The Education University of Hong Kong held its first Three Minute Thesis (3MT^®) Competition successfully on 14^th August 2021 (both video entries and live presentations). The competition aims to professionally develop the academic, presentation and communication skills of our research postgraduate (RPg) and Doctor of Education (EdD) students by challenging them to explain their research within three minutes to a general audience. The event officially began with some warm welcoming remarks from Prof Chan Che-hin, Vice President (Research and Development). More than 25 research students enrolled and presented in the competition.

The contestants’ presentations attracted the audience’s attention greatly and encouraged a lively discussion among the contestant, the judging panel, and the audience about their research. The adjudicating panel of the competition included Prof Lui Tai-lok, the Director of the Academy of Hong Kong Studies, Prof Cheng Kat-hung, Chair Professor of Cultural History, and Prof Jim Chi-yung, the Research Chair Professor of Geography & Environmental Science. After two hours of competition, Professor Cheung Yan-leung, President of the University, presented the awards to all the outstanding winners. Valuable feedbacks were also given to the participants by the judges to ensure students can learn from this fun and challenging experience.

Congratulations to all the outstanding winners of the EdUHK 3MT Competition 2021. They are:

Platinum	MENDOZA Norman Presentation title: Motivation and self-assessment practices as mechanisms linking need-supportive teaching and student achievement in English learning	YANG Yin Presentation title: Examining primary students’ self-regulated vocabulary learning mediated by the self-regulation scheme on a mobile app
Gold	ABDRASHEVA Dana Presentation title: Go abroad or stay home: Kazakhstan students' academic experiences in China	LAW Mei-ling Presentation title: Effects of Blended Learning pedagogical practices on students’ self-regulated learning and learners’ motivation in Hong Kong Secondary School Context
	MERUYERT Seidumanova Presentation title: Successful school leadership during the COVID-19 pandemic: the case of Kazakhstan
Silver	DARZHINOVA Liubov Presentation title: L1 and L2 Processing and Comprehension of Russian Locally Ambiguous Participial Relative Clause Sentences	KUCHERBAYEVA Dina Presentation title: Language attitude and language use in modern Kazakhstan after 30 years of Independence
	LIM Ching-yee Jenny Presentation title: Museum Learning and Experiences - How do we relate to IB Diploma Visual Arts Program	ZENG Chun Presentation title: Understanding non-local PhD students' agency in times of crisis
	KWOK Ching-yan Presentation title: Assessment of Conventional and New Per-and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances in the Marine Ecosystem

 

Judges

We were honoured to have Professor Lui Tai-lok, Chair Professor of the Department of Asian and Policy Studies, Professor Cheng Kat-hung, Chair Professor of Cultural History and Professor Jim Chi-yung, Research Chair Professor of Geography & Environmental Science to be the judges of the 3MT Competition.

 

Group Photo

Congratulations to all the awardees!