Shen, Chunyun (2022) The relations between teachers' means of scaffolding perceived by secondary education students and the changes of their engagement in English class in China. Master thesis, Educational Sciences.
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Abstract
The purpose of this study was to explore the relations between students' perceptions of scaffolding means employed by the teachers and the changes in Chinese secondary education students' engagement in English lessons. Following a qualitative method design and content analysis, this study analyzed 12 secondary Chinese students' diaries about five English lessons. It revealed that students' engagement suffers changes during an English lesson. Students reported minor changes in their behavioral engagement in an English class but a significant shift in their emotional engagement. The findings also suggest that teachers' employment of all six scaffolding means (hints, feeding back, instructing, explaining, modeling, and questioning) relates to student engagement in a variety of ways. This includes promoting teacher-student interaction, a balance of challenge and support, and fostering students' sense of competence. Implications for pedagogical practices and limitations of the current study were also elaborated.
| Item Type: | Thesis (Master) |
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| Supervisor name: | Mascareno Lara, M.N. |
| Degree programme: | Educational Sciences |
| Differentiation route: | Other [Master Educational Sciences] |
| Date Deposited: | 22 Jun 2022 11:29 |
| Last Modified: | 22 Jun 2022 11:29 |
| URI: | http://gmwpublic.studenttheses.ub.rug.nl/id/eprint/586 |
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