幼儿教育学系 （ECE） 署理系主任刘怡虹博士获教大教育及人类发展学院 （FHED）颁发2024/25院长学术研究奖中的「期刊文章奖」，以表扬刘博士慨期刊发表对社会慨贡献。
刘博士的期刊文章旨在评估「亲子大脑训练营」的有效性，这是一个为期四周，以游戏短片为主的亲子训练，让家长籍著循序渐进的游戏，促进幼儿执行功能（EFs）。计划针对五至六岁的幼儿，通过对173名香港幼儿进行的随机对照试验，并以前後测试设计进行评估。
每位获奖者将获得50,000元，以进一步支持他们的研究、学术和影响力工作；而入围者则将获颁证书。
我们谨向刘博士表示诚挚的祝贺！
Dean’s Research Award: Journal Articles
Winners
Dr Soobin Choi, EPL
Choi, S., Mao, X., & Park, S. (2025). Promoting school belonging for immigrant students: The interplay of inclusive school climate and multicultural education. School Effectiveness and School Improvement, 1–21. https://doi.org/10.1080/09243453.2025.2492012
Dr Eva Lau, ECE
Lau, E. Y. H., Wu, X. Y., Siu, C. T. S., Williams, K. E., & Bautista, A. (2025). Examining the effectiveness of a video-based parent-child program on executive functions for children 5 to 6 years old: A randomized controlled trial. Child Development, 96(2), 781–796. https://doi.org/10.1111/cdev.14208
Finalists
Dr Kason Cheung, C&I
Cheung, K. K. C., Oancea, A., & Erduran, S. (2025). Students’ meaning–making of nature of science: Interaction between visual, verbal, and written modes of representation. Science Education, 109(2), 480-505. https://doi.org/10.1002/sce.21916
Dr Wai Kai Hou, PS
Li, C. J., Tao, T. J., Tang, J., Bonanno, G. A., & Hou, W. K.* (2025). Comparing psychiatric symptom networks between individuals in resilience and non-resilience trajectories of adaptation amid the global pandemic. Journal of Affective Disorders, 376, 386-397. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jad.2025.01.102
* Corresponding author
Dr Li Chih Wang, SEC
Wang, L.-C.* & Chung, K. K.-H. (2024). The influences of cognitive abilities on self-regulated learning in online learning environment among Chinese university students with learning disabilities. The Internet and Higher Education, 62, Article 100947. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.iheduc.2024.100947
* Corresponding author
Dr Weiyan Xiong, IE
Xiong, W. (2025). Student or customer? Mainland Chinese students’ self-identification and reflexivity in Hong Kong’s self-financed taught postgraduate programmes. Higher Education, 1-21. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10734-025-01435-x
Due to the outstanding quality of submissions and the keen competition, the selection panel has recommended awarding two journal articles instead of the usual one to recognise the remarkable contributions of our colleagues this year.
Dean’s Research Award: Books
Winner
Dr Ivy Han, IE
Han, X. (2025). A Bourdieusian Analysis of Chinese Transnational Higher Education Policy Enactment: Policy Habitus. Abingdon and New York: Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781032692043
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