Variation and Learning Studies

During our visit to the  Hong Kong Institute of Education (HKIEd) where we met with Dr KO Po-yuk, Associate Professor and Dr Priscilla LO, Lecturer from School Partnership and Field Experience Office (SPFEO) they explained their learning study model. Key references for this are:

1)     Marton, F. & Booth, S.P. (1997). Learning and awareness. Mahwah, N.J.: L. Erlbaum Associates.

 

2)     Marton, F. & Morris, P. (eds.), P. (2002). What matters? Discovering critical conditions of classroom learning. Goteborg: Acta Universitatis Gothoburgensis.

 

3) (2004).  

Ference Marton, Amy Tsui, Pakey Pui Man Chick, Po Youk Ko, Ling Lo, Ida Ah Chee Mok, Dorothy Fung Ping Ng, Ming Fai Pang, Wing Yan Pong, Ulla Runesson

Classroom Discourse   

and the Space of Learning, New Jersey: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Inc.

 

4)      Lo, M.L., Pong, W.Y. & Chik., P. M. P. (Eds) (2005). For Each and Everyone – Catering for Individual Differences through Learning Study. Hong Kong: Hong Kong University Press.

 

Other references:

http://www.ied.edu.hk/spfeo/Prof_LO/publication.htm

http://www.ied.edu.hk/spfeo/Prof_LO/presentation.htm

http://www.ied.edu.hk/spfeo/resources_e.html

This was of particular interest to several of us and may be something we can adapt and investigate further in some of our authorities. Attached here is a cut and paste from the website documentation which gives an overview of the approach.Background on Learning Study Project

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