{"id":423979,"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=423979"},"modified":"2026-08-24T12:20:23","modified_gmt":"2026-08-24T04:20:23","slug":"senior-learners-andragogy-geragogy-and-synthetic-phonics-a-case-study","status":"publish","type":"tnc_col_19631_item","link":"https:\/\/library.usj.edu.mo\/zh\/student-thesis-dissertation\/senior-learners-andragogy-geragogy-and-synthetic-phonics-a-case-study\/","title":{"rendered":"SENIOR LEARNERS, ANDRAGOGY, GERAGOGY, AND SYNTHETIC PHONICS: A CASE STUDY"},"content":{"rendered":"

LISTENING TO CHILDREN\u2019S VOICES IS STILL NOT CONSIDERED AN ESSENTIAL PART OF EDUCATION IN SOME SCHOOLS, INCLUDING MANY IN ASIAN COUNTRIES. THE AUTHORITY OF SCHOOLS AND TEACHERS IS STILL HIGHLY VALUED UNDER THE CONTINUED INFLUENCE OF CONFUCIAN HERITAGE CULTURE IN MANY ASIAN SCHOOLS, INCLUDING A SIGNIFICANT NUMBER IN MACAO. TEACHERS IN INTERNATIONAL SCHOOLS IN ASIAN COUNTRIES OFTEN EXPERIENCE SOME DIFFICULTIES WHEN COMMUNICATING WITH YOUNG CHILDREN BECAUSE OF THEIR LOW ENGLISH PROFICIENCY AND THE TRADITIONAL VIEWS SUPPORTED BY MANY PARENTS WHO GREW UP WITH THE CONFUCIAN HERITAGE CULTURE, WHICH ENCOURAGES CHILDREN TO BE QUIET IN THE CLASSROOM TO BE GOOD LISTENERS. THIS ACTION RESEARCH TOOK FIFTEEN MONTHS BETWEEN TWO SCHOOL YEARS, 2018- 2019 AND 2019-2020, WITH TWO GROUPS OF FOUR AND FIVE-YEAR-OLD STUDENTS IN A KINDERGARTEN CLASSROOM. DOCUMENTATION POSTERS WERE CREATED FOR YOUNG CHILDREN TO USE THE NEXT MORNING TO REFLECT ON THEIR LEARNING. THE PEDAGOGY OF LISTENING AND PEDAGOGICAL DOCUMENTATION FROM THE REGGIO EMILIA APPROACH WERE IMPLEMENTED TO DISCOVER AND RECORD YOUNG CHILDREN\u2019S IDEAS AND INTERESTS, WORK WITH DAILY DOCUMENTATION POSTERS, AND HELP THEM REFLECT ON DOCUMENTATION POSTERS TO IMPROVE THEIR LEARNING AND DEVELOP THEIR HIGHER-ORDER THINKING SKILLS. PHOTOS AND VIDEOS, OBSERVATION NOTES WITH THE CHILDREN\u2019S COMMENTS, DOCUMENTATION POSTERS, AND REFLECTIVE DISCUSSIONS WERE USED AS INTERVENTIONS TO COLLECT THE CHILDREN\u2019S IDEAS AND RECORD THEIR LEARNING ACTIVITIES. THE CHILDREN LEARNED TO USE DOCUMENTATION POSTERS TO REMEMBER, THINK, SHARE, AND IMPROVE THEIR LEARNING. THE CHILDREN\u2019S COMMENTS FROM LEARNING CENTRES, RECESS, AND REFLECTIVE DISCUSSIONS WERE USED TO EXAMINE THEIR UNDERSTANDING OF LEARNING AND HIGHER-ORDER THINKING SKILLS. DURING ONE PILOT CYCLE AND THREE STRUCTURED DATA COLLECTION CYCLES, THE CHILDREN DEMONSTRATED IMPROVEMENT IN LEARNING FOR EACH LEARNING PROJECT AND DEVELOPMENT OF THEIR THINKING SKILLS BOTH WITH AND WITHOUT THE TEACHER\u2019S SUPPORT. THE CHILDREN DEMONSTRATED HIGHER-ORDER THINKING SKILLS MORE OFTEN FROM LEARNING CENTRES AND RECESS WHEN THEY HAD TO SOLVE PROBLEMS. THEY ALSO DEMONSTRATED HIGHER-ORDER THINKING SKILLS MORE OFTEN DURING THE WHOLE GROUP REFLECTIVE DISCUSSIONS THAN IN SMALL GROUP REFLECTIONS, WHEN A BIGGER NUMBER OF CHILDREN JOINED OR WHEN THEY HAD ENOUGH TIME TO THINK. THE THINKING SKILLS WHEN CHILDREN WERE REFLECTING WERE OBSERVED TO CONCENTRATE ON REMEMBERING AND UNDERSTANDING AS THEY FOCUSED ON REMEMBERING AND SHARING THE PREVIOUS DAY\u2019S WORK. THE CHILDREN\u2019S OTHER HIGHER-ORDER THINKING SKILLS DID NOT SHOW AN INCREASE IN FREQUENCY DURING REFLECTIVE DISCUSSIONS. HOWEVER, THE CHILDREN DEMONSTRATED ACTIVE ENGAGEMENT AND A RANGE OF HIGHER-ORDER THINKING SKILLS WHEN THE TEACHER ASKED OPENENDED QUESTIONS AND PROVIDED SUPPORT AND COMMENTS TO HELP THEM TO CONNECT THEIR LEARNING TO THEIR PAST EXPERIENCES. FINDINGS INDICATED THAT THE CHILDREN\u2019S LEARNING FROM EACH LEARNING CENTRE SHOWED CHANGE AND IMPROVEMENT DURING THEIR PLAY OVER TIME ACCORDING TO THEIR INTERESTS, INDICATED BY THEIR MATERIAL USE AND COMMENTS. THE RESEARCH WAS LIMITED BY ITS SMALL NUMBER OF PARTICIPANTS WITHIN THEIR AGE GROUP DUE TO CONVENIENCE SAMPLING AND THE CHILDREN\u2019S RELATIVELY LIMITED ABILITY TO DEMONSTRATE HIGHER-ORDER THINKING SKILLS. THIS STUDY HAS SHOWN HOW TEACHERS COULD HELP CHILDREN USE DAILY DOCUMENTATION POSTERS TO DEVELOP THEIR LEARNING AND THINKING SKILLS BY VISUALIZING THEIR IDEAS AND THE TEACHER\u2019S IMPORTANT ROLE IN SUPPORTING CHILDREN\u2019S LEARNING WITH ACTIVE LISTENING AND SUPPORT IN THE CLASSROOM<\/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-423979","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-gassner-franz","tnc_tax_19765-li-warren-man-ho","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 7 \u5929 ago","modified":"Updated 3 \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":["GASSNER, FRANZ<\/a>","LI, WARREN MAN HO<\/a>"],"unlinked":["GASSNER, FRANZ<\/span>","LI, WARREN MAN HO<\/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\/423979","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=423979"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/library.usj.edu.mo\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tnc_col_19631_item\/423979\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":433494,"href":"https:\/\/library.usj.edu.mo\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tnc_col_19631_item\/423979\/revisions\/433494"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.usj.edu.mo\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=423979"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}