4.1 The Sample

The targeted sample were 300 schools that are to fully implement CMI for their 1998/99 Secondary 1 classes in accordance with Government’s advice. 189 schools returned the questionnaires, making a return rate of 66%. From these 189 schools, 152 Administrator Questionnaires and 1942 Teacher Questionnaires were collected. However, 17 schools were identified as having fully implemented CMI long before 1989 (i.e. they are the traditional Chinese Middle Schools) and most of their content subject teachers had no experience of teaching in an EMI context. Since they had no experience of changing MOI, they were excluded from the sample. Therefore, only 135 Administrator Questionnaires and 1697 Teacher Questionnaires were considered valid and subject to analysis.

Background of Schools

Table 4.1a: Type of Schools Institutional Sector Government School Aided School Private School Others 5.9% 87.4% 3.0% 3.7%

Curriculum Type Grammar School Technical School Prevocational School Others 91.5% 4.2% 1.7% 2.5%

Table 4.1b: Position of Administrators in School Principal Vice Principal Prefect of Study Others 33.1% 45.1% 17.3% 4.5%

Background of Teachers

Table 4.1c: Type of Secondary School Attended

Table 4.1d: Teaching Experience of Teachers

Table 4.1e: Professional Training of Teachers Received Professional Training Yes Under training No 81.2% 7.8% 11.0% 　 Table 4.1f: Teacher Training in MOI. Received Training for Mother Tongue Instruction Yes, by Education Department 6.7% 　 　 by school organization 1.2% 　 　 school-based 0.6% 　 　 others 2.0% 10.5% No 89.5%

Table 4.1g: Distribution of Teachers among Content Subjects Major Subject Taught Mathematics Science Geography History EPA Computer Cultural subjects Technical subjects Social Studies Civic Education Others 25.8% 19.8% 11.7% 10.3% 6.1% 6.0% 3.5% 3.1% 1.9% 0.6% 10.7%

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