About this programme
Entrance requirements
Programme requirement
Application procedure and selection criteria
List of supervisors
Enquires
About this programme

The principal aim of the programme is to make a significant contribution to the advanced professional and academic development of those concerned with education and its cognate fields, to the ultimate benefit of the wider educational community.

At the end of the EdDC study, students should be able to:

  • Critically evaluate a range of issues of concern to professionals in education and cognate areas, at an advanced level;
  • Analyse the complex interplay of theory and practice in education and/or between education and its cognate areas;
  • Apply appropriate skills in educational research and enquiry; and
  • Carry out independent research which will represent a significant and original contribution to academic and/or professional knowledge in education.
Entrance requirements

To enter the Doctor of Education (Chinese) programme, a student should:

  • Hold a recognized Master's degree (by research or coursework) in education or a related area
Programme requirement

The EdDC programme includes two stages, moving from a broad-based understanding of educational issues in the coursework component to independent investigation of a specific issue of professional concern in the Thesis. 

 

Stage 1: Coursework component

 

Students admitted to the full programme are required complete at least 24 credit units as follows:

  1. 9 credit-units of core courses from Table 1; and
  2. 15 credit-units from Tables 2 and 3 of which at least 3 credit-units must be from Table 2.

Table 1. Core course

Course code

Course title

Credit-unit

EDU9991ECD

Educational Research 教育研究

9

Table 2. Prescribed courses

Course code

Course title

Credit-unit

EDU8891ECF

Quantitative Research Methods in Educational Studies

量化教育研究方法

3

EDU8892ECF

Qualitative Research Methods in Educational Studies

質化教育研究方法

3

Table 3. Elective courses

Course code

Course title

Credit-unit

CHIN8302ECF

Foundations in Chinese Linguistics

漢語語言學導論

3

CHIN8303ECF

Acquisition of Chinese as a Second

Language 漢語第二語言習得

3

CHIN8304ECF

Research Methods in Language

Education 語言教學研究方法

3

CHIN8402ECF

Contrastive Studies of Chinese and

English 漢英語言對比研究

3

CHIN8405ECF

Chinese Culture and Intercultural Communication

中華文化及跨文化交際

3

CHIN8809ECF

Modern Chinese Linguistics

現代漢語語言學

3

CHIN8810ECF

Chinese Sociolinguistics

漢語社會語言學

3

CHIN8811ECF

Chinese Studies: Stylistics

中文學科研究：文體

6

CHIN8812ECF

Chinese Studies: Classical Chinese and

Culture 中文學科研究：古代漢語及文化

6

EDU8051ECD

Educational Leadership and

Management 教育領導與管理

9

EDU8301ECF

Teaching Chinese as a Second Language I

漢語作為第二語言教學（一）

3

EDU8306ECF

Teaching Chinese Characters

國際中文漢字與漢字教學

3

EDU8307ECF

International Chinese Language Curriculum and Instructional Design

國際中文課程與教學設計

3

EDU8401ECF

Teaching Chinese as a Second Language II

漢語作為第二語言教學（二）

3

EDU8403ECF

Second Language Teaching and Information Technology

第二語言教學與資訊科技

3

EDU8404ECF

Language Testing and Assessment

語言測試與教學評估

3

EDU8808ECF

Chinese Language Education

中國語文教育

3

EDU8813ECD

Understanding Children’s Development: The World of Children and Young People 了解兒童的發展： 兒童和青少年的世界

9

EDU8817ECF

Learning, Curriculum and Assessment

學習、課程與評估

6

EDU8821ECF

Investigating Early Childhood

Education 幼兒教育探究

9

EDU8881ECF

Drama in the Curriculum

戲劇與學校課程

6

or other courses offered by E&L subject to SRDC's recommendation and University's approval

 

Stage 2: EDU9999ECD EdD thesis (40,000 to 50,000 words)

 

After enrolment in Stage 2, students will develop a revised detailed research proposal which should be an extension of their Project in EDU9991ECD. Normally, they will be required to submit this revised proposal within about four to six months. The proposal should demonstrate:

 

  • A clear formulation of the research question(s) or hypothesis(es);
  • Understanding of the theoretical frameworks involved;
  • An initial literature review;
  • Knowledge of research in related areas; and
  • A viable plan for the collection and analysis of data.

Satisfactory development of the detailed research proposal is necessary for further progress in Stage 2. For full-time students, the minimum time for the Thesis is one year and the maximum is two years. For part-time students, the minimum time for the Thesis is two years and the maximum is five years.

Application procedure and selection criteria

The application procedure involves the following stages:

 

  1. Prior making a formal application, applicants should identify a potential supervisor at the School and initiate a discussion about their proposed field of study. Applicants are advised to apply for the degree only after reaching a consensus with a potential supervisor.

 

  1. All applicants should complete the online applications form by end of April 2024 (for full-time) or end of June 2024 (for part-time). Please refer to the application website http://admissions.hkmu.edu.hk/rpg/submit-application/

 

  1. Along with this form, applicants should send:
  • The application fee
  • A detailed of the proposed Thesis;
  • Reference forms completed by two referees; and
  • Copies of degree certificate(s) and transcript(s).

 

  1. Selected candidates will be required to attend interviews as part of the selection process and final offers will be made for places on the programme in late August.

 

Factors which will be taken into account in assessing the suitability of candidates for the programme will include:

 

  • The brief research proposal which all applicants are required to submit;
  • Performance in, and the coverage of, their master's degrees;
  • Other relevant experience mentioned in the application form; and
  • Performance in the interview.

 

 

List of supervisors
Name Email Address Research Interests
CHONG King Man, Eric
BSSc (CUHK); MPhil (CUHK); MBA (public service) (Birmingham); PGDE (HKU); PhD (York)		 kmchong@hkmu.edu.hk
  • Citizenship education
  • Interdisciplinary curriculum and teaching methods
  • Social studies
  • Global and digital citizenship
CHOW Mei Yung, Vanliza
BPhil, MA, PhD (Birmingham)		 vchow@hkmu.edu.hk
  • Cognitive linguistics
  • Genre analysis
  • Metaphor studies
CHUNG Hiu Yui, Edsoulla
BA, BEd (CUHK); MSc (Oxford); PhD (Cambridge)		 hychung@hkmu.edu.hk
  • Second language acquisition
  • English language education
  • Vocabulary input and treatment
  • Professional development for teachers
  • Language teacher cognition
  • Online communities of practice
GE Haoyan, Emily
BA (SISU); MA (HKU); MPhil, PhD (CUHK)		 hge@hkmu.edu.hk
  • Bilingual language acquisition
  • Children with autism spectrum disorder
  • Language and cognitive development in early childhood
  • Second language acquisition
HO Wing Yee, Wing
BSc (Psy) (Hons) (UIU); MSocSc (SW), MSocSc (Coun), PhD (CityU of HK); CPsychol (BPS); CKP; Member of APA & Div of Edu Psy; ACA (Prof); CPA & Div of Coun Psy		 wyho@hkmu.edu.hk
  • Educational Psychology
  • Clinical Psychology
  • Counselling Psychology
  • Psychodrama
LAM Man Fong, Cindy
BA, MPhil (CUHK); PhD (HKUST)		 cmflam@hkmu.edu.hk
  • Chinese linguistics
  • Chinese dialectology
  • Phonetics and phonology
  • Chinese language education
LEE Po Lun, Peppina
BA (Hons) CityU of HK; PhD CityU of HK		 pllee@hkmu.edu.hk
  • Theoretical syntax and semantics
  • Chinese and Cantonese linguistics
  • Dialectal grammar
  • Pedagogical grammar
  • Contrastive studies of Chinese and English grammar
LEE Sze Wah, Sarah
BSc CUHK, MA Leeds, PhD London		 sswlee@hkmu.edu.hk
  • Modernism and the European avant-garde
  • Literature and the visual arts
  • Interdisciplinary studies
  • Poetry
  • Comparative literature and translation studies
  • Literature and quality of life
LEUNG Chung Hong, Danny
BA, MPhil, PhD (CUHK)		 chleung@hkmu.edu.hk
  • Applied cognitive linguistics
  • Metaphor and metonymy theory
  • Second language vocabulary acquisition
  • Second language figurative competence
  • Figurative language pedagogy
NG Ka Yan, Hilary
BA, PhD (PolyU)		 hng@hkmu.edu.hk
  • Psychology of teaching and learning
  • Positive and cross-cultural psychology
  • Information technology in education
  • Big-data learning analytics and data science in education
SIN Chun Man, Ivan
BEd, MPhil, PhD (HKU)		 isin@hkmu.edu.hk
  • Modern Chinese rhetoric
  • Genre analysis
  • Chinese language education
  • Teaching Chinese as a second language
SHU Chi Yee, Jack
BA, PGDE, MPhil (HKBU); MFA (HKAPA) MA, PhD (Warwick)		 jshu@hkmu.edu.hk
  • Drama education
  • Applied theatre
  • Drama teacher education
  • Drama across the curriculum
TANG Ko Wai, William
BSocSc (HKU); PGDE (HKIEd); MA, EdD (CUHK)		 wtang@hkmu.edu.hk
  • Information literacy
  • Applications of information technology in education
  • Curriculum design
TONG Nga Yui, Dorothy
BSocSc, PGDE, PhD (HKU)		 dtong@hkmu.edu.hk
  • Early childhood education
  • Language acquisition
  • Curriculum and instruction
WONG Hin Yee
BA, MPhil, PhD (CUHK)		 hiywong@hkmu.edu.hk
  • Chinese linguistics
  • Corpus linguistics
  • Bilingual/Multilingual language acquisition
  • Comparative Chinese grammar
WONG Ming Sin, Jessie
BA (UCLA); MSW, PhD (HKU); RSW		 jmswong@hkmu.edu.hk
  • Early childhood policies
  • International comparisons of early childhood development and education
  • Professionalism of educators
  • Child studies
XUAN Wenhui, Winfred
BA (Huizhou University); MA (Sun Yat-sen University); PhD (PolyU)		 wxuan@hkmu.edu.hk
  • Applied linguistics
  • Systemic Functional Linguistics
  • Second Language Writing
  • TESOL
  • Research synthesis and meta-analysis
  • Curriculum design and materials development
  • L2/ foreign language Teacher Education
Enquires

For general enquiries about the programme, please contact:

Tel: 2768 5878        

Email: el_adm@hkmu.edu.hk

 

For further enquires about the program, please contact the Programme Leader Dr William Tang at wtang@hkmu.edu.hk

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