Projects


Projects by Policy Areas (Click on Subject Area(s) for Direct Link):

1. Cross-Cultural and Inclusive Education | 2. Early Childhood Education | 3. Education Policy in General | 4. History of Education | 5. Language Policy | 6. Learning & Teaching | 7. National/Civic Education | 8. Post-Secondary Education | 9. Privatisation of Education | 10. Teacher Education and Development


 

1. Cross-Cultural and Inclusive Education

Project Title Investigator(s)

Transition from early years to primary education: Increasing successful immigrant and minority family engagement with their children’s learning in Hong Kong

PI: Yuen Yuet Mui Celeste

Co-I: Bailey-Lau Po Lin Becky | Leung Ka Wai | Yuen Wai Wa Timothy

Well-being and success for all: Mapping the pathways of engagement with school and society among immigrant, minority and mainstream students in Hong Kong

PI: Yuen Yuet Mui Celeste

Co-I: Yuen Wai Wa Timothy | Cheung Chi Keung Alan | Lee Moo Sung

 


2. Early Childhood Education

Project Title Investigator(s)

Making sense of spaces in Hong Kong kindergartens: An exploratory study on children’s perspectives and early childhood practices

PI: Yuen Wai Kwan Gail

Co-I: Lam Mei Seung Michelle

A territory-wide study on the impact of the voucher scheme on parents’ choice of early childhood education services

PI: Yuen Wai Kwan Gail

Co-I: Choi Cheong Ben | Lam Mei Seung Michelle

Parents’ use of full-day early childhood education service

PI: Yuen Wai Kwan Gail

Co-I: Yu Wai Bing

 


3. Education Policy in General

Project Title Investigator(s)
What we want for Hong Kong education: Challenges and possible solutions

PI: Choi Tae HeeChiu Chi Shing

Co-I: Hui Hon Wing Joe | Lo Wai Yin | Ngai Siu Keung George | Tang Hei Hang Hayes | Yu Wai Bing | Yuen Wai Kwan Gail | Yuen Wai Wa Timothy

 


 

4. History of Education

Project Title Investigator(s)
Trajectories of Hong Kong Educational Policies: Five Case Study 

PI: Choi Tae Hee

Co-I: Hui Hon Wing | Lo Wai Yin | Ngai Siu Keung George | Poon Yu Hin | Tang Hei Hang Hayes | Yu Wai Bing | Yuen Wai Kwan Gail | Yuen Wai Wa Timothy

Historical development of educational policies in Hong Kong

PI: Lo Wai YinChoi Tae Hee

Co-I: Hui Hon Wing Joe

Standardizing Education Policy and Practice in the Global Age: Cases from England, China and South Korea

PI: Choi Tae Hee

Co-I: Agnieszka Bates | Kim Yonge

 


5. Language Policy

Project Title Investigator(s)

Utilising Students' Mother Tongue to Enhance Students' Learning in EMI Courses: Phase III

PI: Choi Tae Hee

Effectiveness of English language education reform process: A comparative study of four territories in East Asia

PI: Choi Tae Hee

Enactment of medium of instruction policy: Enhancement of student learning in courses with English as a medium of instruction

PI: Choi Tae Hee    

Co-I: Yuen Wai Kwan Gail | Darren Bryant | Ko Yue On James  

 


6. Learning & Teaching

Project Title Investigator(s)
Case-based blended learning pedagogies for pre-service teachers: Building a community of practice in higher education settings

PI: Lee Tai Hoi Theodore | Yuen Wai Kwan Gail      

Co-I: Yang Min | Choi Tae Hee | Chan Po Lin | Sin Wai Lam William | Wan Zhihong

Provision of services for support programme on fostering communities of practice to enhance small class teaching

PI: Ko Po Yuk

Co-I: Chiu Chi Shing | Lee Chi Kin John

 


7. National/Civic Education

Project Title Investigator(s)
Post Anti-National Education and Occupy Movement in Hong Kong: Characteristics of National Education in the Perceptions of Hong Kong Secondary School Civic Education Teachers

PI: Chong King Man Eric

Co-I: Cheng Chi Keung Eric | Leung Yan Wing | Yuen Wai Wa Timothy | Ian Davies | Tang Hei Hang Hayes | Hung Chung Fun Steven

Developing civic learning communities to address Hong Kong’s future needs: Supporting schools in professional development for school based civic education

PI: Leung Yan Wing

Co-I: Yuen Wai Wa Timothy | Chong King Man Eric | Ngai Siu Keung George | Lung Ching Leung

Critical thinking and national identity in civic moral and national education: An investigation of the understanding and practices in schools

PI: Yuen Wai Wa Timothy

Co-I: Mok Ka Tung Francis

 


8. Post-Secondary Education

Project Title Investigator(s)

Assessing Entrepreneurial Intention for Graduate Entrepreneurship: Case Studies of Hong Kong Research-intensive Universities

PI: Tang Hei Hang Hayes

Vocational education and training for youth development

PI: Lee Sin Yau | Lee Chi Kin John

Co-I: Li Chin Wa | Man Ying Ling | Tang Hei Hang Hayes | Kelvin Ma

Transition from secondary to post-secondary education: Access, obstacles, and success factors of immigrant, minority and low-income youth in Hong Kong (Pilot)

PI: Yuen Yuet Mui Celeste

Co-I: Cheung Chi Keung Alan | Leung Cheung Shing Sam | Tang Hei Hang Hayes

Entrepreneurial orientation and youth entrepreneurship by graduates of Hong Kong research-intensive universities: Incentives and impediments

PI: Tang Hei Hang Hayes

World Class Worldwide: The Rise of HKIEd from a Teacher College to an Asian University of 'Education Plus'

PI: Tang Hei Hang Hayes

CO-I: Ho Ching Wai

 


9. Privatisation of Education

Project Title Investigator(s)
State-funded outsourcing of English language education: Does new education privatisation ensure “quality education for all” in Hong Kong secondary schools?

PI: Choi Tae Hee

Experiences with and views of outsourcing of education in Hong Kong secondary schools

PI: Choi Tae Hee

Co-I: Chiu Chi Shing

Privatisations in education: Exploratory cases in Australia, Greece and Hong Kong

PI: Choi Tae Hee   

Co-I: Bob Lingard | Sue Creagh | Anna Tsatsaroni | Areti Vogopoulou | Sofia Koutsiouri | Prem Poudel

 


10. Teacher Education and Development

Project Title Investigator(s)

Issues with provision of teacher education in reform context

PI: Choi Tae Hee

Promoting pre-service teachers agency beliefs, pedagogical awareness and lesson quality through prior classroom observation training for reflective practice

PI: Ko Yue On James

Co-I: Cheng Chi Keung Eric | Choi Tae Hee | Lam Bick Har