Undergraduate course. This is the second of a series of two related courses on curriculum and teaching methods in mathematics, with a focus on Hong Kong school context. The use of instructional technologies (such as dynamic geometry software, 3d printing, and coding) for designing mathematics and/or STEM learning tasks and projects will be some of … Continue reading BMED 3021 — Mathematics Curriculum and Teaching: Instructional Technology and Design of STEM Learning Activities
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BMED 4520 — Mathematics Teaching Project Report
Undergraduate course. This course aims at providing students with guidelines in developing their own research plans in reflecting and critically assessing their professional practices by adopting multiple research perspectives for inquiry in education in general and in mathematics education in particular. (Fall 2019-Present)
BMED 4510 – Action Research in Mathematics Classroom
Undergraduate course. This course is designed to familiarize students with the nature of action research in reflective and critical perspectives. This course also aims at familiarizing learners with the theoretical and practical aspects of action research as applied to mathematics education and with different types of data collection and analysis in a classroom setting. (Spring … Continue reading BMED 4510 – Action Research in Mathematics Classroom
PEDU 6126 – Selected Topics in STEAM Education and Research
Graduate course. This course is designed to extend participants’ understanding about STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, the Arts, and Mathematics) education by drawing substantially on the theories and research findings in STEAM education. It examines the current status, prospects and research developments of STEAM education with regard to students’ learning process, discipline discourse, teaching and teacher … Continue reading PEDU 6126 – Selected Topics in STEAM Education and Research
BMED 3020 – Mathematics Curriculum and Teaching: Instructional Technology and Design of Teaching Activities
Undergraduate course. This course is intended to strengthen students' pedagogical content knowledge for preparation of mathematics lessons and classroom techniques through micro-teaching, with special attention on the use of information and communication technology; tool-based mathematics tasks and activities; cross-disciplinary mathematics-related activities (including STEM); and professional development of mathematics teachers. (Fall 2018)
Teachers’ Noticing as an Action Research Method: A Flipped Classroom Approach for Enhancing Video-based Noticing in Teacher Education
Project Supervisor (2017-2018). The aims of this project are to support the university’s eLearning strategy, by promoting an innovative instant commenting feature for students to practice active learning in and out-of-class. The topics covered in the micro-modules are meant to improve students’ noticing ability in their current and future professional practice as educators—an important learning … Continue reading Teachers’ Noticing as an Action Research Method: A Flipped Classroom Approach for Enhancing Video-based Noticing in Teacher Education
Developing Active Learning Pedagogies and Mobile Applications in STEM University Education
Collaborator (2017-2021). This UGC Teaching and Learning (T&L) project aims to explore and develop active learning pedagogies to increase student engagement in STEM education, as well as to construct valid, rigorous and quantitative methods to evaluate active learning on student learning outcome in STEM education. (Project leader: Dr. Fridolin Ting) Funded by University Grant Committee of … Continue reading Developing Active Learning Pedagogies and Mobile Applications in STEM University Education
PEDU 6406 – Action Research in Education
Graduate course. The conception of teachers as reflective practitioners and as transformative intellectuals has gained wide recognition in the field of education. This course is designed to familiarize students with the nature of action research in reflective and critical perspectives. It also aims to provide students with guidelines in developing their own action research plans … Continue reading PEDU 6406 – Action Research in Education
BMED 3060 – Teaching of number and number sense
Undergraduate course. Focuses on the understanding and cultivation of number and number sense, school children’s learning of basic quantitative skills, from counting objects to the four rules of arithmetic, both in exact calculations and in estimation. Related topics include: mathematics content knowledge, psychology of learning, pedagogical approaches, and epistemological relationships between mathematical concepts involved. (Fall 2016; … Continue reading BMED 3060 – Teaching of number and number sense
MAED 6161 – Teaching and Learning Mathematics in the Changing Curriculum
Graduate course. This course offers an introduction to the theoretical aspects of mathematics teaching and learning in face of the challenge from the ever-changing mathematics curriculum. It will provide an overview of both cognitive and socio-psychological issues involved in both the teaching and the learning of mathematics from the perspective of contemporary mathematics education research … Continue reading MAED 6161 – Teaching and Learning Mathematics in the Changing Curriculum
Oi-Lam Ng 