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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 Associate Professor of the Department of Education Leadership and Policy and 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 of 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 visualization, learner analytics
External Appointments
- Ad hoc reviewer for the University Grants Committee, Hong Kong
- Ad hoc reviewer for the Research 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 for Leadership 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.
01/01/22 → 31/12/23
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 Features of Education Games and Intelligent Tutor Systems to Enhance and Sustain Learning through Gamification
01/02/21 → 31/01/22
Project: Research project
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Exploring the Impact of AI on Teaching and Learning in Teacher Education
01/09/19 → 31/08/21
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 → 31/12/21
Project: Research project
Research Outputs
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Exploring teacher sensitivity, instructional learning formats, and concept development in early childhood classrooms
FONG, Y. & KO, Y. O. J., Apr 2021.Research output: Contribution to conference › Papers
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Integrating gamification into future educational leadership education: A case of cognitive apprenticeship for inexperienced learners
KO, Y. O. J. & KO, E., 2021, Conference proceedings (English paper) of the 25th Global Chinese Conference on Computers in Education (GCCCE 2021). KONG, S. C., WANG, Q., HUANG, R., LI, Y. & HSU, T-C. (eds.). Hong Kong: Centre for Learning, Teaching and Technology, The Education University of Hong Kong, p. 80-84Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapters
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Observed teaching behaviour in secondary education across six countries: Measurement invariance and indication of cross-national variations
MAULANA, R., ANDRÉ, S., HELMS-LORENZ, M., KO, Y. O. J., CHUN, S., SHAHZAD, A., IRNIDAYANTI, Y., LEE, O., DE JAGER, T., COETZEE, T. & FADHILAH, N., 2021, In: School Effectiveness and School Improvement. 32, 1, p. 64-95Research output: Contribution to journal › Articles › peer-review
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Teachers' workplace learning on pedagogical practice and continuing professional development: A study of two vocational institutions
ZHAO, Y. & KO, Y. O. J., Apr 2021.Research output: Contribution to conference › Papers
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A content mining and network analysis method for the thematic evolution of educational leadership
LI, Q., HAN, J., KO, Y. O. J., Li, Q. & LO, C-M., 2020, In: Journal of System and Management Sciences. 10, 3, p. 86-98Research output: Contribution to journal › Articles › peer-review
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Prizes
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Outstanding Paper Award Winner 2012
KO, Yue On, James 高裕安 (Recipient), Jan 2012
Prize: Prizes / Awards
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Outstanding Paper Winner
CHENG, Y. C. (Recipient), KO, Yue On, James 高裕安 (Recipient) & LEE, Tai Hoi, Theodore 李泰開 (Recipient), 18 May 2017
Prize: Prizes / Awards