{"id":434593,"date":"2026-08-24T17:24:58","date_gmt":"2026-08-24T09:24:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/library.usj.edu.mo\/?post_type=tnc_col_19837_item&#038;p=434593"},"modified":"2026-08-24T18:31:17","modified_gmt":"2026-08-24T10:31:17","slug":"visions-for-education-among-chinese-and-non-chinese-student-teachers-exploring-cultural-differences","status":"publish","type":"tnc_col_19837_item","link":"https:\/\/library.usj.edu.mo\/zh\/scholarly-work-usj\/visions-for-education-among-chinese-and-non-chinese-student-teachers-exploring-cultural-differences\/","title":{"rendered":"VISIONS FOR EDUCATION AMONG\u00a0 CHINESE AND NON-CHINESE STUDENT TEACHERS: EXPLORING CULTURAL DIFFERENCES"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>USING HABERMAS\u2019S THEORY OF COMMUNICATIVE ACTION, THIS STUDY EXPLORES THE EDUCATIONAL VISIONS HELD BY A MULTI-CULTURAL CLASS OF STUDENTS ENROLLED IN A TEACHER PREPARATION PROGRAMME SET IN A CULTURALLY AND LINGUISTIC DIVERSE URBAN ENVIRONMENT WITH A RECENT HISTORY OF COLONIALISM. THE PURPOSE OF THE STUDY WAS TO ANALYSE THE EDUCATIONAL AND TEACHING VISIONS PUT FORWARD BY STUDENT TEACHERS IN AN ESSAY DURING THE COURSE \u201cPRINCIPLES OF EDUCATION,\u201d WHICH TOOK PLACE IN THE 2013\u20132014 ACADEMIC YEAR AND TO DETERMINE WHETHER THE VARIATION IN RESPONDENTS\u2019 VISION STATEMENTS WAS RELATED TO THE STUDENTS\u2019 CULTURAL BACKGROUNDS. THE STUDENTS\u2019 AWARENESS OF THE INSTRUCTOR\u2019S GRADING ROLE MAY HAVE INFLUENCED THE CONTENT OF THEIR VISION STATEMENTS, AND THUS HABERMAS\u2019S THEORY OF COMMUNICATIVE ACTION WAS SELECTED AS IT ALLOWS ONE TO FOCUS ON BOTH THE CONTENT AND THE PROCESS OF COMMUNICATIVE INTERACTION. THE CURRENT QUALITATIVE RESEARCH PRESENTS DATA FROM TWENTY MACAU-CHINESE AND TWENTY NON-CHINESE OVERSEAS STUDENTS. THEIR VISIONS FOR EDUCATION AND TEACHING WERE EXAMINED ALONG THE LINES OF CULTURE. THE FINDINGS REVEALED THAT THE IDEALISED REPRESENTATIONS OF WHAT EDUCATION AND TEACHING IS, DOES AND SYMBOLISE, VARIES ALONG CULTURE LINES. SINCE URBAN EDUCATIONAL ENVIRONMENTS ARE GROWING CULTURALLY DIVERSE, IT IS RECOMMENDED THAT ADDITIONAL ATTENTION BE GIVEN TO CULTURAL AWARENESS IN TEACHER EDUCATION PROGRAMMES.<\/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-434593","tnc_col_19837_item","type-tnc_col_19837_item","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","tnc_tax_19818-english","tnc_tax_19716-school-of-education","tnc_tax_19659-journal-article"],"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 2 \u5929 ago","modified":"Updated 2 \u5929 ago"},"absolute_dates":{"created":"Posted on 24 8 \u6708, 2026","modified":"Updated on 24 8 \u6708, 2026"},"absolute_dates_time":{"created":"Posted on 24 8 \u6708, 2026 5:24 \u4e0b\u5348","modified":"Updated on 24 8 \u6708, 2026 6:31 \u4e0b\u5348"},"featured_img_caption":"","tax_additional":{"tnc_tax_19993":{"linked":[],"unlinked":[],"slug":"tnc_tax_19993","name":"SDGs"},"tnc_tax_19818":{"linked":["<a href=\"https:\/\/library.usj.edu.mo\/zh\/language\/english\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">ENGLISH<\/a>"],"unlinked":["<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">ENGLISH<\/span>"],"slug":"tnc_tax_19818","name":"LANGUAGE"},"tnc_tax_19716":{"linked":["<a href=\"https:\/\/library.usj.edu.mo\/zh\/faculty-research-unit\/school-of-education\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">SCHOOL OF EDUCATION<\/a>"],"unlinked":["<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">SCHOOL OF EDUCATION<\/span>"],"slug":"tnc_tax_19716","name":"FACULTY \/ RESEARCH UNIT"},"tnc_tax_19664":{"linked":[],"unlinked":[],"slug":"tnc_tax_19664","name":"SUBJECT"},"tnc_tax_19659":{"linked":["<a href=\"https:\/\/library.usj.edu.mo\/zh\/resource-type\/journal-article\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Journal Article<\/a>"],"unlinked":["<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Journal Article<\/span>"],"slug":"tnc_tax_19659","name":"Document Type"}},"series_order":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.usj.edu.mo\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tnc_col_19837_item\/434593","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.usj.edu.mo\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tnc_col_19837_item"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.usj.edu.mo\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/tnc_col_19837_item"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.usj.edu.mo\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=434593"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/library.usj.edu.mo\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tnc_col_19837_item\/434593\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":435275,"href":"https:\/\/library.usj.edu.mo\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tnc_col_19837_item\/434593\/revisions\/435275"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.usj.edu.mo\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=434593"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}