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Personal profile
Dr. Gao Fang is Associate Professor in the Department of International Education. She did her undergraduate studies and initial professional education at Shenyang University in China. She has a Master degree in Educational Sciences from the University of Amsterdam and she completed PhD in the Sociology of Education at the University of Hong Kong. Her main research interests are in minority education and sociology of education. She has published Becoming a model minority: Schooling experiences of ethnic Koreans in China (Lexington Books, 2010), 35 papers in international refereed journals such as Race Ethnicity and Education (A*), British Educational Research Journal (A*), Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development (A*), International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism (A*), Teachers and Teaching: Theory and Practice (A), , Current Issues in Language Planning (A), British Journal of Sociology of Education (A), Comparative Education (A), Asian Ethnicity (A) and so forth, and 16 refereed book chapters. She is also the editor for Education, ethnicity and equity in the multilingual Asian context (2019) by Springer and Identities, practices and education of evolving multicultural families in Asia by Routledge (2022).
Research interests
Dr. Gao specializes in the sociology of education with an emphasis on Education, Equity, and Diversity. She examines educational policies and processes of teaching and learning in local and global contexts and in relation to demographic, linguistic, and cultural diversity. Her priority has been to engage in interdisciplinary and empowering studies through critical and multicultural lenses with education agenda that not only identifies racial/ethnic/language minority students’ educational vulnerability, but also analyses educational policy and practice provision that contributes to the overcoming of those inequalities and social justice. Her main research interests include:
- Minority Education
- Sociology of Education
Teaching Interests
- Education for a Meaningful Life: Great Thinkers
- Educational Reform and Development in Global Context
- Multilingual Education
External Appointments
Associate Editor: Multicultural Education Review (2017-).
Editorial Board Member: Human Rights Education Review (2017- ).
Editorial Board Member: Migration and Language Education (2017- ).
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Projects
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Investigating Hong Kong Students' Aspirations for the Future
CHAN, K. W. A., HO, C. S. M., TANG, H. H. H., HALSE, C. M., CHIU, C. S., BANERJEE, B., CHIU, M. M., GUBE, J. C. C., GAO, F. & NG, F. S. I.
19/03/20 → 18/09/20
Project: Research project
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School-Based Social Capital in Ethnic Minority Students’ Progression to Post-Secondary Education in Hong Kong
GAO, F., Prof, L. M., HALSE, C. M., ADAMSON, R. D. & BHOWMIK, M. K.
01/01/20 → 30/06/22
Project: Research project
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Enhancing learning engagement and outcomes through formative e-assessment tasks in the General Education foundation course
GAO, F., LAU, C. K., CHAN, K. W. P., LAM, T. S. J., ZHAN, Y., SUN, D., CHAN, N. C. & LEE, T. H. T.
01/06/18 → 31/08/19
Project: Research project
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Supporting Ethnic Minority Students’ Chinese Language Learning through Enhancing Extramural Chinese Social Media Use
GAO, F., GU, M. Y. M. & LAI, C.
01/01/18 → 31/01/20
Project: Research project
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Parental involvement and non-Chinese linguistic minority students’ enrollment in four-year universities of Hong Kong: A multidimensional study
GAO, F., PARK, J. H. & TSANG, Y. K.
01/03/14 → 31/12/15
Project: Research project
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The school-based multicultural education curriculum in China: A case study of two Yugur middle schools
WANG, G. & GAO, F., 16 Jan 2023, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development.Research output: Contribution to journal › Articles › peer-review
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Cultural diversity in communities and schooling in Asia-Pacific
GUBE, J. C. C., GAO, F. & BHOWMIK, M. K., Feb 2022, Identities, practices and education of evolving multicultural families in Asia-Pacific. GUBE, J., GAO, F. & BHOWMIK, M. (eds.). London: Routledge, p. 1-12Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapters
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Exploring the role of community cultural wealth in university access for minority students
GAO, F. & ADAMSON, B., 2022, In: British Journal of Sociology of Education. 43, 6, p. 916-929Research output: Contribution to journal › Articles › peer-review
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Identities, practices and education of evolving multicultural families in Asia-Pacific
GUBE, J. C. C. (ed.), GAO, F. (ed.) & BHOWMIK, M. K. (ed.), Feb 2022, London: Routledge.Research output: Book/Report › Books
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Minority family and community resources: Funds of knowledge and university access and choice
GAO, F. & ADAMSON, B., Feb 2022, Identities, practices and education of evolving multicultural families in Asia-Pacific. GUBE, J., GAO, F. & BHOWMIK, M. (eds.). London: Routledge, p. 87-99Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapters
Prizes
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Dean’s Research Award 2018/19: Journal Articles
GAO, Fang 高放 (Recipient), 03 Jul 2019
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Finalist Faculty Quality Journal Article Award
GAO, Fang 高放 (Recipient), 15 Jun 2017
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