Asian Journal of Distance Education

Yazarlar: Victor WANG

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Anahtar Kelimeler:Distance Education

Özet: This article reports the results of a study designed to investigate the instructional patterns of Chinese online instructors in terms of Western (i.e., United States) constructivist approaches and problem-based learning models (PBL) as reflected also in the humanistic, progressive, analytic and radical approaches of teaching. Online instructors from major universities in Beijing and Shanghai, China, volunteered to respond to a survey comprised of nineteen statements about their teaching patterns. The survey was complemented and supplemented by seven open-ended questions. The study results indicated that, while Chinese online instructors clung to their traditional liberal and behavioral methods of instruction, they had an inclination to employ Western democratic approaches of teaching.

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