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”

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”

Following a thorough investigation, a Community of Practice (CoP) on technology-enhanced language learning and teaching will be established, consolidated, and sustained in EdUHK and extended to other Hong Kong higher education institutions. The community members include students, academic/teaching staff, and experts inside and outside EdUHK who engage in active exchanges of the use of technologiesContinue reading “Language enhancement at EdUHK and beyond: Fostering a Community of Practice on technology-enhanced language learning and teaching”

This project is an active response to a learning environment where assessment is not only confined by subject domain knowledge but also its application. In such an environment, students often engage in inquiries into, and problem solving of, discipline-related scenarios. In the process, they put their subject domain knowledge to test, and develop generic competencies.Continue reading “Towards A Paradigm Shift for A New Model of Alternative Assessment: From Emphasizing Summative Assessment to Emphasizing Formative Assessment with Digital Technology Support”

Critical thinking and creativity are long-standing objectives in EdUHK strategic plans and within her generic intended learning outcomes (GILOs). Given considerable uncertainty existing in the process of conducting inquiry, students are required to make their own decisions in every stage of doing it, which intrinsically involves the application and development of both creative and criticalContinue reading “Cultivating Students’ Critical Thinking and Creativity through Web-based and Classroom-based Inquiry”

The project aimed to enhance the global awareness of students through the courses with global elements they take, and their interactions with exchange students, where applicable, and also faculty members whose background is from other parts of the world. There were 20 participating staff who enhanced the global awareness elements of their courses (18 total).Continue reading “Understanding Global Issues through Cross-Faculty Collaborations”

This proposed project aims to support academic and teaching staff at the HKIEd to develop digital teaching portfolios to build a professional learning community, which will provide them with opportunities to carry out ongoing inquiries into their own and their peers’ teaching and learning practices. The project team will draw upon the elements of professionalContinue reading “Development of Digital Teaching Portfolios to Build a Professional Learning Community at the HKIEd”