Academic Staff

Dr. Kwan, Tammy Y.L.


Personal Particulars

 B.A., M.Ed. (H.K.); M.Sc. (Oxon); Ph.D. (Q'ld.); Cert. Ed., Adv. Dip. Ed. (H.K.)
Associate Professor & Assistant Dean (School-University Partnerships)


Educational Qualifications

Teaching Areas: Tertiary Teaching Experiences
1999 (Dec) - Associate Professor, Dept. of Curriculum Studies, The University of Hong Kong
1998 (Oct) - 1999 (Dec) Assistant Professor, Dept. of Curriculum Studies, The University of Hong Kong
1998 (Jan - Sept) Research Fellow, Department of Curriculum Studies, The University of Hong Kong
1992 (July) - 1997 (Dec) Lecturer, School of Professional Studies, Queensland University of Technology
1988 (Aug) - 1992 (June) Lecturer, Department of Curriculum Studies, The University of Hong Kong


Teaching Areas

 Geographical Education, Liberal Studies, Social Education, Environmental Education, Curriculum Issues and Development, Teacher Development

Research Interests

Research Projects
  1. Impact of 'Whole School Mentoring Support' Approach to Professional Learning of Student-Teachers and Mentor-Teachers. Funded by the Small Project Funding for a sum of $53,123 (Principal Investigator. Dr. Tammy Kwan), 2008.


  2. Conceptual understanding of School-University Partnership. Funded by the Small Project Funding for a sum of $63,063 (Principal Investigator: Dr. Tammy Kwan), 2007.


  3. Improving Student Teachers' Professional Learning Through the Development of Learning Communities. Funded HK$200,000 for two years by the Faculty Teaching Development Grant as co-investigator (Principal Investigators are Dr. Pang Ming-fai and Dr. Benny Yung), 2006.


  4. Systemic ILN Integration into Faculty of Education Learning and Teaching Programs. Funded HK$190,190 for two years by the Faculty Teaching Development Grant as co-investigator (Principal Investigator: Dr. Bob Fox), 2006.


  5. Evaluation of Learning Effectiveness of Portfolio Building and the Use of Self-Directed Learning Time in the New Structure of the FT PDGE Programme. Funded $100,000 for two years by the Teaching Development Grant as Principal Investigator (Co-Principal Investigator Mr. Fran Lopez-Real, co-investigator Dr Pang Ming-fai), 2005.


  6. Evaluating of the Learning Effectiveness of Portfolio Building in the New Structure of the FT PGDE Programme. Funded $55,882 for two years by Small Project Funding as Principal Investigator (co-investigators being Mr. Fran Lopez-Real, Dr. Pang Ming-fai), 2004.


  7. Curriculum Interpretation of Liberal Studies by Hong Kong Schools. Funded $15,288 for two years by Faculty Research Fund as sole investigator, 2004.


  8. A Socially Theory of Learning: the mentor teachers' perspective. Funded $14,060 for two years by Faculty Research Fund as Principal Investigator (co-investigator Mr Fran Lopez-Real), 2003.


  9. Investigation into the impact of school-university partnerships in teacher education in Hong Kong, funding $800,000 by RGC as the proposal writer and co-investigator (P.I. Dr. J. Day), 2002.


  10. The Receptivity of PSHE Teacher in Secondary Schools to Curriculum Reform in Hong Kong, funded $105,600 by URG's seed funding as co-investigator (P.I. Mr. G.Edwards), 2002.


Publications

 Papers in International Refereed Journals

  1. Kwan, T. and Lopez-Real, F. (2009) "Identity Formation of Teacher-Mentors: An Analysis of Contrasting Experiences Using a Wengerian Matrix Framework", Teaching and Teacher Education (forthcoming).


  2. Pow, J. and Kwan, T. (2009) "Nurturing Reflective Practice in Initial Teacher Education: Dissection of a Self-Directed Learning Session", Journal of the International Society for Teacher Education (JISTE). International Society for Teacher Education. 13(1):24-32.

  1. Chan, E. and Kwan, T. (2008) "Conceptions of Geography Teaching and Learning: A Qualitative Study with Ning Hong Kong Geography Teachers", Research in Geographic Education. USA, The Gilber M. Grosvenor Centre for Geographic Education. 10(2):41-65.


  2. Kwan, T. (2008) "Evaluation of the Learning Experiences of Using Different Modes of Problem-Based Learning in an Initial Teacher Education Programme". Asia-Pacific Journal of Teacher Education, 36(4), 323-343.


  3. Kwan, T. & So, M. (2008) "Environmental Learning Using a Problem-Based Approach in the Field: a case study of a Hong Kong School", International Research in Geographical and Environmental Education, 17(2), 93-113.


  4. Kwan, T. & Lopez-Real, F. (2005) "Mentors' Perceptions of their Roles in Mentoring Student Teachers", Asia-Pacific Journal of Teacher Education, 33(3), 275-287.


  5. Lopez-Real, F. & Kwan, T. (2005) "Mentors' Perceptions of their own Professional Development during Mentoring", Journal of Education for Teaching, 31(1), 15-24.

  1. Kwan, T. & Chan, E. (2004) "Using Theory of Learning and Awareness to Bring Learning About Through a School-based Environmental Field Project", International Research in Geographical and Environmental Education, 13(4), 303-328.


  2. Kwan, T. (2003) "Geography and Citizenship Education in Hong Kong". International Research in Geographical and Environmental Education, 12(1), 66-73.


  3. Pearson, J., Kwan, T. & Wong, S. (2003) "Investigating Problem-Based Learning in an Initial Teacher Education Programme". International Journal of Learning, volume 10, pp.201-212.


  4. Kwan, T. & Chan, E. (2002) "Preparing Self-Directed Geography Students Through an Issue-Based Fieldwork Project", International Refereed CD-ROM, GEC of IGU. April 2003


  5. Gerber, R. & Kwan, T. (2001) "Adolescent Students' Conceptions of Different Environments Through Photographs", Australian Journal of Environmental Education, volume 17, pp. 9-18. (December, 2001)

Chapters in Books and Monographs

  1. Kwan, T., Lopez-Real, F. & Tsui, A.B.M. (2008) "Learning, Mentoring and Identity Formation". In Tsui, A.B.M., Edwards, G. & Lopez-Real, F. (with Tammy Kwan, Doris Law, Philip Stimpson, Rosina Tang & Albert Wong as collaborating authors) Learning in Communities of Practice in School-University Partnership. Chapter 4, pp.69-89. N.J., Routledge.


  2. Lee, J., Lin, P.Y. & Kwan, T. (2006) "Environmental and Geographical Education for Sustainability in Hong Kong and China: Trends and Issues" In Williams. M. (Ed.) Environmental and Geographical Education for Sustainability: Cultural Contexts, New York: Nova Publisher. (Accepted and forthcoming).


  3. Kwan, T. & Chan, E. "Cultural Stories of Three Young Chinese". In Lidstone, J. (Ed.) Cultural Issues of Our Time. Chapter 5, pp. 47-58. June 2006. Cambridge University Press.


  4. Kwan, T. & Stimspon, P. (2004) "Initial Training of Geography Teachers: Knowledge and Approaches". In Kent, A., Rawling, E. & Robinson, A. (Eds.) Geographical Education: making sense of a shrinking world. Published jointly by the IGU-CGE British Sub-Committee and the Scottish Association of Geography Teachers. Chapter 14, pp. 120-123.

  1. Kwan, T. "Self-Directed Learning and Self-Directed Learners in Geographical Education". In Gerber, R. (Ed.) International Handbook on Geographical Education. Dordrecht: Kluwer Academic Publisher. January 2003.


  2. Kwan, T. "Geography Beyond the Classroom: achieving cultural understanding through issue-based inquiry learning." Gerber, R. & Williams, M. (Eds.) Geography, Culture and Education. Dordrecht: Kluwer Academic Publisher. November 2002.


  3. Kwan, T., Ng, F.P. & Chik, P. "Repetition and Variation". In Marton, F. & Morris, P. (Eds.) What Matters? Discovering critical conditions of classroom learning. ACTA: Universtitatis Gothoburgensis. November 2002. Chapter 3, pp.39-58.


  4. Kwan, T. & Anderson, J.M. (2001) "Children's Knowing Through Map Constructs of 'Their' World". In Robertson, M. & Gerber, R. (Eds.) Children's Ways of Knowing: learning through experience. Chapter 12, pp.194-212. Melbourne: ACER press.


  5. Mok, I., Chik, P., Ko, P.Y., Kwan, T., Lo, M.L., Marton, F., Ng, F.P., Pang, M.F., Runesson, U. and Sze-To, L.H. (2001) "Solving the Paradox of the Chinese Teacher?". In Watkins, D. & Biggs, J. (Eds.) Teaching the Chinese Learner: psychological and pedagogical perspectives. Chapter 8, pp.161-180, Comparative Education Research Centre: The University of Hong Kong.


Community and Professional Services and Administrative Duties

 Community Services

  1. Independent Member of the School Management Committee, Tseung Kwan O Government Primary School (invited) (2009 - 2011)


  2. Member of the CDC Committee on PSHE. (invited) (2009 - 2011)


  3. Working Party member on Curriculum Revision of the Junior Secondary Geography (Invited by CDC)
    (2008 - 2011)


  4. Committee member of the CDC-HKEAA Committee on Geography (Advanced Level) (representing HKU)
    (2007 - 2010)


  5. External Examiners of E334C (General Studies), Open University (2002 - 2005)


  6. External Examiners of E850C (Curriculum and Assessment), Open University. (2001 - 2004)


  7. External Examiners of two programmes (PGDE in Primary - FT & PT) in Hong Kong Institute of Education. (1999 - 2002)


  8. Committee member of the HKEA Geography (CE) Subject Committee.(representing HKU) (1998 - )


  9. Committee member on Personal, Social and Humanities Education, Curriculum Development Council Committee. (1999 - 2003)


  10. Organizing Committee Member of International IT Conference on Geo-Spatial Education, hosted by Department of Land Surveying and Geo-Informatics, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University. (1999 - 2000)


  11. Committee member of the Joint CDC / HKEA Geography Subject Committee (Secondary) (1998 - 2003)


  12. Consultancy Convenor for SKH Bishop Mok Sau Tseng Secondary School on "High Order Thinking in Teaching and Learning" (invited) (1998 - 2001)

Professional Services

  1. Editorial Board member and academic reviewer, Reflective Learning - UK, Reflective Practice: International and Multidisciplinary Perspectives. (invited) (2009 - )


  2. Editorial Board member and academic reviewer, Research in Geographic Education, Texas State University, San Marcos, USA (invited) (2007 - )


  3. Academic referee for Asia-Pacific Journal of Teacher Education, Melbourne, Australia. (invited) (2006 - )


  4. Editorial Board of Journal of Teacher Education and Training. Institute of Sustainable Education, Faculty of Education and Management, Daugavpils University, Latvia. (invited) (2005 - )


  5. Full Committee member of Geographical Education Commission of International Geographical Union. (2000 - )


  6. Editorial Review Panel of Geographical Education, Australian Geography Teachers' Association. (invited)
    (2000 - )


  7. Advisory Board member and referee of International Research in Geographical and Environmental Education. (invited) (1992 - )


  8. Commission member of "Cartography and Children", International Cartographic Association. (nominated)
    (1999 - )


  9. Working Group Member in "Children and Cartography" affiliated to International Cartographic Association, Australia and Asia Regional representative. (nominated) (1995 - 1999)


  10. Editor of Geographical Education, Australian Geography Teachers' Association. (applied) (1995 - 1999)


  11. Member of Royal Geographical Society of Queensland. (applied) (1993 - )


Administrative Duties

 Programme Level

  1. Ex-officio members (in the capacity of Partnership Director) of PGDE Programme Committee and B.Ed. Programme Committee. (2007 - )


  2. PGDE Programme Director. (appointed) (2005 - 2007)


  3. PGDE Deputy Programme Director. (appointed) (2004 - 2005)


  4. M.Ed. Course Co-ordinator. (Environmental Education) (appointed) (2002 - 2004 )


  5. Chairperson, PGDE Programme Committee. (2005 - 2007 )


  6. PCEd / PGDE Programme Committee (first as representative of HoD for PASSE (Jan 2002- August 2003), then as elected member (September 2003 - April 2004), then as Deputy Programme Director (May 2004 - April 2005), then as Programme Director to chair the Committee (May 2005 - April 2007), then as Partnership Director (May 2007 - date) (2002 - ).


  7. Working Group on Curriculum Restructuring. (invited) (2002 - 2004)


  8. PGDE Geographical Education Co-ordinator. (appointed) (2001 - )


  9. M.Ed. Course Co-ordinator. (Social Science Education) (1999 - 2003)(appointed).


  10. Member of PCEd Management Committee. (ex-officio) (1998 - 2001 )


  11. PCEd (PT) Course Director. (appointed) (1998 - 2001 )

Faculty Level

  1. INSTEP Advisory Committee. (ex-officio as Partnership Director) (2008 - )


  2. School-University Partnership Advisory Committee. (ex-officio as Partnership Director) [2007 (Sept) - ]


  3. School-University Partnership Management Committee. (ex-officio as Partnership Director) [2007 (Sept) - ]


  4. Partnership Director. (School-University Partnership) (Appointed) (2005 (May) - )


  5. Member of Faculty Learning and Teaching Committee and Member of Faculty Teaching Quality Committee. (ex-officio as programme director and partnership director) (2005 - )


  6. Committee for the Selection and Academic Retitling of Assistant Professors. (elected) (2004 - 2006)


  7. Member of Faculty Learning and Teaching Committee. (elected) (2004 - 2006)


  8. Member of Teaching Quality Committee. (elected) (2001 - 2003)


  9. Ad-hoc Working Party on Articulation. (invited) (2001 - 2002)


  10. Member of Faculty Review. (nominated) (2000 - 2003)


  11. Member of Speech and Hearing Sciences Committee. (elected) (1999 - 2003)


  12. Member of Faculty Sabbatical Leave Committee. (elected) (1998 - 2002)

University Level

  1. Member of the Board of Studies for BA&BED Programme. (representing Dean of the Faculty of Education) [2008 (March - July) ]


  2. Planning Group of the second University Retreat on the 4-Year Undergraduate Curriculum Reform.
    [2007 (March - June) ]


  3. Sub-Committee Member of 'Staff Engagement and Staff Development', under 4-year Undergraduate Curriculum Reform. (since Sept 2006)


  4. Green Manager. (representing Faculty of Education, nominated) (2003 - )


  5. Departmental Resource Person to offer advice and support to students / colleagues on enquiries / complaints about sexual harassment. (volunteer) (2001 - 2002)


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Contacts

 Email: tylkwan@hku.hk
Tel: (852) 2859 2792
Room 213 Runme Shaw Building, The University of Hong Kong