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Professor John C. K. Lee, JP, Vice President (Academic) and Chair Professor of Curriculum and Instruction, joined The Education University of Hong Kong (EdUHK) [formerly known as The Hong Kong Institute of Education (HKIEd)] since 2010. He is also the Director of the Centre for Religious and Spirituality Education (CRSE), Co-Director (Research) of the Centre for Excellence in Learning and Teaching (CELT) and Co-Director of the Centre for Education in Environmental Sustainability (CEES). He was Dean of Education and Professor of Department of Curriculum and Instruction at The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK). Professor Lee was also the Director of the Centre for University and School Partnership and had served as a Fellow of United College and Morningside College at CUHK. He had worked as a secondary school teacher and a Lecturer at the Sir Robert Black College of Education.
Professor Lee graduated from The University of Hong Kong and received his MSc degree from the University of Oxford, MA (Ed.) and PhD degrees as well as a Diploma in Education (with distinction) from CUHK. His research interests focus on curriculum and instruction, geographical and environmental education, and school improvement. He is active in leading and securing education research and development projects and has a solid track record in securing external grants. One of his projects, The "Accelerated Schools for Quality Education Project", has won the Quality Education Fund Outstanding Project Award in 2008. He has served as the Regional Editor (Asia-Pacific) of Educational Research and Evaluation and Executive Editor of Teachers and Teaching as well as editorial board members or advisory editors of many local, regional and international journals. He is also a prolific writer who has edited and written more than 25 books, and published over 100 journal articles and book chapters.
Professor Lee has actively participated in education and social service in Hong Kong, Mainland China and overseas. He served as the Team Leader of World Bank Consultancy Team of the "Capacity Building for Lead Teacher Training Universities" project under the Enhancing Teacher Education Programme in Vietnam, UNESCO consultant of an environmental education project in China, an executive governing board member of International Congress for School Effectiveness and Improvement and a technology support committee member of International Association for the Advancement of Curriculum Studies, and has served as board members of Geography Teaching Research Association, China Educational Association and the Chinese Association of Higher Education. He has also held many visiting/guest/adjunct professorships at universities overseas and in Mainland China. He is the Changjiang Chair Professor conferred by the Ministry of Education, the People's Republic of China.
Research interests
Curriculum and instruction theories and their applications to language education, values education and early childhood education; Environmental Education; Geographical Education; School Improvement and School-University Partnerships; Teacher Development; the Use of Teaching Resources; and Educational Evaluation.
External Appointments
Professor John C. K. Lee served as the Leader of World Bank Consultancy Team of the "Capacity Building for Lead Teacher Training Universities" project under the Enhancing Teacher Education Programme in Vietnam, the UNESCO consultant of an environmental education project in China, an executive governing board member of International Congress for School Effectiveness and Improvement and a technology support committee member of International Association for the Advancement of Curriculum Studies, and has served as board member of Geography Teaching Research Society, China Educational Association and the Chinese Association of Higher Education. He has also held many visiting/guest/adjunct professorships at universities overseas and in Mainland China. He is the Changjiang Chair Professor conferred by the Ministry of Education, the People's Republic of China.
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Centre for Chinese Classical Learning
LEE, C. K. J. & SI, C. M.
01/07/21 → 30/06/26
Project: Research project
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Life Education for Chinese Culture and Virtues
LEE, C. K. J. & SI, C. M.
01/07/21 → 30/06/26
Project: Research project
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"Dolphin Messenger": Ocean Literacy Programme for the Primary and Secondary Schools 海豚傳訊者:中小學海洋素養啟航計劃
LEE, C. K. J., TSANG, P. K. E. & CHEANG, C.
01/07/21 → 31/12/22
Project: Research project
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Study on Small Class Teaching in Macau Infant and Primary Education (Phase Four)
LEE, C. K. J., TO-CHAN, S. P. T., HUI, K. F. S., HO, J., CHAN, K. W. P., LAI, K. C. & LAU, G.
01/04/16 → 30/06/16
Project: Research project
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Vocational Education and Training for Youth Development
LEE, C. K. J., TANG, H. H. H., MAN, Y. L., MA, K., LI, C. W. & LEE, S.
01/04/16 → 30/09/17
Project: Research project
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Doubly latent multilevel analysis of the relationship among collective teacher efficacy, school support, and organizational commitment
ZHANG, Z., LEE, C. K. J., YIN, H. & YANG, X., Jan 2023, In: Frontiers in Psychology. 13, 1042798.Research output: Contribution to journal › Articles › peer-review
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Adolescent religious engagement and democracy: A comparison of student attitudes in Hong Kong and South Korea
CHEUNG, H. W. C., LEE, C. K. J., KENNEDY, K. J. & KUANG, X., 2022, In: Compare: A Journal of Comparative and International Education. 52, 5, p. 786-803Research output: Contribution to journal › Articles › peer-review
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A translanguaging and trans-semiotizing perspective on subject teachers' linguistic and pedagogical practices in EMI programme
GU, M. Y. M., LEE, C. K. J. & JIN, T., Apr 2022, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Applied Linguistics Review.Research output: Contribution to journal › Articles › peer-review
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Children’s life and spirituality development and their educations: Sensing, spaces, and sources of influence
LEE, C. K. J., 2022, In: International Journal of Children's Spirituality. 27, 1, p. 1-9Research output: Contribution to journal › Articles › peer-review
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Constructing the future: Integrating values and skills to meet the challenges of a precarious world
KENNEDY, K. J., PAVLOVA, M. & LEE, C. K. J., Nov 2022, Soft skills and hard values: Meeting education's 21st century challenges. KENNEDY, K. J., PAVLOVA, M. & LEE, J. C-K. (eds.). Oxon; New York: Routledge, p. 199-211Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapters
Prizes
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Silver Medal of the Invention Geneva 2021
JIM, Chi Yung 詹志勇 (Recipient), LEE, Chi Kin, John 李子建 (Recipient) & CHOW, Sin Yin, Alice 鄒倩賢 (Recipient), May 2021
Prize: Prizes / Awards