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Publications related to the activities of the UNESCO Chair

The Routledge International Handbook of Life and Values Education in Asia

Co-edited by the Chair Professor John C.K. LEE and Professor Kerry Kennedy, The Routledge International Handbook of Life and Values Education in Asia provides a comprehensive overview of life and values education in the 21-century Asia. Diverse themes of the handbook range from moral, social, and religious education to issues of environmental sustainability, global citizenship, and peace education. Contributors explore these various themes through cross-cultural lens drawing on relevant local and global contexts and highlighting the significance of both Eastern traditions and Western influences. See the Annex of Selected Books for the cover of the handbook.  

 
Lee, J. C.-K., & Kennedy, K. J. (Eds.). (2024). The Routledge international handbook of life and values education in Asia. Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003352471


Other selected publications from the UNESCO Chair and EdUHK colleagues that advance the objectives of the UNESCO Chair programme and support the SDGs: 
 
Au, Y. Y. M., & Lee, J. C.-K. (2024). Life and moral education and Chinese language education: Trends and prospects in the Greater China Region. In S. M. S. Lam, J. C.-K. Lee, & C. M. Si (Eds.), Learning and teaching Chinese as a first language: International perspectives (pp. 155-166). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003410454-13
 
Beasy, K., Smith, C., & Watson, J. (2023). Education and the un Sustainable Development Goals: Praxis Within and Beyond the Classroom (1st ed., Vol. 7). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-99-3802-5 
 
Chan, K. K. S., Lau, E. N. S., & Lee, J. C.-K. (Eds.). (2024). Mindfulness for child and adolescent well-being: International perspectives. Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003314882 
 
Cheang, C. C., Lee, J. C.-K., Yip, E. S. K., & Tsang, E. P. K. (2024). An account of environmental education in Hong Kong: The role of non-formal and informal education. In J. C.-K. Lee & K. J. Kennedy (Eds.), The Routledge international handbook of life and values education in Asia (pp. 489-498). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003352471-61
 
Chow, A. S.-Y., Jim, C.-Y., & Lee, J. C.-K. (2023). Education for sustainable development: Experiences from a Tree Assessment for Life Education (TALE) Project in Hong Kong. In K. J. Kennedy, M. Pavlova, & J. C.-K. Lee (Eds.), Soft skills and hard values: Meeting education's 21st century challenges (pp. 149-163). Oxon; New York: Routledge. 
 
Kennedy, K. J., Pavlova, M., & Lee, J. C.-K. (2023). Skills agendas in the 21st century: Understanding the stories. In K. J. Kennedy, M. Pavlova, & J. C.-K. Lee (Eds.), Soft skills and hard values: Meeting education's 21st century challenges (pp. 3-18). Oxon; New York: Routledge. 
 
Kennedy, K. J., Pavlova, M., & Lee, J. C.-K. (Eds.). (2023). Soft skills and hard values: Meeting education's 21st century challenges. Oxon; New York: Routledge. 
 
Korte, S.-M., Cheung, W. M.-Y., Maasilta, M., Kong, S. C., Keskitalo, P., Wang, L., Lau, C. M., Lee, J. C. K., & Gu, M. M. (2024). Enhancing Artificial Intelligence Literacy in cross-cultural online workshops. Computers and education open. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.caeo.2024.100164
 
Lee, J. C.-K., Zhang, E. Y., & Liu, R. H. Y. (2023). Life and values education: Beyond the self. In K. J. Kennedy, M. Pavlova, & J. C.-K. Lee (Eds.), Soft skills and hard values: Meeting education's 21st century challenges (pp. 112-132). Oxon; New York: Routledge. 
 
Leung, A. N. M., Chan, K. K. S., Ng, C. S. M., & Lee, J. C.-K. (2024). Cyberbullying and values education: Implications for family and school education. In A. N. M. Leung, K. K. S. Chan, C. S. M. Ng, & J. C.-K. Lee (Eds.), Cyberbullying and values education: Implications for family and school education (pp. 1-9). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003314509
 
Leung, A.N.M., Chan, K.K.S., Ng, C.S.M., & Lee, J.C.-K. (Eds.). (2023). Cyberbullying and Values Education: Implications for Family and School Education (1st ed.). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003314509
 
Li, W. C., Kennedy J.K, Lee, J.C.K. (2023). Leveraging education through technology: experiences and lessons from the Education University of Hong Kong, China. Background paper prepared for the Global Education Monitoring Report Technology and education – Southeast Asia [ED/GEMR/MRT/2023/SA/P1/01]. https://doi.org/10.54676/ZHCN9621
 
Pavlova, M., & Askerud, P. (2024). A Euro-Asian look at challenges to innovation and the greening of industries: Implications for TVET and strategic policy formulation. Journal of Vocational Education & Training, 76(2), 381-405. https://doi.org/10.1080/13636820.2023.2288055
 
Si, C. M., Lee, J. C.-K., & Lam, S. M. S. (2024). Introduction. In S. M. S. Lam, J. C.-K. Lee, & C. M. Si (Eds.), Learning and teaching Chinese as a first language: International perspectives (pp. 1-11). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003410454-1 
 
Yu, W. M., Lee, J. C.-K., & Kong, R. H. M. (2023). Teacher preparation in times of crisis and change: From values education to “You Only Live Once”. In K. W. H. Yung & H. Xu (Eds.), Educating teachers online in challenging times: The case of Hong Kong (pp. 109-130). Abingdon, Oxon: Routledge. 
 
Zhao, Z., & Lee, J. C. K. (2023). The meaning of life in China’s civics curriculum: A comparative historical study on worldview construction. Journal of Moral Education, 53(3), 575–591. https://doi.org/10.1080/03057240.2023.2258288.
 
Zhao, Z., & Lee, J. C.-K. (2024). Contexts and orientations of life education in Asia. In J. C.-K. Lee, & K. J. Kennedy (Eds.), The Routledge international handbook of life and values education in Asia. Routledge. 
 
李子建(2024):張校長的務實熱誠,輯於張勇邦編《穿越「堅離地教育」: 張勇邦校長和你經歷跌碰起伏四十年》(頁 6-7),香港,印象文字. 

 

Leveraging education through technology: experiences and lessons from the Education University of Hong Kong, China

  • UNESCO
  • Background paper prepared for the Global Education Monitoring Report Technology and education –  Southeast Asia [ED/GEMR/MRT/2023/SA/P1/01]

 

 

Twenty-first Century Skills, Career and Life Planning Education (21世紀技能與生涯規劃教育)

  • 《北京教育》
  • Final report of the Review on the “Effectiveness of the Implementation of Career and Life Planning Education in Secondary Schools in Hong Kong”​