Learning to Design Research: Students’ Agency and Experiences in a Master of Education Program in Hong Kong  

作　　者：Weipeng Yang Yongyan Li Wumei Zhou Hui Li 

机构地区：[1]S R Nathan School of Human Development,Singapore University of Social Sciences [2]University of Hong Kong [3]Macquarie University

出　　处：《ECNU Review of Education》2020年第2期291-309,共19页华东师大教育评论（英文）

基　　金：supported by the General Research Fund(Research Grants Council,Grant No.17607517).

摘　　要：Purpose:Learning to do research has been understudied in the context of professional development in postgraduate programs.This exploratory study investigated the agency and experiences of five Chinese students who learned to design their research project in a Master of Education program at an English-medium university in Hong Kong SAR.Design/Approach/Methods:We obtained the data from semi-structured interviews and documents to establish data triangulation.Findings:The findings revealed that(1)the students’agency in research design and proposal writing was associated with their personal/professional backgrounds,(2)their English proficiency affected their agency in the proposal writing,(3)the supervisors’feedback would stimulate students’agency in changing/refining their research design,and(4)ineffective supervision and learning resources would impede students’achievement of agency on their way to creating a robust research design.Originality/Value:This study adds empirical evidence to the field of research training through the lens of learner agency.It demonstrates the applicability of using the ecological framework of agency in theoretically interpreting the contextual facilitators and constraints in making postgraduate students active agents.

关 键 词：Educational research English as a foreign language Master of Education research design student agency 

分 类 号：H31[语言文字—英语]