CHENG Wing Kin

Wing Kin CHENG is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Education, School of Education and Languages, Hong Kong Metropolitan University. He is now serving as the the overseas director of the International Society for the Advancement of STEAM education, vice-internal president of the Hong Kong Association for Mathematics Education (HKAME), expert panel member and adjudicator of the Hong Kong Mathematics Creative Problem Competition for Primary Schools and for Secondary School, and the adjudicator of The Hong Kong Creative Maths & Science 4D Frame Competition. He has strongly background in Mathematics and STEAM education.

At HKMU, besides conducting research, Wing Kin is mainly responsible for teaching undergraduate student-teachers and developing Mathematics distance-learning education courses. Together with his teaching experience in a local secondary school, an international school, community colleges as well as local universities such as CUHK and HKBU, he has interacted with students of different backgrounds and learning needs. Such experience has certainly equipped him with very rich knowledge in the mathematics curriculum design, meeting students’ expectations, and tailoring diverse learning needs.

Wing Kin is actively involved in research studies since joining HKMU in 2024. He has been granted the HKMU R&D fund of HKD$200,000 on a research project “Advancing AI on teaching secondary mathematics in Hong Kong”. He was invited to deliver talks and seminars. He also actively organises knowledge exchange activities. He is the Co-chairperson of the upcoming Hong Kong Mathematics Education Conference 2025. He also organises different workshops and seminars for HKAME.

Mathematics Education

STEAM Education

AI in Education

Agency and Authority

Discourse

Assessment strategies

Interplay between different technological tools

Mathematics Literature

BSc (HKUST), PCEd, MEd, EdD (HKU)

Funded Projects

Provision of Services for Item Writing for the Enhancement of the Mathematics Papers of Learning Achievement Measurement Kit (LAMK).

Project Leader, Special Education Section, Education Bureau, 2024-25. Project number: 40023 [HKD200,000]

Technology-assisted Shaolin Yi Jin Jing exercise programme for supporting sleep quality, quality of life and psychological well-being in older adults: a feasibility randomized controlled trial.

Co-investigator, N&HS Mini Grant, Hong Kong Metropolitan University, 2024-25. Project number: M2024/02 - R5132RD/2024/2.1. [HKD50,000]

Advancing on AI in teaching secondary mathematics in Hong Kong.

Principal Investigator, R&D, Hong Kong Metropolitan University, 2024-25. Project number: RD/2024/2.1. [HKD200,000]

Bridging the gap between learner differences in the junior Mathematics curriculum.

Principal Investigaor, QEF, 2008-10. [HKD 192,500]