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Chinese Name: 林志明
Variants: Lam, C. M.
Chi-Ming Lam is Associate Professor and Associate Head of the Department of International Education and Lifelong Learning at the Education University of Hong Kong. He has done some pioneering work on Philosophy for Children in Hong Kong and has presented it in invited lectures at home and abroad. He is the Hong Kong representative for the Philosophy with Children and Youth Network for Asia and the Pacific.
Chi-Ming publishes in the fields of philosophy of Karl Popper, critical thinking, Confucianism, and Philosophy for Children. His books include Childhood, Philosophy and Open Society: Implications for Education in Confucian Heritage Cultures (2013) and Sociological and Philosophical Perspectives on Education in the Asia-Pacific Region (co-edited with Jae Park, 2016). He serves on the Editorial Boards of the Educational Philosophy and Theory for the annual special issue on “Chinese Philosophy of Education” and the UNESCO International Bureau of Education (IBE) Book Series: IBE Studies in Curriculum and Comparative Education.
Chi-Ming was educated at the University of Hong Kong, where he obtained a first-class honours degree in Education and a PhD in Philosophy of Education. He worked as a secondary school teacher for two decades in Hong Kong, having headed the Integrated Science Department and the Guidance and Counselling Team, before embarking on a career in higher education. He won the Teaching Award from the Department of International Education and Lifelong Learning in 2014 and from the Faculty of Education and Human Development in 2016 at the Education University of Hong Kong.
Research interests
Philosophy of Karl Popper, Philosophy for Children, Critical Thinking, Confucianism
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ORCID : 0000-0002-5902-2891
Scopus ID: 55042418500
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Research Outputs
Development of thinking and language skills through philosophy: A case study in Hong Kong
LAM, C. M., Aug 2020, In : Cambridge Journal of Education.Research output: Contribution to journal › Articles
Review of the book In community of inquiry with Ann Margaret Sharp: Childhood, philosophy and education, edited by Maughn Rollins Gregory and Megan Jane Laverty
LAM, C. M., 2020, In : Educational Philosophy and Theory. 52, 10, p. 1105-1107Research output: Contribution to journal › Articles
Conclusions: Philosophy for children in Confucian societies
LAM, C. M., Nov 2019, Philosophy for children in Confucian societies: In theory and practice. LAM, C-M. (ed.). London: Routledge, p. 183-187Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapters
Fostering thinking and English proficiency through philosophy for children in integrated humanities classes in Hong Kong
LAM, C. M., Nov 2019, Philosophy for children in Confucian societies: In theory and practice. LAM, C-M. (ed.). London: Routledge, p. 70-99Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapters
Integrating philosophy into English curriculum: The development of thinking and language competence
LAM, C. M., 2019, In : The Journal of Educational Research. 112, 6, p. 700-709Research output: Contribution to journal › Articles