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James had extensive training and education in linguistics, psychology and education, with diplomas and degrees from Canada, Hong Kong, and the U.K. He is currently an Associate Professor at the Department of Education Leadership and Policy and an Associate Director of the Joseph Lau Luen Hung Charitable Trust Asia Pacific Centre for Leadership and Change of the Education University of Hong Kong.
Before his doctoral study, James was an EFL teacher for about 20 years and Discipline Master, School Guidance and Counselling Master, and Committee of ITE of a secondary school for ten years. He led several innovative projects in student discipline, counselling and guidance, social and emotional learning, curriculum development, teacher professional development, and organizational learning, receiving external funds from the Educational Department, ICAC and Citibank.
His current research focuses on educational leadership, school improvement, and educational effectiveness. He has been the Principal Investigator and Co-Investigator in more than 20 local and international research projects, including three projects funded by the Research Grants Council of Hong Kong. He collaborates with local academics and overseas researchers from the University of Oxford, University of Cyprus, University of Groningen, University of Nottingham, and the University of Helsinki.
Research interests
Educational effectiveness, educational leadership and educational management, teacher education, learning assessment, psycholinguistics, TESL, IT in education, learning disabilities, mixed methods methodology, data visualisation, learner analytics
External Appointments
- Ad hoc reviewer for the University Grants Committee, Hong Kong
- Ad hoc reviewer for theResearch Grants Council, Hong Kong
- Ad hoc advisor to the Quality Indicators Unit of the Education Bureau, Hong Kong
- Ad hoc reviewer for Teaching and Teacher Education
- Ad hoc reviewer for Learning Environments Research
- Ad hoc reviewer for Journal of Educational Administration
- Ad hoc reviewer for International Journal of Educational Management
- Ad hoc reviewer for School Leadership and Management
- Ad hoc reviewer for Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis
- Ad hoc reviewer for Educational Psychology
- Ad hoc reviewer forLeadership and Policy in Schools
- Ad hoc reviewer for International Journal of Quantitative Research in Education
- Ad hoc reviewer for Cogent Education
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Identifying professional growth and trajectories of development of teachers and school leaders in contexts: A mixed-method study
KO, Y. O. J., WALKER, A. D. & QIAN, H.
01/10/21 → 30/09/23
Project: Research project
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Exploring Features of Education Games and Intelligent Tutor Systems to Enhance and Sustain Learning through Gamification
02/09/20 → 31/12/21
Project: Research project
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Antecedents, Mediator, and Moderators of Teacher Innovation in Schools: Evidence from Hong Kong
LU, J., KO, Y. O. J., CHIU, C. S., HUANG, X. [. B., LAM, B. H. & WALKER, A. D.
01/01/20 → 30/06/22
Project: Research project
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Exploring the Impact of AI on Teaching and Learning in Teacher Education
02/09/19 → 31/08/22
Project: Research project
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Effective Teaching and Their Effects on Early Childhood Development: A Comparative, Longitudinal, Mixed-method Study of Hong Kong and Finnish Kindergartens
KO, Y. O. J., SAMMONS, P., CHENG, P. W. D., REUNAMO, J. & Sun, J.
01/01/19 → 30/06/22
Project: Research project
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Classroom orchestration as a potent stimulator of dialogic teaching and learner engagement in higher vocational classrooms
ZHAO, Y. & KO, Y. O. J., Apr 2022.Research output: Contribution to conference › Papers
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Enhancements of vocational students’ engagement of workplace learning in the industry-university collaboration learning environment: A case study in the Greater Bay Area
ZHAO, Y. & KO, Y. O. J., 2022, Applied degree education and the future of learning. HONG, C. & MA, W. W. K. (eds.). Singapore: Springer, p. 381-393Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapters
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How would preservice teachers with deeper reflections emerge as teacher leaders?
WANG, Y., KO, Y. O. J. & QIAN, H., Dec 2022, (E-pub ahead of print) In: ECNU Review of Education.Research output: Contribution to journal › Articles › peer-review
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ICT competency and practicum of preservice teachers as digital natives: A mixed-method study
WANG, P. & KO, Y. O. J., 04 Jul 2022, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Asia Pacific Journal of Education.Research output: Contribution to journal › Articles › peer-review
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Reflective practice, pedagogical knowledge, and collaborative learning in a virtual learning environment: A comparative quasi-experiment
KO, Y. O. J., LEE, S-Y., CHOI, T. H., AHN, K. & BRIFFETT AKTAS, C. M., Apr 2022.Research output: Contribution to conference › Papers
Prizes
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Outstanding Paper Award Winner 2012
KO, Yue On, James 高裕安 (Recipient), Jan 2012
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Outstanding Paper Winner
CHENG, Yin Cheong 鄭燕祥 (Recipient), KO, Yue On, James 高裕安 (Recipient) & LEE, Tai Hoi, Theodore 李泰開 (Recipient), 18 May 2017
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