The Hong Kong Institute of Education
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Dr Wing-wah LAW 
 Dr.
Kanya Mahitivanicha NGAIkanya@hkucc.hku.hk
Associate Professor in Research Methodology
Dr. Kanya Mahitivanicha Ngai is an Associate
Professor in Research Methodology in the Department
of Education at the University of Hong Kong. Prior
to joining The University of Hong Kong in November
of 2007, she worked as a socio-behavioral research
scientist at the San Francisco-Bay Area office of
the American Institutes for Research that is
headquartered in Washington, DC. She has a
background in economics, human development, and
education policy and planning. Kanya has been a
researcher and consultant in the education sector
since 1998.
Kanya received her B.A. (honors) in economics and Master of Education (in administration, planning and social policy) from Harvard University. She received her Ph.D. at the University of Texas at Austin and interned at Stanford University while living in the San Francisco-Bay Area. Kanya has been the chief analyst on multiple research projects sponsored by the U.S. Department of Education, ranging from fiscal studies examining the impact of funding formula on special education practices to evaluation studies examining school districts' investment in professional development, as well as studies examining the cost of providing high quality preschool programs. She has presented at multiple international research conferences and published in multiple journals including the Educational Administration Quarterly, the Journal of Education Finance, and the American Educational Research Journal. Currently a resident of Hong Kong, Kanya is involved in the personal growth and development of local youth/young adults through the network of local Christian workers. One of her many keen interests is to see young leaders developed who will walk with integrity and bring sound ethics into the marketplace, and through such a lifestyle, influence their society in the generations to come. Kanya is a permanent resident of the United States and Thailand, and has resided in Singapore and Canada. She speaks English, Mandarin and Thai. Her current line of exploratory research focuses on innovational tri-capital redevelopment (i.e., human capital, social capital and moral capital) in the context of the entrepreneurial market in Asia. ¡@ |
 Dr.
Chi-kim CHEUNGcheungck@hkucc.hku.hk
Assistant Professor
Dr. C.K. Cheung is an assistant professor at the
Faculty of Education, University of Hong Kong. His
research interests include entrepreneurship
education, media education, and civic education. He
has published more than 30 externally refereed
articles and book chapters. He has been successful
in getting both internal and external research
grants. In 2006, he was awarded the most competitive
research grant (CERG) to look at the implementation
of media education in Hong Kong's secondary
curriculum. He has been frequently invited overseas
to give speeches and paper presentations in the
field of media education. He was just invited to
Spain by the United Nations attending the Alliance
of Civilization in January 2008. |
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Dr. Eadaoin Kam-ping HUI eadaoin@hkucc.hku.hk
Associate Professor and Head of the Division of
Learning, Development, and Diversity
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