Publications 2015 onwards

Books

Jayaram, S., Munge, W., Adamson, B., Jain, N. & Sorrell, D. (Eds.) (2017). Bridging the skills gap: innovations in Africa and Asia. Dordrecht: Springer.

Feng, A.W. & Adamson, B. (Eds.) (2015). Trilingualism in education in China: models and challenges. Dordrecht: Springer.

Book  Chapters

Tam, M. (2018). Lifelong Learning for Older Adults: Culture and Confucianism. In Milana, M., Webb, S., Holford, J., Waller, R., Jarvis, P. (Eds.), The Palgrave International Handbook on Adult and Lifelong Education and Learning (857-878). UK: Palgrave Macmillan.

Park, J. (2017). Conceptualization of peace education. In A. M. Peters (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Educational Philosophy and Theory (1-5). NY: Springer. 

Park, J., & Bae, T.J.A. (2017). Peace pedagogy and forgiveness. In A. M. Peters (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Educational Philosophy and Theory (1-5). NY: Springer. 

Yi, Y. & Adamson, B. (2017). Life in a trilingual school: perspectives from Inner Mongolia. In Maclean, R. & Myhill, M. (Eds.), Life in schools and classrooms, past, present and future (pp.323-335). Dordrecht: Springer.

Yi, Y. & Adamson, B. (2017). Trilingual education in the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region: Challenges and threats for Mongolian identity. In Reid, C. & Major, J. (Eds.) Global teaching: Southern perspectives on teachers working with diversity (p.145-163). London & New York: Palgrave Macmillan.

Engmann, M., Rao, A. & Adamson, B. (2017) Principles of successful skills development models. In Jayaram, S., Munge, W., Adamson, B., Jain, N. & Sorrell, D. (Eds.) Bridging the skills gap: innovations in Africa and Asia (p.123-141). Dordrecht: Springer.

Johnson, E, Ma, F. & Adamson, B. (2016). Developing trilingual education in Western China. In Lee, C.K.J., Yu, Z.Y., Huang, X.H., & Law, H.F.E. (Eds.) Educational development in Western China: Towards quality and equity (pp.177-190). Rotterdam: Sense.

Kan, V. & Adamson, B. (2016). A Matrix Approach to Language Policy Analysis: The Case of Hong Kong. In C.M. Lam & J. Park (Eds.), Sociological and Philosophical Perspectives on Education in the Asia-Pacific Region: Education in the Asia-Pacific Region: Issues, Concerns and Prospects (111-130). Dordrecht, The Netherlands: Springer.

Adamson, B. & Morris, P. (2015). Comparing curricula. In M. Bray, B. Adamson & M. Mason (Eds), Comparative education research approaches and methods (In Russian) (268-286). Dordrecht, Holland: Springer.

Adamson, B., & Morris, P. (2015). Comparações entre currículos. In Bray, M., Adamson, B., & Mason, M. (Eds.), Pesquisa em Educação Comparada: abordagens e métodos (345-368). Brasilia, Brazil: Liber Livro Editora Ltda.

Adamson, B., & Yi, Y.Y. (2015). Trilingual education in Inner Mongolia—signposts for the future of English in Asia?. In M. O’Sullivan, D.Huddart, & C. Lee (Eds.), The future of English in Asia: Perspectives on language and literature (193-206). Abingdon, UK: Routledge.

Bray, M., Adamson, B. & Mason, M (2015). Introduction. In M. Bray, B. Adamson & M. Mason (Eds.), Comparative education research approaches and methods. (In Russian) (9-21). Dordrecht, Holland: Springer.

Bray, M., Adamson, B. & Mason, M. (2015). Introdução. In Bray, M., Adamson, B. & Mason, M. (Eds.), Pesquisa em Educação Comparada: abordagens e métodos (27-42). Brasilia, Brazil: Liber Livro Editora Ltda.

Bray, M., Adamson, B., & Mason, M. (2015). Modelos diferentes, ênfases diferentes, discernimentos diferentes. In Bray, M., Adamson, B., & Mason, M. (Eds.), Pesquisa em Educação Comparada: abordagens e métodos (457-476). Brasilia, Brazil: Liber Livro Editora Ltda.

Bray, M., Adamson, B. & Mason, M. (Eds.) (2015). Comparative education research approaches and methods (In Russian). Dordrecht, Holland: Springer.

Bray, M., Adamson, B. & Mason. M. (2015). Pesquisa em Educação Comparada: abordagens e métodos. Brasilia, Brazil: Liber Livro Editora Ltda.

Feng, A.W. & Adamson, B. (2015). Contested notions of bilingualism and trilingualism in the People’s Republic of China. In W.E. Wright, S. Boun, & O. Garcia (Eds.), Handbook of bilingual & multilingual education(484-494). Oxford, UK: Wiley-Blackwell.

Adamson, B. (2015). China’s English: lessons for Asian literacy. In C. Halse (Ed.), Asia literate schooling in the Asian Century (119-132). Abingdon, UK: Routledge.

Adamson, B. (2015). Preface. In Liu, D.Y., & Z.Y. Wu (Eds), English education in China: Past and present (1-3). Beijing: People’s Education Press.

Adamson, B. & Choi, T.-H. (2015). Teaching with English as a medium of instruction. Hong Kong: Hong Kong Institute of Education.

Adamson, B. (2015). Defining a comparative identity: 2002. In Manzon, M. (Ed), Changing times, changing territories: Reflections on CERC and the field of comparative education (39-46). Hong Kong: Comparative Education Research Centre.

Adamson, B., & Feng, A.W. (2015). Trilingualism in Education: Models and Challenges. In A.W. Feng & B. Adamson (Eds), Trilingualism in Education in China: Models and Challenges (243-258). Dordrecht, Holland: Springer.

Feng, A.W., & Adamson, B. (2015). Researching Trilingualism and Trilingual Education in China. In A.W. Feng & B. Adamson (Eds), Trilingualism in Education in China: Models and Challenges (1-21). Dordrecht, Holland: Springer.

Sunuodula, M., Feng, A.W., & Adamson, B. (2015). Trilingualism and Uyghur identity in the People's Republic of China. In Evans, D. (Ed), Language and identity: discourse in the world (81-104). London: Continuum.

Feng, A.W., & Adamson, B. (2015). Trilingualism in Education in China: Models and Challenges. Dordrecht, Holland: Springer.

Tam, M. (2015). The Confucian view of lifelong learning: relevancy to the teaching and learning of older adults. In C.M. Lam & J. Park (Eds.), In C.M. Lam & J. Park (Eds.) Sociological and Philosophical Perspectives on Education in Asia-Pacific Region (chapter 13-13). Dordrecht, Netherlands: Springer.

Journal Publications

Tam, M. (2017). Retirement and learning: A longitudinal qualitative approach. Educational Gerontology, online issue, 1-10.

Tam, M. (2017). Towards a cross cultural understanding of ageing and learning by senior adults in Hong Kong and Australia. International Journal of Lifelong Education, online issue, 1-13.

Tam, M., Boulton-Lewis, G., Buys, L., & Chui, E. (2017). Similarities and differences in views of ageing and learning in Hong Kong and Australia. Educational Gerontology, 43 (8), 393-403. 

Boulton-Lewis, G., Pike, L., Tam, M., Buys, L. (2017). Ageing, loss and learning: Hong Kong and Australian Seniors. Educational Gerontology, 43(2), 89-100. 

Thapa, C. B. & Adamson, B. (2017). Ethnicity, language-in-education policy and linguistic discrimination: Perspectives of Nepali students in Hong Kong.  Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development.

Feng, A.W. & Adamson, B. (2017). Language policies and sociolinguistic domains in the context of minority groups in China. Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development. DOI: 10.1080/01434632.2017.1340478.

Forestier, K. & Adamson, B. (2017). A critique of PISA and what Jullien’s Plan might offer. Compare, 47(3):359-373.

Adamson, B., Forestier, K., Morris, P. & Han, C. (2017). PISA, policymaking and political pantomime: education policy referencing between England and Hong Kong. Comparative Education, an international journal of comparative studies, 53(2): 192-208.

Forestier, K., Adamson, B., Han, C. & Morris, P. (2016). Referencing and borrowing from other systems: the Hong Kong education reforms. Educational Research, 58 (2), 149-165.

Chan W.F., Bond T.G., Adamson B. & Chow, M. (2016). Identifying Core Competencies of Infection Control Nurse Specialists in Hong Kong. Clinical Nurse Specialist, 30 (1), 1-9.

Boulton-Lewis, G., Tam, M., Buys, L. & Chui, E. (2016). Hong Kong and Australian Seniors: Views of aging and learning. Educational Gerontology, 42 (11), 758-770.

Tam, M. (2016). Editorial. Mini Thematic Issue: Learning and Well-being in Later Life. Current Aging Science, 9(3), 160-161.

Tam, M. (2016). Later life learning experiences: Listening to the voices of Chinese elders in Hong Kong. International Journal of Lifelong Education, 35 (5), 569-585. 

Tam, M., Aird, R., Boulton-Lewis, G., Buys, L. (2016). Ageing and learning as conceptualized by senior adults in two cultures: Hong Kong and Australia. In M. Tam (Ed.) Thematic Issue on Learning and Well-being in Later Life. Current Aging Science, 9 (3), 160-182.

Tam, M., & Chui, E. (2016). Ageing and learning: What do they mean to elders themselves?. Studies in Continuing Education, 38 (2), 195-212.

Xie, Q., & Adamson, B. (2015). How effective is workplace English for Occupational Purposes (EOP) Training?: Case studies of corporate programs in mainland China. The Asian ESP Journal, 11(1), 151-184.

Tong, S.Y.A. & Adamson, B. (2015). Student Voices in School-based Assessment. Australian Journal of Teacher Education, 40(2), 15-28.

Wang, D.P. & Adamson, B. (2015). War and peace: perceptions of Confucius Institutes in China and USA. The Asia-Pacific Education Researcher, 24 (1), 225-234.

Adamson, B., Forestier, K., Morris, P. & Han, C (2016, June). PISA, policy making and political pantomime: education policy referencing between England and Hong Kong. Paper presented at the Comparative Education Society of Europe Conference, Glasgow, UK.

Adamson, B. (2015, November). The future of English in China: Implications for teacher education. Keynote speech presented at the Sixth National Conference on Foreign Language Teacher Education and Development, Chenggong, Yunnan, PRC.

Adamson, B. & Forestier, C. (2015, October). The power of PISA: Is Hong Kong really a high performing education system?. Paper presented at the 2015 International Education Conference, Las Vegas, USA.

Adamson, B. (2015, August). The languages of tourism and principles of communicative language teaching. Conference on Multilingualism for Tourism, Tengchong, Yunnan, PRC.

Adamson, B. (2015, March). Hong Kong as a source for education policy in England: Rhetoric and reality. Paper presented at the Comparative & International Education Society Annual Conference, Washington D.C., USA.

Adamson, B. (2015, February). Defining a comparative identity. Comparative Education Society of Hong Kong Annual Conference, Hong Kong.

Adamson, B. (2015, January). Social equity, language policies and ethnic minorities in China. Paper presented at 13th Annual Hawaii International Conference on Education, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA.