Department of Education Policy and Leadership (EPL)

Research output

Research output per year 1986 2000 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2024

• 1532 Articles
• 1265 Papers
• 657 Chapters
• 170 Books
• 239 More
  • 94 Creative and Literary Works, Consulting Reports and Case Studies
  • 87 Other contributions
  • 25 Honours Projects (HP)
  • 17 Teaching Development Grants (TDG)
  • 15 Poster
  • 1 Doctoral Theses

Research output per year

Research output per year

Search results

• 2024

  Achievement motives and mastery-approach goals serially mediate the relationships between teaching quality and reading achievement: A multilevel mediation model from PISA 2018 data

  CAI, H., CHEN, J. & CHENG, T., Jul 2024, In: Current Psychology. 43, p. 23247-23259

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Articles › peer-review

  • Teaching Quality 100%
  • Reading Achievement 100%
  • Reading Instruction 100%
  • Mastery-approach Goals 100%
  • Achievement Motivation 100%

• A critical review of GenAI policies in higher education assessment: A call to reconsider the “originality” of students’ work

  LUO, J. J., 2024, In: Assessment and Evaluation in Higher Education. 49, 5, p. 651-664

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Articles › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Student Work 100%
  • Generative AI 100%
  • Higher Education Assessment 100%
  • Policy in Higher Education 100%
  • AI Policy 100%
  19 Citations (Scopus)

• A cross-cultural exploration of student development in higher education: Acknowledging, exercising, and enhancing agency

  YANG, L., LEE, S. & OLDAC, Y. I., Mar 2024, (E-pub ahead of print) In: ECNU Review of Education.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Articles › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Education Research 100%
  • Psychology 100%
  • Student Development 100%
  • Sociology 100%
  • Student Education 100%

• Advertising a school’s merits in Hong Kong: Weighing academic performance against students whole-person development

  HO, C. S. M., LU, J. & LIU, L. C. K., Apr 2024, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Asia Pacific Education Review.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Articles › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Hong Kong 100%
  • Academic Performance 100%
  • Whole-person Development 100%
  • Development Orientation 80%
  • Secondary Schools 50%

• A global typology of school principals’ time use: Exploring the effects of contextual and individual factors

  GUMUS, S., LIU, Y., BELLIBAŞ, M. S. & LEE, M., 2024, In: International Journal of Educational Research. 125, 102343.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Articles › peer-review

  Open Access

  • School Principals 100%
  • Principal Time Use 100%
  • Time Use 100%
  • Demographic Characteristic 100%
  • Teaching-learning 50%
  2 Citations (Scopus)

• A scope review of the teacher well-being research between 1968 and 2021

  ZHANG, L., CHEN, J., LI, X. & ZHAN, Y., Feb 2024, In: The Asia-Pacific Education Researcher. 33, p. 171-186

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Articles › peer-review

  • Teacher Well-being 100%
  • Scoping Review 100%
  • Mixed Methods 100%
  • Copyright 16%
  • Mixed Methodology 16%
  14 Citations (Scopus)

• Assessing the validity and reliability of enabling structure scale in mainland China

  ZHANG, W. & TSANG, K. K., Jun 2024, (E-pub ahead of print) In: International Journal of Educational Management.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Articles › peer-review

  • Mainland China 100%
  • School Bureaucracy 100%
  • Enabling Structures 100%
  • Chinese 100%
  • China 100%

• A systematic review of teacher resilience: A perspective of the job demands and resources model

  LU, J., CHEN, J., LI, Z. & LI, X., 2024, In: Teaching and Teacher Education. 151, 104742.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Articles › peer-review

  • Systematic Review 100%
  • Job Demand 100%
  • Resource Model 100%
  • Teaching Profession 50%
  • Artificial Intelligence 50%

• A tale of two performativities: When performative learning meets performative technologies in a private language school in China

  POOLE, A., 2024, In: Journal of Education for Teaching. 50, 1, p. 141-154

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Articles › peer-review

  • Schools in China 100%
  • Performativity 100%
  • Performative Technologies 100%
  • Performative Learning 100%
  • Private Language Schools 100%
  1 Citation (Scopus)

• A typology of multiple school leadership

  CHENG, Y. C., 2024, In: Education Sciences. 14, 1, 70.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Articles › peer-review

  Open Access

  • School Leadership 100%
  • Leadership of Schools 40%
  • School Effectiveness 40%
  • Social Leader 28%
  • Research Practice 20%
  1 Citation (Scopus)

• Be(com)ing an academic other: A layered autoethnographic account of pursuing their doctoral studies

  YAN, D. & POOLE, A., Apr 2024, (E-pub ahead of print) In: International Journal of Qualitative Studies in Education.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Articles › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Doctoral Studies 100%
  • Outsider 100%
  • Lived Experience 100%
  • Autoethnography 100%
  • Tuition Fee 100%
  2 Citations (Scopus)

• Beyond conventional metrics: Alternative middle-class choice among Chinese homeschooling families

  LEE, T. L. T., Feb 2024, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Sociology.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Articles › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Homeschooling 100%
  • Chinese 100%
  • Middle Class 100%
  • Hong Kong 33%
  • Copyright 33%
  2 Citations (Scopus)

• Book review: Theorizing shadow education and academic success in east Asia: Understanding the meaning, value and use of shadow education by east Asian students. Edited by Young Chun Kim and Jung Hoon Jung, London and New York, Routledge, 2022, 260 pp., £120.00 (hardcover), ISBN: 978-0-3675-6460-5; £ 33.29 (e-copy), ISBN: 978-1-0030-9786-0

  KWOK, L. Y., 2024, In: Journal of Intercultural Studies. 45, 2, p. 375-377

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Articles › peer-review

• Brokering school improvement through a school–university partnership: A longitudinal social network analysis of middle leadership development

  BRYANT, D. A., HO, C. S. M., LU, J. & WONG, Y. L. L., 2024, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Journal of Educational Administration.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Articles › peer-review

  • Personnel 100%
  • Professional Personnel 100%
  • Social Network Analysis 100%
  • Brokerage 100%
  • Leadership Development 100%

• Can the International Baccalaureate (IB) make a better and more peaceful world? Illuminating limits and possibilities of the International Baccalaureate movement/programs in a time of global crises

  GARDNER-MCTAGGART, A., BUNNELL, T., RESNIK, J., TARC, P. & WRIGHT, E. T. M., 2024, In: Globalisation, Societies and Education. 22, 4, p. 553-562

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Articles › peer-review

  Open Access
  3 Citations (Scopus)

• Challenges in implementing instructional leadership: Insights from Turkish school principals

  CANSOY, R., GUMUS, S. & WALKER, A. D., Jul 2024, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Educational Management Administration & Leadership.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Articles › peer-review

  • Instructional Leadership 100%
  • Teacher Professional Development 16%
  • Professional Occupations 16%
  • Curriculum Development 16%
  • Contextual Factor 16%

• Conceptualising collaboration for educational change: The role of leadership and governance

  CAMPBELL, P., May 2024, (E-pub ahead of print) In: School Leadership & Management.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Articles › peer-review

  • Educational Change 100%
  • Leadership Roles 100%
  • Educational Reform 100%
  • Primary School 50%
  • Copyright 50%
  2 Citations (Scopus)

• Construction and validation of a Chinese translation of the Devereux early childhood assessment, second edition (DECA-P2)

  SIU, A. F. Y., KEUNG, P. C. C. & TO, H. K. A., Apr 2024, In: Journal of Psychoeducational Assessment. 42, 2, p. 248-255

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Articles › peer-review

  • Chinese Translation 100%
  • Early childhood Assessment 100%
  • Self-Regulation 100%
  • Psychometrics 100%
  • Behavioral Disorder 100%

• Cross-disciplinary challenges: Navigating power dynamics in advocating an entrepreneurial STEM curriculum

  HO, C. S. M., May 2024, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Research in Science Education.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Articles › peer-review

  • Mathematics Curriculum 100%
  • Power Dynamics 100%
  • Entrepreneurial Science 100%
  • Science Technology Engineering Mathematics 100%
  • Hong Kong 100%
  1 Citation (Scopus)

• Demystifying the impact of educational leadership on teachers’ subjective well-being: A bibliometric analysis and literature review

  KARAKUS, M., TOPRAK, M. & CHEN, J., Apr 2024, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Educational Management Administration & Leadership.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Articles › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Educational Leadership 100%
  • Subjective Well-being 100%
  • Bibliometric Analysis 100%
  • Leadership in Education 100%
  • Literature Reviews 100%
  1 Citation (Scopus)

• Developing teacher professional capital: A case study of master teacher studios in Zhejiang province, China

  ZHANG, M., QIAN, H. & WALKER , A. D., 2024, (E-pub ahead of print) In: British Educational Research Journal.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Articles › peer-review

  • China 100%
  • Master Teachers 100%
  • Zhejiang Province 100%
  • Teacher Professional Capital 100%
  • Case Study 100%

• Development and validation of the adolescent's entrepreneurial attributes inventory: A mixed-methods approach

  HO, C. S. M., CHIU, M. M., CHIU, W. K. S. & LIU, C. K., 2024, In: International Journal of Management Education. 22, 101033.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Articles › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Mixed Methodology 100%
  • Entrepreneurial Characteristics 100%
  • Adolescents 100%
  • Mixed Methods 100%
  • Mixed-Methods 100%

• DGEKT: A Dual Graph Ensemble learning method for knowledge tracing

  CUI, C., YAO, Y., ZHANG, C., MA, H., MA, Y., REN, Z., ZHANG, C. & KO, Y. O. J., Jan 2024, In: ACM Transactions on Information Systems. 42, 3, 78.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Articles › peer-review

  • Dual Graph 100%
  • Ensemble Learning Method 100%
  • Knowledge Tracing 100%
  • Graph Ensemble 100%
  • Ensemble Learning 100%
  5 Citations (Scopus)

• Educational decentralisation and students’ academic achievement: A cross-cultural analysis

  TENG, Y. & TSANG, K. K., 2024, In: Educational Studies. 50, 3, p. 317-340

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Articles › peer-review

  • Student Academic Achievement 100%
  • Cross-cultural Analysis 100%
  • Educational Decentralization 100%
  • Cross Cultural Analysis 100%
  • Autonomy 66%

• Educational leadership and policy studies in refugee education: A systematic review of existing research

  ARAR, K., ÖRÜCÜ, D. & GUMUS, S., 2024, In: Educational Review. 76, 4, p. 1032-1056

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Articles › peer-review

  • Educational Leadership 100%
  • Education Policy 100%
  • Policy Studies 100%
  • Leadership Studies 100%
  • Refugee Education 100%
  6 Citations (Scopus)

• Educational value priorities of Chinese parents in a global city: A mixed-methods study in Hong Kong

  LEE, T. L. T. & CHIU, W. K. S., Jul 2024, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Education and Urban Society.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Articles › peer-review

  • Hong Kong 100%
  • Mixed-methods Study 100%
  • Chinese Parents 100%
  • Global Cities 100%
  • Educational Value 100%

• Enhancing school appeal: How experiential marketing influences perceived school attractiveness in the urban context

  HO, C. S. M., LEE, T. L. T. & LU, J., Jul 2024, In: Education and Urban Society. 56, 6, p. 703-727

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Articles › peer-review

  • Marketing Strategy 100%
  • Urban Context 100%
  • Experiential Marketing 100%
  • Marketing Influence 100%
  • Cluster Analysis 100%
  1 Citation (Scopus)

• Examining the changes in the self-efficacy and pedagogical beliefs of preservice teachers in Japan

  WANG, Y. C., YONEZAWA, T., YAMASAKI, A., KO, Y. O. J., LIU, Y. & KITAYAMA, Y., Apr 2024, In: Frontiers in Education. 9, 1322409.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Articles › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Japan 100%
  • Pre-service Teachers 100%
  • Self-efficacy Beliefs 100%
  • Pedagogical Beliefs 100%
  • Pre-Service Teacher 100%

• Examining “precarious privilege” in international schooling: White male teachers negotiating contract non-renewal

  POOLE, A., 2024, In: Educational Review. 76, 4, p. 753-773

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Articles › peer-review

  • Male Teachers 100%
  • International Schooling 100%
  • Precarious Privilege 100%
  • White Male 100%
  • Non-renewable 100%
  10 Citations (Scopus)

• Exploring school factors related to professional learning communities: A machine learning approach using cross-national data

  CHRISTENSEN, A. A., NIELBO, K. L. & GUMUS, S., Jun 2024, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Educational Studies.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Articles › peer-review

  Open Access

  • School Factors 100%
  • Professional Learning Communities 100%
  • Machine Learning Approach 100%
  • Cross-country Data 100%
  • Professional Learning Community 100%

• Failing interventions to harness English fever infiltrating early childhood education in South Korea: Politics of distraction

  KIM, J. H. & CHOI, T.-H., Jul 2024, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Current Issues in Language Planning.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Articles › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Early childhood Education 100%
  • Politics 100%
  • South Korea 100%
  • English Fever 100%
  • Early Childhood Education 100%

• Finding the missing link: Do principal qualifications make a difference in student achievement?

  GUMUS, S., BELLIBAŞ, M. Ş., ŞEN, S. & HALLINGER, P., Jan 2024, In: Educational Management Administration & Leadership. 52, 1, p. 28-51

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Articles › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Student Achievement 100%
  • Academic Achievement 100%
  • Educational Administrators 100%
  • School Management 40%
  • Principalship 40%
  11 Citations (Scopus)

• Fostering secondary students’ entrepreneurial attributes and aspirations through a theory-informed learning management system

  HO, C. S. M., CHAN, J.Y.-C. & LEE, C. K. J., Dec 2024, In: International Journal of Educational Research Open. 7, 100380.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Articles › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Entrepreneurial Experience 100%
  • Systems Intervention 100%
  • Prior Entrepreneurial Experience 12%
  • Entrepreneurial Cognition 12%
  • Fostering Innovation 12%

• Hong Kong kindergartens in urban space: Policy aspirations, historical trajectories, and contemporary disparities

  YUEN, W. K. G. & GALLAGHER, M., 2024, In: Children's Geographies. 22, 3, p. 350-365

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Articles › peer-review

  • Kindergarten 100%
  • Hong Kong Kindergartens 100%
  • Urban Space 100%
  • Historical Trajectory 100%
  • Space Policy 100%

• Host national teachers’ perceptions of foreign educators: Insights into the changing international school sector in China

  POOLE, A. & BUNNELL, T., Aug 2024, (E-pub ahead of print) In: British Journal of Educational Studies.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Articles › peer-review

  • International Schools 100%
  • China 100%
  • Industrial Sector 100%
  • Teacher Perceptions 100%
  • Interna 20%

• How does GenAI affect trust in teacher-student relationships? Insights from students’ assessment experiences

  LUO, J. J., Apr 2024, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Teaching in Higher Education.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Articles › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Student Teachers 100%
  • Copyright 100%
  • Higher Education 100%
  • Student Evaluation 100%
  • University Students 100%

• How does online training with reflection tasks affect the depth of reflection of preservice teachers in China?

  WANG, Y. C. & KO, Y. O. J., May 2024, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Teacher Development.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Articles › peer-review

  • Pre-service Teachers 100%
  • Teachers in China 100%
  • Online Training 100%
  • Depth of Reflection 100%
  • China 100%

• How is student resilience affected by teacher feedback, teacher support, and achievement goals? A mediation model based on PISA 2018 survey data

  ZHAN, Y., WAN, Z., CHEN, J. & WANG, M., Jun 2024, In: The Asia-Pacific Education Researcher. 33, p. 671-682

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Articles › peer-review

  • Teacher Feedback 100%
  • Survey Data 100%
  • Teacher Support 100%
  • Achievement Goals 100%
  • Mediation Model 100%
  1 Citation (Scopus)

• Humility’s role in the student voice for social justice pedagogical method

  BRIFFETT-AKTAŞ, C., YING, J. & WONG, K. L., 2024, In: Educational Philosophy and Theory. 56, 9, p. 899-909

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Articles › peer-review

  • Social Justice 100%
  • Pedagogical Methods 100%
  • Student Voice 100%
  • International Education 100%
  • Intelligentsia 100%
  1 Citation (Scopus)

• International education in transition: Perceptions of expatriate leadership at a Chinese school delivering an Australian curriculum

  CUTRI, J., BUNNELL, T. & POOLE, A., Aug 2024, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Compare.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Articles › peer-review

  • International Education 100%
  • Chinese 100%
  • Transnational Social Spaces 33%
  • International Schools 20%
  • Mainland China 20%

• Is developing new approaches to education enough? Reflections on the student voice for social justice (SVSJ) pedagogical method

  BRIFFETT-AKTAŞ, C. & WONG, K. L., Jul 2024, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Reflective Practice.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Articles › peer-review

  • Social Justice 100%
  • Pedagogical Methods 100%
  • Student Voice 100%
  • Reflective Practice 100%
  • UK 50%

• Is intergroup contact alone enough to cultivate inclusive attitudes toward immigrants? Global citizenship education as a complementary tool

  CHOI, S., Jan 2024, In: International Journal of Educational Development. 104, 102941.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Articles › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Attitudes toward Immigrants 100%
  • Global Citizenship Education 100%
  • Intergroup Contact 100%
  • Inclusive Attitudes 100%
  • Complementary Tools 100%

• Leadership for action on climate change: The role of education policy and professional standards in the Hong Kong context

  CAMPBELL, P., Jul 2024, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Journal of Professional Capital and Community.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Articles

  • Hong Kong 100%
  • Climate Change 100%
  • Education Policy 100%
  • Role of Education 100%
  • Education Professionals 100%

• Leading in times of disruption: Preparedness, problems, and possibilities part 3

  SAWALHI, R., KLEIN, E. D. & CAMPBELL, P., 2024, In: School Leadership & Management. 44, 1, p. 1-7

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Articles › peer-review

• Leading knowledge exploration and exploitation in schools: The moderating role of teachers’ open innovation mindset

  ÖZDEMIR, N., ÇOBAN, Ö., BUYUKGOZE, H., GUMUS, S. & PIETSCH, M., Sept 2024, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Educational Administration Quarterly.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Articles › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Knowledge Exploitation 100%
  • Open Innovation Mindset 100%
  • Knowledge Exploration 100%
  • Open-Innovation 100%
  • Leadership 100%

• Measuring teacher entrepreneurial behavior: A scale development and validation study

  HO, C. S. M. & LU, J., 2024, In: Journal of Professional Capital and Community. 9, 3, p. 259-279

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Articles › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Scale Validation 100%
  • Validation Studies 100%
  • Scale Development 100%
  • Teacher Entrepreneurial Behavior 100%
  • Regression Analysis 100%
  2 Citations (Scopus)

• Nationalising the international in China: A phenomenological study on the purpose of international schooling in an era of regulation

  POOLE, A. & QIN, Y., Feb 2024, In: British Educational Research Journal. 50, 1, p. 367-384

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Articles › peer-review

  • China 100%
  • Phenomenological Study 100%
  • International Schooling 100%
  • Legislation 100%
  • Cosmopolitan Nationalism 60%

• Navigating egalitarian culture and accountability pressures: Shared instructional leadership practices of Danish school leaders

  LAURSEN, R., GUMUS, S. & WALKER, A. D., Jul 2024, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Journal of Professional Capital and Community.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Articles › peer-review

  • Instructional Leadership 100%
  • Danish 100%
  • Shared Instructional Leadership 100%
  • Accountability Pressure 100%
  • Danish Schools 100%
  1 Citation (Scopus)

• Novice middle leaders navigating context: Reflections on a situated middle leader development program in Hong Kong

  HO, C. S. M., BRYANT, D. A. & WALKER, A. D., Aug 2024, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Professional Development in Education.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Articles › peer-review

  • Hong Kong 100%
  • Professional Development 100%
  • Leadership 100%
  • Professional Development Program 100%
  • Narrative 100%

• Nurturing teachers’ entrepreneurial behavior in schools: Roles and responsibilities for school principals

  HO, C. S. M., BRYANT, D. A. & LU, J., 2024, In: Leadership and Policy in Schools. 23, 2, p. 163-179

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Articles › peer-review

  • Nurture 100%
  • School Principals 100%
  • School Role 100%
  • Teacher Entrepreneurial Behavior 100%
  • School Responsibility 100%
  7 Citations (Scopus)