Served as secondary school teacher, research assistant and lecturer at CUHK. Courses taught include Moral and citizenship education, Educational Policy & Practice in Hong Kong, and Sociology of education.

Moral & civic education, Family and mass media as socialization agents, and Youth studies.

1. 1998:《教育機會差異在香港:現狀和研究議題評述》。教育政策研討系列論文。香港: 香港中文大學香港教育研究所。101 pages. Differential Educational Opportunities in Hong Kong: a review. Occasional Paper, Hong Kong Institute of Educational Research, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong (in Chinese).

2. 1999: ＜四個華人地區的公民教育:中國大陸、台灣、香港和澳門＞。刊於《教育學報》第二十卷二期和第二十七卷一期，頁179-200。"A Comparative Study of Civic Education in Four Chinese Societies: Chinese Mainland, Taiwan, Hong Kong & Macau", Educational Journal, 26(2)& 27(1):179-200. Hong Kong: Hong Kong Institute of Educational Research (HKIER), CUHK. (in Chinese).

3. 2001: ＜「教育質素」何價? 香港教育改革的矛盾、弔詭和效果＞。《香港社會科學學報》。第二十期，頁1-55。"Quality education, at what cost, at whose expense?: the lessons form education reform in Hong Kong", in Hong Kong Journal of Social Science, 20(Aut): 1-55. Hong Kong: City University of Hong Kong. (in Chinese).

4. 1998: "Preparing Students for Citizenship? Political education in Hong
   Kong", Education and Society: International Journal in Education and
   Sociology. 18(2):5-15. Australian Catholic University, Melbourne. James Nicholas Publishers, Albert Park, Australia.

5. 1999: "Civic and Political Education", in Mark Bray & Ramsey Koo (Eds.)
   Education and Society in Hong Kong and Macau: Comparative perspectives on continuity and change. Pp 151-169. CERC Studies in Comparative Education 7, Comparative Education Research Centre, The University of Hong Kong. 〈公民教育和政治教育〉。貝磊及古鼎儀主編(2002)。《香港與澳門的教育與社會：從比較角度看延續與變化》。香港大學比較教育研究中心。頁137-153.

6. 2000: "Civic education in transition: the case of Hong Kong", Canadian and International Education Review. 29(1):1-15. Official Journal of the
   Comparative and International Education Society of Canada (CIESD). HKIER, CUHK, HK.

7. 2000: "Mission Impossible: a reconsideration of democratic education in
   schools", Educational Practice and Theory, 22(1):39-55. James Nicholas
   Publishers, Albert Park, Australia.

8. 2000: "Deformed Citizenship: a critique of the junior secondary Economic
   and Public Affairs syllabus and textbooks in Hong Kong", Pedagogy, Culture
   and Society (formerly Curriculum Studies). 8(1):93-110. Division of
   Education, University of Sheffield, UK. Triangle Journals Ltd. Oxfordshire,
   UK.

9. 2001: "Society and Citizenship education in transition: the case of
   Macau", International Journal of Education Development.21(4):305-314.
   Pergamon, Oxfordshire, UK.

10. 2002: "A Critical Review of Quality Education in Hong Kong", in Mok Ka-ho & Chan Kin-keung (eds.) Globalization and Education: The Quest for Quality Education in Hong Kong. Pp.143-169. HK: The Hong Kong University Press.

Research Projects

1. Macau Curriculum Evaluation Research Project, The Association for Childhood Education International, Hong Kong & Macau. [CI, in collaboration with Dr Ramsey Koo (Chief Coordinator) & others, a research project funded by Macau DSEJ. 3.1999 to 7.2000]

2. Creative Learning and Hong Kong Culture and Society Project. [CI, in
   collaboration with Dr Elisabeth Sinn (Project supervisor) & others, a teaching development project funded by University Grants Committee, the teaching development grant 1998-2001. ]

3. A Comparative Study of Political Education in Four Chinese Societies: Mainland China, Taiwan, Hong Kong & Macau. [PI, a research project funded by the Direct Grant for Research, CUHK.10.1997 to 8.1998]

4. A Classified Bibliography of Research on Hong Kong Education (1983-1997). [PI, a project funded by the Small Grant of the Department of Sociology, Goldion Fund of Student Campus Work Scheme , New Asia College Student Campus Work Scheme, and the Direct Grant for Research, CUHK 11.1997 to 9.1999]

5. A Review of Quality Education Reforms in Hong Kong: progress and
   limitations. [PI, a research project funded by the Direct Grant for Research, CUHK. 3.2000 to 2.2002]

6. The Representation of Citizenship in Chinese Societies: A comparative study of social subjects at primary level in Mainland China, Taiwan, Hong Kong & Macau. [PI, a research project funded by the Direct Grant for Research, CUHK. 3.2000 to 2.2002]