Students' views on general education: Insights gained from the narratives of Chinese students in Hong Kong

Daniel T.L. SHEK; Florence K.Y. WU; Wen Yu CHAI

doi:10.1515/ijdhd-2017-7013

Students' views on general education: Insights gained from the narratives of Chinese students in Hong Kong

Daniel T.L. SHEK^*
, Florence K.Y. WU
, Wen Yu CHAI

^*Corresponding author for this work

Research output: Journal Publications › Journal Article (refereed) › peer-review

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Abstract

The General University Requirements (GUR) is a component of the new 4-year undergraduate program at The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU). This study examined students' views and experiences of the GUR using a qualitative methodology. Written comments of 240 freshmen, sophomores, and senior-year students with reference to open-ended questions on their memorable experiences in the GUR study were collected. The qualitative findings suggested that students generally had positive views on the GUR in terms of its widely adopted active and experiential learning pedagogy, useful and attractive contents, caring teaching staff, and rich learning outcomes. Challenges were also identified for further improvement of the GUR.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	443-450
Number of pages	8
Journal	International Journal on Disability and Human Development
Volume	16
Issue number	4
Early online date	22 Nov 2016
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1515/ijdhd-2017-7013
Publication status	Published - Nov 2017
Externally published	Yes

Bibliographical note

Publisher Copyright:
© 2017 Walter de Gruyter GmbH, Berlin/Boston.

Funding

The authors thank The Hong Kong Polytechnic University for providing financial support via the Teaching Development Grant in conducting the 5-year GUR evaluation study.

UN SDGs

This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

SDG 3 Good Health and Well-being

Keywords

experiential learning
general education
higher education
Hong Kong
qualitative research

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