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Our Staff
Dr. Darren Bryant is the Head of Department of Education Policy and Leadership at the Education University of Hong Kong. He holds concurrent positions as Associate Director of the Asia Pacific Centre for Leadership and Change, Managing Editor of the Journal of Educational Administration, and Programme Coordinator of the Executive Master of Arts in International Educational Leadership and Change—an online programme.
Prior to completing his PhD in the University of Hong Kong’s Policy, Administration and Social Sciences Education department, he served for 12 years as a social sciences teacher and middle leader, holding positions of head of department and curriculum leader. This work provided practical experience in leading teams involved in school-based curriculum development, program design and evaluation, and social sciences education.
Research Interests- Educational reform, leadership preparation, middle leadership, and leadership in international schools.
Joining the Department of Education Policy and Leadership at the EdUHK seems very much like a joyful home-coming after having been away for so long for Dr. Chen. Having taught at middle school and university level in Mainland China, Dr. Chen left to study for a master’s degree in Education at the University of Groningen and then for her PhD at the University of Auckland. During her recent time as a postdoctoral research fellow at the University of Waikato in New Zealand, where the numbers of researchers in education are small and therefore people are strongly tempted to diversify, she is amazed at what she has got herself into. Adding a range of qualitative techniques such as interviews, classroom observations, focus group discussions to her quantitative base skills such as Confirmatory Factor Analysis and Structural Equation Modelling, she has found herself happily struggling to understand Kiwi children’s interesting versions of the English language. Subject-wise, she has been drawn from her work in educational beliefs and teacher effectiveness into other fields, such as effective teaching, assessment, teacher emotions, and emotional leadership. She is willing to apply some of these skills and enlarge her research interest to advance the work of the EdUHK cooperating with colleagues in the coming years. This opportunity to work at EdUHK makes her feel very privileged indeed.
Research Interests- Educational Beliefs on teaching, learning, and assessment, Teacher effectiveness and development, Teacher emotions, and Structural Equation Modelling
James has extensive training and education in linguistics, psychology and education, with diplomas and degrees from Canada, Hong Kong, and the U.K.
Prior to his doctoral study, James was an EFL teacher for about 20 years and a department head of a secondary school for 10 years.
He led several innovative projects in student discipline, counselling and guidance, social and emotional learning, curriculum development, teacher professional development, and organizational learning, receiving external funds from the Educational Department, ICAC and Citibank.
His research experience and interests are diverse. He has worked in various large scale research projects funded by the RGC in Hong Kong and by the ESRC and DSCF in the UK. He collaborates with local academics and overseas researchers of University of Oxford, University of Cyprus, University of Groningen, University of Nottingham, Nottingham Trent University, and University of Helsinki in local and international research projects.
He does mixed-method research and tries to keep his mind open to ideas of both qualitative and quantitative camps. He is a Research Fellow of the Institute's Joseph Lau Luen Hung Charitable Trust Asia Pacific Centre for Leadership and Change (APCLC).
Research Interests- Educational effectiveness, educational leadership and educational management, teacher education, learning assessment, psycholinguistics, TESL, IT in education, learning disabilities, mixed methods methodology, data visualization, learner analytics.
Dr Lu is Associate Professor at the Department of Education Policy and Leadership (EPL) and Associate Director of the Joseph Lau Luen Hung Charitable Trust Asia Pacific Centre for Leadership and Change (APCLC), Education University of Hong Kong. She received her doctoral degree in Applied Psychology from Institute of Psychology, Chinese Academy of Sciences. Her current research is focused on leadership distribution and conflict dynamics in school leadership teams, change and innovation management, as well as organizational factors that affect teachers’ well-being and creativity. She shares her interest with similar enthusiasm for translating knowledge in these areas into teacher and leadership development realm.
Research Interests- School leadership teams; simulation-based training; work-life role interaction; school innovation.
Dr. Kim Fong Poon-McBrayer, Associate Professor of The Department of Education Policy and Leadership, joined the Institute in 2008. She has been an educator at school and university levels for over 30 years. Dr. Poon-McBrayer has served as a general/special education teacher at various levels in Hong Kong and the US. She was on faculty at the Monmouth University (USA), University of Hong Kong, and Nanyang Technological University (Singapore) as well as serving as a visiting professor to the University of Brunei, University of St. Joseph in Macau, and Nanyang Technological University. Dr. Poon-McBrayer has been active in professional organizations, serving on numerous boards of directors of various professional organizations as well as editorial boards of various journals. Dr. Poon-McBrayer has authored books in the field of special education, book chapters, many refereed journal articles, consultancy research reports, and policy critiques in local newspapers. Her greatest passion lies in the provision of equal opportunities for individuals with disabilities to access lifelong learning.
Research Interests- Conceptualisation of inclusive schooling, learning disabilities, transition planning, lifelong learning for students with disabilities, policy analysis Leadership development.
Qian Haiyan is an Associate Professor at the Department of Education Policy and Leadership. She studied in Mainland China, UK and HK and worked in tertiary institutions in Mainland China and Hong Kong for accumulatively seven years. Before joining the Institute in 2012, she worked at the Institute of Higher Education, Fudan University at Shanghai, China.
Her research interests include education leadership; school principalship in China and influence of the social and cultural context on schooling across Chinese societies.
Research Interests- Educational Leadership, Cultural Influence on School leadership, Education & Development, Qualitative Methods.
Dr. Szeto has led or been involved in various international and local research projects. He has been actively engaged in the International School Leadership Development Network (ISLDN) research project which involves 30 countries. Dr Szeto has taught in post-secondary sector for 20 years and published papers in high quality academic journals to reflect his scholarship to teaching and learning, educational leadership, and education policy.
Research Interests- Educational leadership and teacher development, educational reform policy and change, and technology-enhanced pedagogy.
Allan Walker is Joseph Lau Chair Professor of International Educational Leadership, Dean, Faculty of Education and Human Development and Director of The Joseph Lau Luen Hung Charitable Trust Asia Pacific Centre for Leadership and Change at The Education University of Hong Kong (EdUHK). Prior joining the EdUHK, he has worked in universities in Australia, Singapore and Hong Kong and has conducted leader development courses and/or research in America, Europe and across the Asia Pacific.
Allan has published extensively on educational administration and leadership; and school leadership development and learning. His work also explores the relationship between culture and school leadership. Allan serves on the editorial boards of the top ranked journals in his field and has published over 300 books and articles with international publishers and in the world’s most prestigious academic journals. He is co-editor of the Journal of Educational Administration. His recent research focuses on expanding knowledge of school leadership in Chinese and other Asian societies and disseminating this internationally. Allan has also acted as a consultant/advisor on large-scale research and development activities in countries including Singapore, China, Taiwan, Norway, Finland, Vietnam, Malaysia, Netherlands, Philippines, Indonesia, Thailand, Canada, the US, UK, and Australia.
He is known internationally for his passion for school leadership, innovative approaches to leader development and the promotion of leader control and accountability for their own professional learning. In 2010 Allan was made a Fellow of the Australian Council for Educational Leadership for his contribution to educational leadership research and development globally, but especially in South and Southeast Asia. In 2011, he was awarded an endowed chair professorship by The Education University of Hong Kong in recognition of his outstanding research and academic achievements in international educational leadership. In 2015, he was awarded the Edwin M. Bridges Award by the University Council of Educational Administration in recognition of his significant contribution to the preparation and development of school leaders. He has won six General Research Fund grants and twenty other competitive research and development grants.
Research Interests- Educational Leadership, Comparative Educational Leadership, Curriculum Leadership, Leader Development, Education & Development, School Effectiveness and School Improvement, School Organization and Educational Administration, Education and Politics, Qualitative Methods.
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