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Staff concerns

Wang Chong, cultural hero: philosopher and critical thinker
Wang Chong, cultural hero: philosopher and critical thinker

– Street sign, Shaoxing

These are themes which emerged as issues of concern in the interviews with teaching staff.

Responses to most of these inform the teaching notes which follow in this section.

Systemic issues

  • Class sizes
  • Proportion of NESB students in class
  • IELTS levels for student admission

Mismatched expectations

  • Teaching styles
  • Assessment
  • "Rote learning" and "regurgitation"
  • Dependency

English language skills

  • Student English language levels
  • Use of the native language in class

Critical thinking

  • Capacity to analyse rather than describe or recount

Academic integrity

  • Exams
  • Plagiarism
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