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| Ellen | Mary | Christine |
| Q1 | CNKI, help from colleagues while doing research, training & workshop and online learning community from Teacher Development Center, classroom teaching, national teacher training, reflection, nationwide online learning communities | CNKI, talking with colleagues, workshop & training and online learning community from Teacher Development Center, classroom teaching, nationwide online learning communities, reflection overseas training, books | E-resources in library (including CNKI), overseas visiting scholar experience, push from colleagues, classroom, workshop & online learning community from Teacher Development Center, feedback from journal editors, e-books |
| Q2 | applying for projects, pedagogical technique | Pedagogical ideas, teaching methodology, instrumental technology | teaching-related research, instrumental technology |
| Q3 | desire to lead a meaningful life | interest in teaching & love of learning | teaching & students’ need, enthusiasm for teaching |
| Q4 | worry to be rejected while asking for help from colleagues | time constraints, waning influence of training over time, health problem, fatigue | initial lack of direction in research, difficulty to get a project approval and publish research outcomes, shifting criteria for approved journals from the institution, health problem, time constraint |
| Q5 | asking intimate colleagues, avoid asking potential competitors | talking with colleagues frequently | collaborating with the former supervisor, working overtime |