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Personal profile
Personal profile
Haiyan is an Associate Professor at the Department of Education Policy and Leadership and Director of The Joseph Lau Luen Hung Charitable Trust Asia Pacific Centre for Leadership and Change (APCLC).
She joined EdUHK in 2012 as an Assistant Professor and was promoted to Associate Professor in five years. While at EdUHK, she has honed her research and teaching capacity and taken a key leadership position. She was appointed as Co-Director of the APCLC, a university-level research centre, in 2018; and became the Centre Director in July 2020.
As an active researcher, she has achieved a 100% success rate in UGC research grant applications, winning an ECS and 2 GRFs. Her research capacity has been recognised with a UGC Early Career Award and the President's Award for Outstanding Performance in Research. She serves on the editorial boards of the Journal of Educational Administration and Educational Management Administration & Leadership - two of the top journals in the field of educational leadership. In addition to the academic work, she has designed and developed a range of leadership courses for practitioners (including middle leaders and principals) and for undergraduate and postgraduate students. The Centre she leads has an outstanding network of international scholars and local and GBA school leaders and is highly recognised internationally.
Research Grant Council Projects as PI
· An exploration of the role of leadership in successful systemic improvement in China (GRF, 2021-2023)
· Promoting Teacher Learning and Improving Instruction: What is the Role of Cross-school Instructional Leadership? (GRF, 2018-2020)
· Leading School-based Research to Improve Student Learning: Lessons from Shanghai (ECS, 2015-2017)
Other Research Projects as PI
· School Leadership in China: Policy and Practice – An UNESCO GEM (Global Education Monitoring) Report (UNESCO, 2023-2024)
· Exchange and collaboration policy between Hong Kong and Shenzhen schools: Obstacles, enabling conditions and policy recommendations (EdUHK CRAC project, 2022-2023)
Awards
· Dean’s Research Award (Book) 2017/18 – Faculty of Education and Human Development
· The President’s Award for Outstanding Performance in Teaching (Team Award) 2016/17 - The Education University of Hong Kong
· The President’s Award for Outstanding Performance in Research 2015/16 - The Education University of Hong Kong
· Early Career Award 2014/15 - The University Grants Committee of the Hong Kong SAR
· The Postgraduate Research Output Award 2008/09 - The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Editorial Board Member
· Educational Management Administration & Leadership (SSCI)
· Journal of Educational Administration (SSCI)
· Educational Assessment, Evaluation and Accountability (SSCI)
· Cogent Education
Associate Editor
· ECNU Review of Education
Research interests
Educational Leadership
School principalship in China
Influence of the social and cultural context on schooling across Chinese societies
Qualitative research methods
Teaching Interests
Effective Educational Leadership
Leadership for Teacher Learning
Qualitative Research Methods
External Appointments
Member of the T-standard+ Consortium Committee on Professional Development of Teachers and Principals, HK
Board member of the Consortium for the Study of Leadership and Ethics in Education (A University Council for Educational Administration Committee, USA)
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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Identifying professional growth and trajectories of development of teachers and school leaders in contexts: A mixed-method study
WALKER, A. D., QIAN, H. & KO, Y. O. J.
01/10/21 → 30/09/23
Project: Research project
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An Exploration of the Role of Leadership in Successful Systemic Improvement in China
WALKER, A. D., QIAN, H. & SPILLANE, J.
01/01/21 → 30/06/23
Project: Research project
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Promoting Teacher Learning and Improving Instruction: What is the Role of Cross-school Instructional Leadership?
01/01/18 → 30/06/20
Project: Research project
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Leading School-based Research to Improve Student Learning: Lessons from Shanghai
QIAN, H., WALKER, A. D. & YANG, X.
01/01/15 → 30/06/17
Project: Research project
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Boundary-spanning practices of system leaders in China: Enabling conditions and inherent tensions
QIAN, H., WALKER, A. D. & ZHENG, Y., May 2023, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Educational Management Administration & Leadership.Research output: Contribution to journal › Articles › peer-review
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How would preservice teachers with deeper reflections emerge as teacher leaders?
WANG, Y., KO, Y. O. J. & QIAN, H., May 2023, In: ECNU Review of Education. 6, 2, p. 237-260Research output: Contribution to journal › Articles › peer-review
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Leadership in non-western countries: China
QIAN, H. & WALKER, A. D., 2023, International encyclopedia of education. TIERNEY, R. J., RIZVI, F. & ERKICAN, K. (eds.). 4th ed. ed. Oxford: Elsevier Science, p. 476-483Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapters
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Running schools on two legs: The impact of policy oscillation on a public-private partnership school in China
QIAN, H., WALKER, A. D. & XU, X., Jul 2023, In: International Journal of Educational Development. 100, 102806.Research output: Contribution to journal › Articles › peer-review
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The ‘Double-Reduction’ education policy in China: Three prevailing narratives
QIAN, H., WALKER, A. & CHEN, S., Jun 2023, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Journal of Education Policy.Research output: Contribution to journal › Articles › peer-review
Prizes
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Outstanding Performance in Research (Early Career Research Excellence Award)
QIAN, Haiyan 錢海燕 (Recipient), 11 May 2016
Prize: Prizes / Awards
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The President’s Award for Outstanding Performance 2016/17 in Teaching
BRYANT, Darren Anthony (Recipient), WALKER, Allan David 汪雅量 (Recipient), LU, Jiafang 陸佳芳 (Recipient), QIAN, Haiyan 錢海燕 (Recipient) & SONG, Xinzhu, Barbara (Recipient), 12 May 2017
Prize: Prizes / Awards