMENTAL BEHAVIOR<\/p>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","format":"standard","class_list":["post-423970","tnc_col_19631_item","type-tnc_col_19631_item","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","tnc_tax_19912-education","tnc_tax_19818-english","tnc_tax_19765-lei-thomas","tnc_tax_19765-wu-shuiping","tnc_tax_19716-school-of-education","tnc_tax_19659-master-thesis","tnc_tax_19651-doctoral"],"taxonomy_info":[],"featured_image_src_large":false,"author_info":[],"comment_info":0,"featured_img":false,"coauthors":[],"author_meta":{"author_link":"https:\/\/library.usj.edu.mo\/zh\/author\/emilychan\/","display_name":"emily chan"},"relative_dates":{"created":"Posted 5 \u5929 ago","modified":"Updated 2 \u5929 ago"},"absolute_dates":{"created":"Posted on 21 8 \u6708, 2026","modified":"Updated on 24 8 \u6708, 2026"},"absolute_dates_time":{"created":"Posted on 21 8 \u6708, 2026 12:33 \u4e0a\u5348","modified":"Updated on 24 8 \u6708, 2026 12:20 \u4e0b\u5348"},"featured_img_caption":"","tax_additional":{"tnc_tax_19912":{"linked":["EDUCATION<\/a>"],"unlinked":["EDUCATION<\/span>"],"slug":"tnc_tax_19912","name":"PROGRAMME"},"tnc_tax_19818":{"linked":["ENGLISH<\/a>"],"unlinked":["ENGLISH<\/span>"],"slug":"tnc_tax_19818","name":"LANGUAGE"},"tnc_tax_19765":{"linked":["LEI, THOMAS<\/a>","WU, SHUIPING<\/a>"],"unlinked":["LEI, THOMAS<\/span>","WU, SHUIPING<\/span>"],"slug":"tnc_tax_19765","name":"SUPERVISOR(S)"},"tnc_tax_19716":{"linked":["SCHOOL OF EDUCATION<\/a>"],"unlinked":["SCHOOL OF EDUCATION<\/span>"],"slug":"tnc_tax_19716","name":"FACULTY \/ RESEARCH UNIT"},"tnc_tax_19659":{"linked":["THESIS & DISSERTATION<\/a>"],"unlinked":["THESIS & DISSERTATION<\/span>"],"slug":"tnc_tax_19659","name":"Document Type"},"tnc_tax_19651":{"linked":["DOCTORAL<\/a>"],"unlinked":["DOCTORAL<\/span>"],"slug":"tnc_tax_19651","name":"DEGREE LEVEL"}},"series_order":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.usj.edu.mo\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tnc_col_19631_item\/423970","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.usj.edu.mo\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tnc_col_19631_item"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.usj.edu.mo\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/tnc_col_19631_item"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.usj.edu.mo\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=423970"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/library.usj.edu.mo\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tnc_col_19631_item\/423970\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":433506,"href":"https:\/\/library.usj.edu.mo\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tnc_col_19631_item\/423970\/revisions\/433506"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.usj.edu.mo\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=423970"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}