Poster #60 - "Growing Into Silent Learner": From the Perspectives of Chinese Elementary Students

• In Event: 75.043 - MTCC Poster Session 17
  In Poster Session: 75.043-9 - Learning and Motivational Dynamics in Social and Cultural Contexts

Abstract

While previous educational experiences are widely considered as what lead Chinese undergraduates/ graduates into classroom silence, few studies extended investigations to where such experiences take place. Adopting a framework combining phenomenological stance with theory of planed behavior, this study first verified the existence of “growing into silent learner” phenomenon among Chinese elementary students, and then explored such lived experiences through in-depth interview. Multiple attitudes and subjective norms rooted in previous experience were identified as the intentional factors that lead to the behavioral decision of classroom silence. The underneath mechanisms were described and illustrated with examples from the interviewees. Reflections on existing literature as well as implications for researchers and practitioners in the field were discussed.

Authors

• Xiaowei Tang, University of Macau

• Yi Wang, Southwest University

• Mengfei Zhou, Southwest University