This cross-institutional project will focus on life education (LE) and values education (VE), which have been found by research as a high-impact educational practice to nurture university students’ values and attitudes holistically (Lee et al., 2021). University students are often highly stressed due to different challenges they face in their study journey: They have toContinue reading “Promoting life education and values education in universities in Hong Kong”

During the widespread COVID-19 pandemic, face-to-face teaching was not viable because many schools were forced to close as a preventive measure. Educators abruptly shifted to online classes without sufficient time and resources to prepare for such an enormous transition. Although shifting from traditional face-to-face format to modern e-learning approach ensured that students could be educatedContinue reading “Promoting Pre-Service Teachers’ Psychological Competence for Online Learning and Teaching: The T.E.A.C.H. Programme”

This CoP primarily aims to develop the five pillars of the PERMA model (i.e., positive emotions, engagement, relationship, meaning, and accomplishment) as well as caring ethics and related values among pre-service and in-service teachers, and to increase teachers’ capabilities to deal with the psychosocial issue of cyberbullying and understand the nature of education in connectionContinue reading “Enhancing Students’ Well-being and Life Values: Perspectives of Life Education and Positive Education”

Most students may not have a chance to have face-to-face contact with persons with mental disorders when they learn about abnormal psychology. Without such experience, students may not be able to put themselves into the shoes of those with mental disorders and empathize with them. This may hinder their ability to understand the meaning ofContinue reading “Experiential Learning Through Second Life: Improving Empathy and Reducing Stigma Towards Individuals with Psychological Problems”