Research & Knowledge Transfer Projects
The Department of Curriculum and Instruction has conducted various research and knowledge transfer projects.
2024-25
| Principal Investigator(s) | Project Title | Funded By |
|---|---|---|
| KING Ronnel Bornasal | EDB Parent Education Course for Parents of Secondary Students (2025) | Education Bureau, HK |
| WAN Wai Yan Sally | ||
| Building a Sustainable World Together: Global Dialogues for Nature Conservation and Education | Funding Scheme for Initiatives on United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, supported by the Teaching Development and Language Enhancement Grant (TDLEG) for 2022-25 Triennium | |
| Empowering Global Student Teachers for Transformative Teaching and Learning in a Globalized World | Teaching Development and Language Enhancement Grant (TDLEG) for 2022-25 Triennium |
2023-24
| Principal Investigator(s) | Project Title | Funded By |
|---|---|---|
| AUBREY Scott | The effect of synchronous computer-mediated and face-to-face communication modes on second language learner engagement in collaborative pre-task planning for problem-solving task performances: Inter-individual and intra-individual perspectives | Research Grants Council (RGC) – General Research Fund (GRF) |
| BAI Barry | ||
| In-service Programme for Guangdong English Teachers (2023/24 School Year) | Education Bureau, HKSAR Government | |
| English Alliance 2023/24 & 2024/25: Promoting 21st century skill and fun in English Language Learning for KS2 and KS3 students | Standing Committee on Language Education and Research, HK | |
| JONG Siu Yung Morris | Provision of Training and Consulting Service for EduVenture® and EduVenture-VR® Courseware Design | Learniversity Limited |
| Revolutionising Experiential Learning with Learner-Immersed Interactive Virtual Reality in Hong Kong and the Asia Pacific Region | The Chinese University of Hong Kong – Research Committee – Strategic Impact Enhancement Fund | |
| EduVenture-VR®: Innovating and Boosting Authentic Experiential Learning with Immersive and Interactive Virtual Reality in Hong Kong and Beyond | The Chinese University of Hong Kong – Research Committee – Strategic Impact Enhancement Fund | |
| KING Ronnel Bornasal | ||
| The Scientist-entrepreneur: Nurturing Gifted Students’ STEAM, Entrepreneurship, and Socioemotional Skills | Gifted Education Fund, HK | |
| Enhancing students’ motivation through chatbots: A utility-value intervention | Pedagogical Development and Technology-enhanced Learning (PDTL) Grant 2022-23 | |
| LAU Kit Ling Dinky | Provision of Services for Support Programme on Fostering Communities of Practice to Enhance Small Class Teaching | Education Bureau, HKSAR Government |
| LAU Kwok Chi Victor | Increasing STEM Equity, Access, and Engagement in Amgen Communities Through the Amgen Biotech Experience | Education Development Center, Inc. |
| PENG Yue | Enhancing Chinese language teachers’ capacity to support NCS students’ academic language proficiency | The Chinese University of Hong Kong – Research Committee – Direct Grants |
| WAN Wai Yan Sally | Fostering a Teacher Learning Community: Integrating Digital Storytelling into Marine Conservation Education for Primary Schools | Pedagogical Development and Technology-enhanced Learning (PDTL) Grant 2023-24 |
| YIN Hongbiao | Provision of Services for the Certificate Course on Management and Leadership for Heads of Guidance and Discipline Teams of Primary and Secondary Schools (2023-2025) | Education Bureau, HKSAR Government |
| Mastery of Pronunciation and Vocabulary in Putonghua | Standing Committee on Language Education and Research (SCOLAR) | |
| Provision of Services on the Certificate Courses on Student Guidance and Discipline for Teachers of Primary and Secondary Schools (2024-2027) | Education Bureau, HKSAR Government | |
| ZHOU Sihan | Academic listening across disciplines: Investigating students’ strategic lecture comprehension in the Greater Bay Area (GBA) English-medium higher education | The Chinese University of Hong Kong – Research Committee – Direct Grants |
2022-23
| Principal Investigator(s) | Project Title | Funded By |
|---|---|---|
| BAI Barry | Integrating Social and Emotional Learning into the English Language Curriculum: Fostering Positive Values, Attitudes and Motivations in English Learning in Primary Schools | Quality Education Fund, HK |
| Provision of “In-Service Programme for Guangdong English Teachers (2022/23 School Year)” | Education Bureau, HK | |
| Relationships between use of read-to-write (R2W) strategies and English writing competence and effects of a writing intervention in Hong Kong secondary schools | General Research Fund, Research Grants Council, HK | |
| CHIU Kin Fung Thomas | School Learning Support and Teacher Digital Competence from a Needs Satisfaction Perspective | General Research Fund, Research Grants Council, HK |
| DAI Yun | Investigating upper primary students’ misconceptions and learning trajectories in an introductory artificial intelligence course | Direct Grant, CUHK |
| JONG Siu Yung Morris | ||
| Jockey Club VR Project for Jockey Club VR Project for Chinese Language Education II | The Hong Kong Jockey Club – The Hong Kong Jockey Club Charities Trust | |
| I believe my students can fly: Educational design research (EDR) on teachers’ learning facilitation for scaffolding students to conduct drone-supported inquiry-aimed geo-fieldwork in natural environments | General Research Fund, Research Grants Council, HK | |
| KING Ronnel Bornasal | Preparing Asian Higher Education for the Future: An International Study of University Students’ Social and Emotional Skills | Direct Grant, CUHK |
| LEUNG Kit Ying Suzannie | ||
| Children’s Pretend Play as Socially Engaged Art: A Case Study of School Transition in Hong Kong | Direct Grant, CUHK | |
| Examining young children’s computational thinking through digital arts | General Research Fund, Research Grants Council, HK | |
| TSANG Wai Chung Arthur | Towards a fuller understanding of positive emotions and learning within and beyond the EFL classroom: A longitudinal mixed-methods study of enjoyment, time on task, and proficiency development | General Research Fund, Research Grants Council, HK |
| YIN Hongbiao | ||
| Provision of Audio Recording Service for Putonghua e-Learning Modules to Hospital Authority (HA) | Hospital Authority | |
| A Job Demands-Resources Analysis of Kindergarten Teachers’ Emotional Labor and its Antecedents and Consequences: A Tale of Three Cities | General Research Fund, Research Grants Council, HK | |
| Quality Education Fund Thematic Network – Tertiary Institutes on Play, Learn, Grow in Hong Kong Kindergartens | Quality Education Fund, HK | |
| Quality Education Fund (QEF) Thematic Network on Positive Education for Whole Child Development | Quality Education Fund, HK | |
| ZHOU Sihan | Re-learning to listen and re-learning to learn: A longitudinal study of student motivation and self-regulated listening during transition to an English-medium university in China | Direct Grant, CUHK |
2021-22
| Principal Investigator(s) | Project Title | Funded By |
|---|---|---|
| BAI Barry | ||
| Promoting Primary School English Teachers’ Assessment Literacy: Developing Primary Students’ Ability to Assess and Improve Their Learning of English and 21st Century Skills Supported with E-learning Tools | Quality Education Fund, HK | |
| Tender of Provision Service of Professional Onsite Support for English Learning Circle among GPS (2021-2023) | Education Bureau, HK | |
| CHIU Kin Fung Thomas | The Curriculum Development of Artificial Intelligence and Education in Hong Kong Schools | Quality Education Fund, HK |
| Teacher Professional Development on Artificial Intelligence in South Asian Regions | Direct Grant, CUHK | |
| Hong Kong Secondary School Student Interest and Identity Development in Integrated Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) Education: A Self-determination Theory Perspective | Early Career Scheme, Research Grants Council, HK | |
| DAI Yun | ||
| Investigating the Effect of an Integrated Problem-based Approach to Teaching Artificial Intelligence for Primary Education | Direct Grant, CUHK | |
| Design-based research on facilitating students’ adaptive online academic help seeking through an analytics-enhanced forum in large college classes | Early Career Scheme, Research Grants Council, HK | |
| JONG Siu Yung Morris | Reinforcing the educational impact of EduVenture® and EduVenture® VR through local, regional and international collaborations | Project Impact Enhancement Fund, CUHK |
| LAU Kit Ling Dinky | Hong Kong Students’ Acceptance of Using Flipped Classroom in Chinese Language Subject and Influencing Factors | Standing Committee on Language Education and Research, HK |
| LEUNG Kit Ying Suzannie | Physical Activity Routines, Education, Assessment, Literacy, and Information Technology application in Young children (PA REALITY): A Social Cognitive Theory-based Movement Education Programme for Preschool Students | Research Impact Fund, Research Grants Council, HK |
| Investigating children’s computational thinking through stop-motion animation | Direct Grant, CUHK | |
| Investigating kindergarten teachers’ attitudes and aptitudes regarding the role of digital devices in visual arts education | General Research Fund, Research Grants Council, HK | |
| NG Oi Lam | ||
| Examining Hong Kong Pre-Service Mathematics Teachers’ School-Tertiary Transition through their Figured Worlds of School and Tertiary Mathematics Learning | Direct Grant, CUHK | |
| Supporting Hong Kong ethnic minority learners’ multimodal mathematics learning through responsive teaching in technology-enhanced environments | General Research Fund, Research Grants Council, HK | |
| TSANG Wai Chung Arthur | The Journey of Empathy Development through On-campus Intercultural Engagement: A Mixed-methods Phenomenological Case Study | Spencer Foundation |
| YIN Hongbiao | Happy Teaching, Happy Learning: Developing a Holistic Support of Play-Based Learning in Early Childhood Education | Project Impact Enhancement Fund, CUHK |
| Quality Education Fund Thematic Network on Positive Education for Whole Child Development | Quality Education Fund, HK | |
| Quality Education Fund Thematic Network – Tertiary Institutes on Play, Learn, Grow in Hong Kong Kindergartens | Quality Education Fund, HK |
2020-21
| Principal Investigator(s) | Project Title | Funded By |
|---|---|---|
| AUBREY Scott | The impact of learners’ affective engagement during pre-task planning on the transfer of planned content to L2 task performances: A dynamic perspective | Direct Grant, CUHK |
| BAI Barry | ||
| SCOLAR English Alliance 2020/21: e-Writing in Action and Learning English with Drama Fun | Education Bureau, HK | |
| Using e-Learning to Develop Primary School Students’ 21st Century Skills (Critical Thinking, Creativity, Collaboration and Self-regulation) in English Language Learning and Teachers’ Assessment Literacy | Quality Education Fund, HK | |
| CHIU Kin Fung Thomas | Developing Digital Learning Course for Internationalization of Curriculum Through Contemporary Learning Environments | Teaching Development and Language Enhancement Grant, CUHK |
| JONG Siu Yung Morris | Hong Kong as an Outdoor Museum: EduVenture supports Non-Chinese Speaking Students in Learning Chinese Culture | Social Innovation and Entrepreneurship Development Fund (SIE Fund), HKSAR |
| KOU Zhihui Christy, JONG Siu Yung Morris |
A flipped Classroom Approach for Enhancing Putonghua language competencies and Chinese Language teaching abilities in Teacher Education | Courseware Development Grant, CUHK |
| LAU Kit Ling Dinky | Enhancing students’ classical Chinese reading comprehension and motivation through self-regulated learning-based instruction: A longitudinal and holistic design | General Research Fund, Research Grants Council, HK |
| LAU Kwok Chi Victor | Increasing the Impact and Reach of the Amgen Biotech Experience Program: 2020-2023 | Amgen Foundation – Education Development Center |
| LAU Wing Fat Wilfred | Longitudinal profiles of risky online behaviors among early adolescents: Associations with indicators of positive technological development using a person-centered approach | General Research Fund, Research Grants Council, HK |
| LEUNG Kit Ying Suzannie | ||
| Examining kindergarten teachers’ TPACK through online teaching in Hong Kong | Direct Grant, CUHK | |
| Investigating teachers’ perceptions of the affordances of digital devices in early visual arts education | Direct Grant, CUHK | |
| NG Oi Lam | Mathematical Problem Solving through Digital Making: Envisioning a Computationally Enhanced Mathematics Curriculum in Hong Kong’s Primary and Secondary Schools | General Research Fund, Research Grants Council, HK |
| TSANG Wai Chung Arthur | ||
| A Holistic Examination of the Relationships between Language Proficiency and Input beyond the Classroom | Language Learning Early Career Research Grant | |
| Examining the relationships between English as a foreign language proficiency and learning beyond the classroom through homework and tutorial classes | Direct Grant, CUHK | |
| TSANG Wai Chung Arthur, AUBREY Scott |
Capitalizing on CUHK International Students to Learn about English Language Education and Use across the Globe: A Simple and Sustainable laH Initiative | Teaching Development and Language Enhancement Grant, CUHK |
| WAN Wai Yan Sally | Global Dialogues on Education for Sustainability (EfS) | Teaching Development and Language Enhancement Grant, CUHK |
| YIN Hongbiao | Quality Education Fund Thematic Network on Positive Education for Whole Child Development | Quality Education Fund, HK |
| Quality Education Fund Thematic Network – Tertiary Institutes on Play, Learn, Grow in Hong Kong Kindergartens | Quality Education Fund, HK |
2019-20
| Principal Investigator(s) | Project Title | Funded By |
|---|---|---|
| AUBREY Scott | The Impact of L2 Oral Interaction on Collaborative Dialogues in Computer-mediated Collaborative Writing Tasks | Direct Grant, CUHK |
| BAI Barry | ||
| Enhancing Secondary Students’ English Writing through 3C-based (Collaboration, Creativity and Critical Thinking) Activities, Self-regulation Strategies and e-Learning Tools | Quality Education Fund, HK | |
| SCOLAR English Alliance 2019-20 e-Writing in Action and Learning English with Drama Fun | Education Bureau, HK | |
| CHAI Ching Sing | CUHK Jockey Club A1 for the Future Project | The Hong Kong Jockey Club – The Hong Kong Jockey Club Charities Trust |
| CHIU Kin Fung Thomas | A Comparative Study on a Self-determination Theory Designed Professional Development Programmes for Artificial Intelligence Education | Direct Grant, CUHK |
| DAI Yun | ||
| Design-based research on student-facing learning analytics and pedagogical supports for self-regulated learning in online education | Direct Grant, CUHK | |
| Design-based research on leveraging the student-facing learning analytics to enhancing self-regulation in the flipped classroom | Pedagogical Development and Technology-enhanced Learning (PDTL) Grant 2019-20 | |
| JONG Siu Yung Morris | ||
| Strategic Use of e-Reading Resources, IT Tools and Innovative Pedagogies to Enhance Student e-Reading and Reading Motivation in English Language | Education Bureau, HK | |
| Effective Use of Mobile Computer Devices for e-Learning | Education Bureau, HK | |
| Using Information Technology (IT) in STEM Learning Activities in Primary Schools | Education Bureau, HK | |
| Developing Pedagogic Strategies for Incorporating Interactive Learner-Immersed Video-based Virtual Reality in Learning and Teaching of Physical Geography | General Research Fund, Research Grants Council, HK | |
| LAU Kit Ling Dinky | Using e-learning activities to facilitate students’ learning of classical Chinese reading | Pedagogical Development and Technology-enhanced Learning (PDTL) Grant 2019-20 |
| LAU Wing Fat Wilfred | Teachers’ Concerns about STEM Education: A Territory-wide Evaluation | Policy Innovation and Co-ordination Office Public Policy Research (PPR) Funding Scheme, HKSAR |
| LEUNG Kit Ying Suzannie | Investigating kindergarten teachers’ content knowledge and pedagogical content knowledge of visual arts education in Hong Kong | Early Career Scheme, Research Grants Council, HK |
| NG Oi Lam | The effects of implementing a ‘learning as Making’ pedagogy on school mathematics learning: Primary students’ inquiry-based Making with 3D Printing Pens | Early Career Scheme, Research Grants Council, HK |
| An exploratory study of primary students’ mathematical problem solving processes during digital making activities | Direct Grant, CUHK | |
| Innovating the Mathematics Curriculum in Times of Change: Towards Local and Global Relevance | Office of Academic Links – WUN Research Development Fund | |
| WAN Wai Yan Sally | ||
| Evaluation of the Hong Kong Jockey Club Charities Trust British Council Core Skills for Life Programme | British Council | |
| Needs Assessment and Curriculum Design | The Nature Conservancy Hong Kong Foundation Ltd | |
| Yin Hongbiao | ||
| Positive Education for Whole Child Development | Quality Education Fund, HK | |
| Play, Learn, Grow in Hong Kong Kindergartens | Quality Education Fund, HK |
Research Clusters
Curriculum Studies
Coordinator: Dr. WAN Wai-Yan Sally
The purpose of the Curriculum Studies research cluster aims to create a dynamic network for facilitating research in the area of curriculum studies through inquiring into contemporary curriculum issues, exploring and enacting curriculum and pedagogical approaches, and fostering collaborations among researchers so as to inform curriculum development and practice in the local and international contexts.
Language Education
Coordinator: Prof. ZHOU Sihan
The purpose of the research cluster is to provide a platform for members to share experiences and ideas in language education related research or activities. Regular meetings are held for substantive research communications in which members are invited to relate their past research projects and brief on current ones. By cultivating a supportive environment, the cluster also aims at developing members’ research capacity and fostering collegial collaboration.
Mathematics Education
Coordinator: Prof. LAU Wing-fat Wilfred
The Mathematics Education research cluster is primarily interested in understanding how students learn and do mathematics, and how these behaviours are influenced by various individual, socio-cultural, and contextual factors in order to inform pedagogical decisions and actions. This research interest spans a broad range of related areas in mathematics education, such as teaching, learning, and assessment, policy and practice, teacher education and professional development, technology use in and outside the classroom, and affect in the educational process.
STEM Education
Coordinator: Prof. JONG Siu-yung Morris
The STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) Education research cluster aims to address specific challenges in developing new curricula, advancing students’ achievement, as well as motivating and engaging students in STEM education. The foci of the cluster include design, implementation, and evaluation of STEM-oriented technology-enhanced learning environments, innovative pedagogies, and curricula that promote successful learning in K-12 education and teacher education.
Teachers’ Professional Development
Coordinator: Prof. BAI Barry
The purpose of the Teachers’ Professional Development research cluster is to build up and update our knowledge and understanding of teachers’ professional development and related concepts. Members/Invited speakers present their research findings at meetings and receive feedback. Other group activities include research outputs/articles sharing as well as discussion and exploration of relevant projects for future research and publication.