幼兒教育學系（ECE）署理系主任劉怡虹博士獲教大教育及人類發展學院（FHED）頒發2024/25院長學術研究獎中的「期刊文章獎」，以表揚劉博士嘅期刊發表對社會嘅貢獻。
劉博士的期刊文章旨在評估「親子大腦訓練營」的有效性，這是一個為期四週，以遊戲短片為主的親子訓練，讓家長籍著循序漸進的遊戲，促進幼兒執行功能（EFs）。計劃針對五至六歲的幼兒，通過對173名香港幼兒進行的隨機對照試驗，並以前後測試設計進行評估。
每位獲獎者將獲得50,000元，以進一步支持他們的研究、學術和影響力工作；而入圍者則將獲頒證書。
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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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