Staff Profile - School of Education and Languages - Hong Kong Metropolitan University

Dr. Ng Ka Yan Hilary 伍嘉欣博士

Assistant Professor
School of Education and Languages

Biography

Dr. Ng continuously develops herself with expertise across positive education, social psychology, cross-cultural psychology, digital technologies, and educational science. As a multi-disciplinary scholar, her recent work has been published in Education And Information Technology, Interactive Learning Environment, Current Psychology, and other SSCI- and SCOPUS-indexed journals.

In addition to Dr. Ng’s research portfolio, her diverse teaching experiences in both regular curriculum and invited seminars have told her that teaching and learning could take different forms and learning from students is one of the most rewarding aspects.

Teaching Areas & Research Interests

Positive Psychology and Education
Educational Psychology
Teacher Development
Educational Technology
Big-data Learning Analytics and Data Science in Education

Academic & Professional Experience

Current Projects:

Moving towards equitable learning: Developing, extending, and triangulating a new framework about digital divide on education from local and global perspectives (Funded by HKMU Research and Development Fund; PrincipaI Investigator; 2023)
What I am different from you: Promoting equality of first-generation students (Funded by HKMU School Research Fund; PrincipaI Investigator; 2023)

Selected Publications

Lam, P., & Ng, H. K. Y.* (2023). Teaching and learning with mobile technologies under covid-19 pandemic: Crisis or opportunity. International Journal of Mobile Learning and Organisation. 17, 198-213. https://doi.org/10.1504/IJMLO.2023.128359 [2021 Q1 in Education - Scopus]
Fingrut, A.*, & Ng, H. K. Y. (2023). Studio-based architecture pedagogies in the new normal. International Journal of Mobile Learning and Organisation. 17, 117-130. https://doi.org/10.1504/IJMLO.2023.128353 [2021 Q1 in Education - Scopus]
Ng, H. K. Y.*, & Chen, S. X. (2022). How does social complexity facilitate coping flexibility? The mediating role of dialectical thinking. Anxiety, Stress, & Coping. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1080/10615806.2022.2117304 [2021 Q1 in Developmental and Educational Psychology – Scopus]
Ng, H. K. Y.*, Chen, S. X., Ng, J. C. K., & Ng, T. K. (2021). Does having multiple identities predict life satisfaction? Holistic thinking as a condition for achieving integrated self-concept. Current Psychology. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12144-021-01477-1 [2020 Q1 in Psychology, Multi-disciplinary - SSCI; Q1 in General Psychology - Scopus]
Lam, P., Ng, H. K. Y.*, Tse, A. H. H., Lu, I. M., & Wong, B. Y. W. (2021). eLearning technology and the advancement of practical constructivist pedagogies: Illustrations from classroom observations. Education and Information Technologies. 26, 89-101. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10639-020-10245-w [2020 Q1 in Education - Scopus]
Joo, M.*, Lam, B. C. P., Cross, S. E., Chen, S. X., Lau, V. C. Y., Ng, H. K. Y., & Günsoy, C. (2021). Cross-cultural perspectives on self-changes in close relationships: Evidence from Chinese and European Americans. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin. https://doi.org/10.1177/01461672211026129 [2020 Q1 in Psychology, Social - SSCI; Q1 in Social Psychology - Scopus]
Ng, H. K. Y.*, & Lam, P. (2020). How the number of lessons flipped within a course influence the flipped learning effectiveness and perceptions? Interactive Learning Environments. https://doi.org/10.1080/10494820.2020.1826984 [2020 Q1 in Education & Educational Research - SSCI; Q1 in Education - Scopus]

Previous work and publications can be found here

Modified Date: 02 Sep, 2023
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