Year 2001
Dr Kam Yan Lai
passed his viva in March 2001
Dissertation Title :
"The impact of prior knowledge on the Mathematics learning of newly arrived children (NACs) from mainland China in Hong Kong"
Supervisor :
Prof Rosamund Sutherland
External Examiner :
Dr Birgit Pepin (Centre for Research in Teacher Education, the OU)
Dr Ellen Ko
graduated in 2001
Dissertation Title :
Dr Kam Yan Lai passed his viva in March 2001 at University of Bristol.
Dissertation Title: "Performance Appraisal in Higher Education: The impact of new managerialism on the motivation of academic staff"
Dr Ellen Ko passed her viva on 28 Mar 2001 at SCOPE. Dr Mok Ka Ho (Right), the external examiner, Mr Tim Hill (Left), the internal examiner and Prof Patricia Broadfoot, her dissertation adviser were celebrating her success!
Dissertation Title: "Performance Appraisal in Higher Education: The impact of new managerialism on the motivation of academic staff"
Dr Ellen Ko passed her viva on 28 Mar 2001 at SCOPE. Dr Mok Ka Ho (Right), the external examiner, Mr Tim Hill (Left), the internal examiner and Prof Patricia Broadfoot, her dissertation adviser were celebrating her success!
Supervisor :
Prof Patricia Broadfoot
External Examiner :
Dr Mok (City University of Hong Kong)
Self Introduction
Dr Ellen Yin Lan Law Ko is Director of Human Resources at City University of Hong Kong. Ellen served in a quasi-government organization with responsibilities for administration and public relations before she joined the City University of Hong Kong. She has had postings in a broad range of areas in the University, including accreditation and quality assurance and other aspects of academic administration, as well as human resources management. Ellen has always wished to devote her energy to a career in the public service.
Sharing
"I found the pursuit of the Doctor of Education extremely beneficial in helping me contribute to my role in assisting in the management of a University. The course not only gave me a solid foundation relating to the major issues confronting educational management through the taught components as well as the independent research, but also enabled me develop insights about approaches to intellectual enquiry, which I apply in meeting the demands of my heavy managerial responsibilities."
Ellen Ko
Ellen Ko
Dr Veronica Tam Sin Ping
graduated in 2001
Dissertation Title :
Dr Veronica Tam, passed her viva in April 2001 at University of Bristol.
Dissertation Title: "Understanding the students' leadership, aspirations and experiences in the Student Union. A study of the personal and social development of student leaders in two Hong Kong universities."
Dissertation Title: "Understanding the students' leadership, aspirations and experiences in the Student Union. A study of the personal and social development of student leaders in two Hong Kong universities."
Supervisor :
Prof Susan Robertson
Self Introduction
Dr Veronica Tam is the Director of Student Services at Lingnan University, Hong Kong. She graduated from The Chinese University of Hong Kong, and has worked for the Hong Kong Polytechnic University and the City University of Hong Kong. Throughout the years, she has continued to update herself in the areas of management and information systems.
After working in the higher education sector for some twenty years, she suddenly felt shocked one day by how little she knew about education, so she joined the first intake of the University of Bristol's EdD programme in Hong Kong in 1997.
After working in the higher education sector for some twenty years, she suddenly felt shocked one day by how little she knew about education, so she joined the first intake of the University of Bristol's EdD programme in Hong Kong in 1997.
Sharing
"The EdD programme, under the guidance of the Bristol professors, provided golden opportunities for learning, thinking, reflecting, and judging around the area of education. It was not only rich in content, but inspiring and envisioning. I found it fun and fulfilling throughout the whole learning process: the formal curriculum, reading, intellectual debates, tackling questions arising from the study, completing assignments and sharing with one another experiences and views on various education issues. It was painstaking though, sacrificing all my vacation & family times and social activities on the programme during those four years, and finally struggling with the dissertation and facing the examiners at the viva. But my supervisor, classmates, colleagues and family members never failed to support and motivate me to complete the programme in 2001. Looking back, those days with many sleepless nights and weekends loaded with assignments were good investment in exchange for an in-depth learning in education!
The EdD programme has strengthened my devotion to serve in tertiary education. Right now, I am focussing on designing student development programmes that would complement the classroom learning, with the ultimate aim of developing all-round students for their future chanllenges."
Veronica Tam
The EdD programme has strengthened my devotion to serve in tertiary education. Right now, I am focussing on designing student development programmes that would complement the classroom learning, with the ultimate aim of developing all-round students for their future chanllenges."
Veronica Tam
Dr Wong Chan Pik Yuen
graduated in 2001
Dissertation Title :
Dr Wong Chan Pik Yuen attended the Degree Congregation in Bristol in February 2002.
Dissertation Title: "Human Factors in Performance Assessment: The assessment of practicum performance in social work."
Dissertation Title: "Human Factors in Performance Assessment: The assessment of practicum performance in social work."
Supervisor :
Prof Patricia Broadfoot
External Examiner :
Prof. Lam (Dept. of Social Work, The Chinese University of Hong Kong)
Self Introduction
"I studied for the Bachelor's and the Master's degrees in the Chinese University of Hong Kong, and started my career as a social worker. In 1984 when the City Polytechnic (now City University) of Hong Kong was established, I took up a lectureship in social work, and have been working in higher education since then. I am now the Acting Head of the Division of Social Studies, which offers Associate Degree programmes in social science. I enjoy being a front-line educator. My areas of interest are teaching and learning, curriculum development, and student assessment. My dissertation for the EdD was on human factors in performance assessment."
Wong Chan Pik Yuen
Wong Chan Pik Yuen
Dr Pauline Lee
graduated in 2001
Dissertation Title :
"The efficiency of 'Student Evaluation of Faculty' as a method for assessing Teacher Performance in the Tertiary Education Sector in Hong Kong."
Supervisor :
Dr David Johnson
External Examiner :
Prof. Kit-.tai Hau (Dept. of Educational Psychology, The Chinese University of Hong Kong)
Self Introduction
Dr Pauline Lee is Principal Lecturer in the Division of Language Studies, City University of Hong Kong. She graduated from the English Department of Chung Chi College, the Chinese University of Hong Kong in 1978. Since graduation, she has worked for a year in the Information Services Department of the Hong Kong government and then committed herself to teaching work. She has taught for 22 years, 18 years of which were at the tertiary level. Her research interests are in education, TESOL, curriculum design, teaching methodology, business communication and translation. Books published include "Oral English for HKCEE", "HKCEE Writing" in two volumes (co-authored with Mr. Paul Corrigan), a bilingual book on "Reading Skills" and she has edited a bilingual book called "Catch Idioms" and co-edited a book "Culture and Communication" with Ms. Y.P.Chao. In 2002, she published a book entitled "Business Communication" for the Hong Kong Association of Accounting Technicians with Mr. Geff Heathman. In the last 15 years, Dr. Lee has also given talks and conducted workshops on Speed Reading, Reading Skills, Academic Writing Skills and Examination Skills for public libraries, secondary schools and colleges by way of making a contribution to the community.
Sharing
"The Bristol Ed.D programme has helped me develop myself further in the education profession. All the lecturers were knowledgeable, well-prepared and supportive. All our classmates enjoyed the vigorous programme and unanimously said that they would recommend it to others."
"Hopes and expectations: Write papers for journals and attend conferences to keep abreast of developments in my field. Help students to learn better, write some interesting materials for learners and contribute more to translation and to the teaching of English as a second language."
Pauline Lee
"Hopes and expectations: Write papers for journals and attend conferences to keep abreast of developments in my field. Help students to learn better, write some interesting materials for learners and contribute more to translation and to the teaching of English as a second language."
Pauline Lee
