Table 9 Teachers’ view: teachers’ pedagogical practices and students’ learning environment.

From: Are migrants a threat? Migrant children and human capital investments among local households in urban China

	Panel A: Teachers’ pedagogical practices
	Lecturing	Group discussion	Interaction with students	Multi-media projectors	Internet
Chinese teachers’ view
Proportion of migrant children	0.551 (1.028)	−0.624 (1.029)	−1.694 (1.272)	0.785 (0.706)	0.954 (0.791)
Observations	2627	2683	2672	2683	2484
R²	0.375	0.558	0.444	0.726	0.710
Math teachers’ view
Proportion of migrant children	−0.115 (1.022)	−1.965** (0.969)	−2.005* (1.034)	−1.833* (1.091)	−3.199** (1.607)
Observations	2406	2415	2425	2425	2359
R²	0.605	0.621	0.548	0.573	0.450
English teachers’ view
Proportion of migrant children	−0.314 (1.153)	1.984 (1.260)	0.677 (1.024)	−1.142 (0.877)	−1.482 (1.156)
Observations	2870	2870	2870	2842	2641
R²	0.471	0.534	0.516	0.728	0.531

	Panel B: Students’ learning environment
	Class discipline	Class management	Student relationship	Student academic ability	Teaching effectiveness
Chinese teachers’ view
Proportion of migrant children	1.550 (1.131)	1.133 (1.314)	1.140 (0.775)	0.184 (1.131)	0.813 (1.278)
Observations	2530	2712	2558	2666	2530
R²	0.417	0.354	0.140	0.526	0.393
Math teachers’ view
Proportion of migrant children	0.694 (1.295)	−1.112 (0.955)	1.849 (1.220)	−0.581 (1.308)	1.245 (1.319)
Observations	2109	2398	2109	2398	2109
R²	0.669	0.587	0.631	0.402	0.678
English teachers’ view
Proportion of migrant children	0.344 (1.088)	0.606 (0.750)	0.520 (1.048)	−0.541 (1.240)	0.932 (1.116)
Observations	2576	2743	2576	2741	2576
R²	0.619	0.132	0.588	0.558	0.567

Notes: The dependent variable in each regression is standardized to zero mean and unit variance. Standard errors in parentheses are clustered at the class level. Each regression includes all control variables and controls for grade-by-school fixed effects. ^*p < 0.1, ^**p < 0.05, ^***p < 0.01.

Back to article page

Search

Advanced search

Quick links