Students' pressure, time management and effective learning
International Journal of Educational Management
ISSN: 0951-354X
Article publication date: 14 August 2009
Abstract
Purpose
This paper aims to survey the status quo of the student pressure and the relationship between their daily time management and their learning outcomes in three different types of higher secondary schools at Shenyang, the capital city of Liaoning Province in mainland China.
Design/methodology/approach
An investigation was carried out in 14 higher secondary schools (HSS) located in five districts of Shenyang. Both qualitative and quantitative approaches were used, such as interviews and questionnaires.
Findings
The important findings include: the students pressure sources in three different types of higher secondary schools, the strongest pressure felt by the HSS students in China was the pressure from national college entrance examinations (NCEE), the rank orders of other pressures were pressures from parents, from society, from others, from schools, from teachers. The findings also include the relationship between student time management (time for sleep, time for getting up, time spent at schools, time for doing homework) and the students learning, the tests frequency in different types of HSS, the relationship between the tests frequency and student learning outcomes, etc.
Originality/value
To survey the HSS students' pressure causes, to explore the relationship between their time management and learning outcomes, to find out the effective learning factors and strategies will benefit students, teachers and schools worldwide.
Keywords
Citation
Sun, H. and Yang, X. (2009), "Students' pressure, time management and effective learning", International Journal of Educational Management, Vol. 23 No. 6, pp. 456-466. https://doi.org/10.1108/09513540910981005
Publisher
:Emerald Group Publishing Limited
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