CHONG King Man

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20102024

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Biography

Dr. Eric Chong joined the Hong Kong Metropolitan University (HKMU) as an Associate Professor at the School of Education and Languages in January 2023. Before joining the HKMU, he was an Assistant Professor and Chair of Departmental Learning and Teaching Committee at the Department of Social Sciences, The Education University of Hong Kong. He has got more than 15 years of experiences on supervising teaching practice and social science interns. He supervises final year honors project of undergraduate students and MPhil/ EdD/ PhD thesis of postgraduate students too. He has successfully completed a General Research Fund project, a Teaching Development Grant project, some teaching kit and teacher training projects from the government. Also, he has got experience in organizing academic conferences and teacher professional development workshops. He has got a Highly Commended Paper (2020) and is the Outstanding Reviewer (2022) of Asian Education and Development Studies, Emerald Literarti Award Winners.

Dr. Chong specializes in social studies, citizenship education, interdisciplinary curriculum and teaching methods, global and digital citizenship, and experiential learning. He has published a number of research papers in international refereed journals and academic book chapters in the last 20 years. He has delivered conference papers in Hong Kong, China, Singapore, Japan, Germany, Poland, Hungary, and the U.K. since 2012. In particular, he was invited to give presentations on topics of citizenship education at Hiroshima and Tokyo in 2019. In recent years, he made virtual paper presentations at the international conferences of Academic Network of Global Education Learning (Institute of Education, UCL and University of Oulu, Finland), International Conference on Learning (Valencia, Spain)Association for Moral Education (Manchester, U.K.), Children's Identity and Citizenship European Association (Prague, Czezh Republic)and The International Social Studies Association (ISSA) & The Japanese Educational Research Association for the Social Studies (Okayama, Japan) between 2020 and 2022.

Research interests

  • social studies education
  • citizenship education
  • interdisciplinary curriculum and teaching methods
  • global and digital citizenship
  • experiential learning

Qualifications

BSSc [CUHK], MPhil [CUHK], MBA (public service) [Birmingham], PGDE [HKU], PhD [York]

Memberships

  • Member, Ad Hoc Review Committee, Life and Society Curriculum (Secondary 1-3), Curriculum Development Council, Education Bureau, Hong Kong SAR Government (since 2017)
  • Member, Interview Board, Sir Edward Youde Memorial Fellowships and Scholarships for Overseas Studies (2019-21)
  • Member, Incorporated Management Committee, a few Hong Kong schools (since 2016)

Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals

In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):

  • SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being
  • SDG 4 - Quality Education
  • SDG 10 - Reduced Inequalities
  • SDG 16 - Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions

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