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Dr Ko Yue On James
The Education University of Hong Kong
E. jamesko@eduhk.hk

James has extensive training and education in linguistics, psychology and
education, with diplomas and degrees from Canada, Hong Kong, and the
U.K. Prior to his doctoral study, James was an EFL teacher for about 20 years and a
department head of a secondary school for 10 years. He led several innovative
projects in student discipline, counselling and guidance, social and emotional
learning, curriculum development, teacher professional development, and
organizational learning, receiving external funds from the Educational
Department, ICAC and Citibank. His research experience and interests are diverse.
He has worked in various large scale research projects funded by the RGC in Hong
Kong and by the ESRC and DSCF in the UK. He collaborates with local academics
and overseas researchers of University of Oxford, University of Cyprus, University
of Groningen, University of Nottingham, Nottingham Trent University, and
University of Helsinki in local and international research projects. He does
mixed-method research and tries to keep his mind open to ideas of both
qualitative and quantitative camps. He is Associate Director and Research Fellow
of the University's Joseph Lau Luen Hung Charitable Trust Asia Pacific Centre for
Leadership and Change (APCLC).

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