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Profile Dr CHOW Wai Kwan Alice Qualifications: BA CUHK; CertEd HKU BEd York (Canada); MEd HKU PhD UEA

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Research Interests

Selected Publications

• Chow, A. (forthcoming). Managing educational change: A case of two approaches. International journal of leadership in education.

• Gao, X., & Chow, A. (in press). Primary school English teachers’ research engagement. ELT Journal.

• Chow, A., & Leung, P. (2011). Assessment for learning in language classroom. In R. Berry & B. Adamson (Eds.), Assessment reform in education: Policy and practice (pp. 135-154). Dordrecht, Netherlands: Springer.

• Gao, X., Barkhuizen, G., & Chow, A. (2011). Research engagement and educational decentralization: Problematizing primary school English teachers’ research experiences in China. Educational Studies, 37(2), 207-219.

• Gao, X., Barkhuizen, G., & Chow, A. (2011). ‘Nowadays, teachers are relatively obedient’: Understanding primary school English teachers’ conceptions of and drives for research in China. Language Teaching Research, 15(1), 61-81.

• Tang, S. Y. F., Leung, P. P. W., Chow, A. W. K., & Wong, P. M. (2010). A case study of teacher learning in an assessment for learning project in Hong Kong. Professional Development in Education, 36(4), 621-636.

• Chow, A. (2010). Improving student learning through student-involved assessment. International Journal of Learning, 16(12), 87-101.

• Chow, A. (2009). Learning study as a form of collaborative teacher action research. Curriculum Perspectives, 29(3), 33-45.

• Chow, A. W. K., & Tang, S. Y. F. (2009). Developing teacher self-regulation through learning-oriented feedback in teaching assessment. In A. Selkirk & M. Tichneor (Eds.), Teacher education: Policy, practice and research (pp. 331-338). New York: Nova Science Publishers.

• Chow, A., & Li, B. (2008). Task-based assessment. In A. Ma (Ed.), A practical guide to a task-based curriculum: planning, grammar teaching and assessment (pp. 102-127). Hong Kong: City University Press.

• Tang, S. Y. F., & Chow, A. W. K. (2007). Communicating feedback in teaching practice supervision in a learning-oriented field experience assessment framework. Teaching and Teacher Education, 23(7), 1066-1085.

• Chow, A. (2006). Enhancing subject learning through English: Insights for content based instruction. South-East Asia: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 6(1), 51-70.

• Mok, A., Chow, A., & Wong, W. (2006). Strengthening language arts in English language teaching in Hong Kong. In P. McKay (Ed). Planning and teaching creatively within a required curriculum for school age learners. (pp. 59-80). TESOL Curriculum Development Series.

• Chow, A., & Mok, A. (2005). School-based Curriculum Development. Language Arts for Secondary Three. CD-ROM. Hong Kong: Hong Kong Institute of Education.

• Chow, A., Tse-tso, Y. W., & Li, B. (2005). Learning English or learning through English: Evaluating an English enrichment programme in post-colonial Hong Kong. In S. May, M. Franken & R. Barnard (Eds.), LED2003: Refereed conference proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Language, Education and Diversity. Hamilton: Wilf Malcolm Institute of Educational Research, University of Waikato.

• Chow, A. (2005). Teachers as action researchers: Building a community of learners through learning study. In S. P. Ning. (Ed). Learning study: A school-based action research on teaching reported speech. Hong Kong: Ling Liang Church M H Lau Secondary School Press.

• Chow, A. W. K., Tang, S. Y. F., & So, K. S. (2004). Mentoring others and developing self: Teacher learning and development. The Asia-Pacific Education Researcher. 13(1), 57-85.

• Chow, A., & Mok Cheung, A. (2004). English language teaching in Hong Kong SAR: Tradition, transition and transformation. In W.K. Ho & R. Wong (Eds.). English Language Teaching in East Asia Today: Changing Policies and Practices (pp. 150-177). Singapore: Eastern Universities Press.

• Li, B., Chow, A., Mok, A., Tong A., Tse-tso, Y. W., Wong, J., et al. (Eds.). (2003). Sharing Innovative Practice in the English Language Classroom. Hong Kong: Hong Kong Institute of Education.

• Mok Cheung, H. M. A., & Chow, W. K. A. (2001). Educator attachment for professional development: A Hong Kong experience. In Y. C. Cheng, K. W. Chow, & K. T. Tsui (Eds.), New teacher education for the Future: International perspective. (pp. 461-484). Hong Kong: The Hong Kong Institute of Education & Kluwer Academic Publishers.

• Chow, A., & Mok, A. (2000). Lecturer attachment scheme: Learning together for continued professional development, In A. E. He, L. Walker, A. Mok, P. Bodycott, & V. Crew (Eds.), Back to school: Lecturer attachment experience. (pp. 29-45). Hong Kong: The Hong Kong Institute of Education.

• Chow, W. K. A., Lee, I., & Murphy, M. (1996). EFL Reading in the Primary Classroom: Teachers' Perspectives and Practices. In G. T. Sachs, M. Brock and R. Lo (Eds.), Directions in second language teacher education (pp. 123-146). Hong Kong: The City University of Hong Kong.

• Chow, W. K. A. (1995). Partnership in Initial Teacher Education: Teachers' Perspectives. In F. Lopez-Real (Ed.), Teacher education in the Asian region. Hong Kong: University of Hong Kong.

Paper Presentations at Conferences

• Chow, A. (2008). Teacher action study on the teaching of ESL writing. The Thirteenth Skills Conference: Literacies in Context: Implications for Students, Teachers and Educational Systems. Egypt, Cairo.

• Chow, A. (2007). Collaborative teacher action study on the teaching of vocabulary. Paper presented at the 5th Asia TEFL Conference. Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

• Chow, A. (2006). Enacting critical pedagogy in a Chinese cultural context: fact or fiction? Paper presented at the 10th English in SE Asia Conference. Curtin University, Perth, Australia.

• Chow, A. & Lai, M.L. (2006). Enacting Western ELT pedagogies in the Hong Kong Classroom. Paper at the 8th Annual International Conference of the Japanese Society for Language Sciences. Tokyo, Japan.

• Chow, A. (2005). The role of English in building academic and linguistic literacy in post-colonial Hong Kong. Paper presented at the 10th English in SE Asia Conference: A Decade of Growth. The University of Brunei Darussalam, Brunei.

• Chan, R., Leung, P., Chow, A., Li, W.S. & Chan, P. (2005). Investigating quality teacher education practice – the ‘collaborative peer review of teaching supervision’ scheme. Forum at the Faculty of Education 40th Anniversary International Conference, CUHK. Hong Kong.

• Tang, S., & Chow, A. (2005). Communicating feedback in teaching supervision in a Learning-oriented Field Experience Assessment framework. Paper presented at the American Educational Research Association (AERA) Montreal, Canada.

• Chow, A. & Mok, A., (2005). Creativity and engagement in L2 through language arts activities. Paper presented at the 17th International Symposium on Theoretical & Applied Linguistics, Thessaloniki, Greece.

• Lai, M.L. & Chow, A. (2005) Improving grammar teaching through learning study. Paper presented at the 17th International Symposium on Theoretical & Applied Linguistics, Thessaloniki, Greece.

• Chow, A., (2004). Learning to teach English in Hong Kong: From conceptions of teaching to practices of teaching. Paper presented at the International Language in Education Conference (ILEC) Hong Kong, HKIEd

• Mok-Cheung, A., Chow, A., & Wong, W. (2004). To include or not to include: Language Arts as Core Curriculum or Extra-curricular Activities? Paper presented at the International Language in Education Conference (ILEC) Hong Kong, HKIEd

• Chow, A & Lai, M.L. (2004). Teachers as Action Researchers: Community-Based Inquiry into ELT Planning and Practices. Paper presented at the International Council on Education for Teaching (ICET) World Assembly, Hong Kong.

• Chow, A., Tse-tso, Y.W., Li, B. (2003). Learning English or Learning through English: Understanding Teachers' Perspectives in an English Enrichment Programme in Post-Colonial Hong Kong. Paper presented at the International Conference on Language, Education and Diversity, Hamilton, New Zealand.

• Mok, A & Chow, A (2003). An electronic platform for teacher knowledge (re)construction. Paper presented at Hawaii International Conference on Education, January, 2003. Hawaii, USA.

• Chow, W.K. A, Tang, Y.F. S, So K.S., & Yu Wu Y.W. R., (2001). Re-envisioning teacher preparation and development: voices of teaching advisers. Paper presented at European Conference on Educational Research (ECER) September, 2001. Lille, France.

• Tang, Y. F. S., Yu Wu, Y. W., So, K. S., & Chow, W. K. A., (2000), The genesis of an institute-school partnership in initial teacher education: illustration from the development of the honorary teaching adviser scheme in an initial teacher education programme. Paper presented at the Annual Conference of the British Educational Research Association, Cardiff, UK.