Dr. HUE Ming Tak 許明得

Teaching Areas

• Guidance and counselling
• Personal and social development
• Managing diversity
• Inclusive education
• Liberal studies

Research Interests

• Guidance & counselling
• School discipline
• Pastoral care and Chinese culture
• Pastoral care for ethnic minority students
• Behaviour management

Recent and Ongoing Research Projects

• Developing culturally responsive approaches to pastoral care: A narrative study of cross-cultural experience of ethnic minority students in Hong Kong secondary school (Principal Investigator, Internal Research Grant, HKIEd, 2009-09)
• Educational Provision for Ethnic Minority Students in Hong Kong: Meeting the Challenges of the Proposed Racial Discrimination Bill (Co-Investigator, Public Policy Research Fund, RGC, 2006-09)
• A Study on the Learning Situation of Educationally Disadvantaged Students in a Hong Kong Mainstream Primary School from the Multicultural Perspective (Co-Investigator, Internal Research Grant, HKIEd, 2006-07)
• Social Construction of Classroom Discipline in Hong Kong Secondary Schools, funded by Internal Research Grant (Principal Investigator, Internal Research Grant, HKIEd, 2005-06)
• Developing Interactive Teaching Resources for Four Core Module in the Bachelor Education Programmes (Co-investigator, Teaching Development Grants, HKIEd, 2005-06)
• Enhancing Active Teaching and Learning by the Use of Questioning Skill- Teacher Development and Resources Production on 4 Key Learning Areas in Primary Schools (Co-investigator, Teaching Development Grants, HKIEd, 2004-05)
• An Institute-School Partnership Initiative to Foster Pre-Service Teachers’ Understanding of Classroom Knowledge and Skills (Co-investigator, Projects and Initiative Fund, HKIEd, 2003-05)
• Teachers Assessment Practices and their Relationship to New
  Assessment Requirement (Co-investigator, Internal Research Grant, HKIEd, 2003-04)
• Teachers’ and students’ constructs of classroom discipline in
  two Hong Kong secondary schools, (Principal Investigator, HKIEd Small Scale Research Fund, 2003-04)

Representative Publications

• Hue, M. T. (2008). Cross-cultural experiences of immigrant students from mainland China in Hong Kong secondary schools. Ethnography and Education, 3(3), 229-242.

• Hue , M.T. & Li, W.S. (2008). Classroom management: Creating a positive learning environment. Hong Kong: Hong Kong University Press.

• Hue , M.T. & Li, W.S. (2008). Classroom management: Creating a positive learning environment. Hong Kong: Hong Kong University Press. (In Chinese)
• Hue , M.T. (2007). Emergence of Confucianism from teachers’ definitions of guidance and discipline in Hong Kong Secondary schools. Research in Education, 78(1), 21-33.
• Hue , M.T. (2008). The Influence of Confucianism: A Narrative Study of Hong Kong Teachers’ Understanding and Practices of School Guidance and Counselling. British Journal of Guidance and Counselling, 36(3), 303-316.
• Hue , M.T. ( 2007). The influence of classic Chinese philosophy of Confucianism, Taoism and Legalism on classroom discipline in Hong Kong junior secondary schools. Pastoral Care in Education,25( 2): 38- 45.
• Hue , M.T. (2007). The Relationships between school guidance and discipline: Critical contrasts in two Hong Kong secondary schools. Educational Review. 59(3):343-361.
• Hue , M.T. (2007). Classroom management for children with diverse learning needs. In N.S.Philipson (Ed.), Learning diversity in the Chinese classroom: Contexts and practice for students with special needs (pp.459-486). Hong Kong: Hong Kong University Press.
• Hue , M.T. (2005). The influences of Chinese culture on teacher-student interaction in the classrooms of Hong Kong secondary schools. Curriculum Perspectives, Australian Curriculum Studies Association, 25 (3):37-43.
• Hue , M.T.(2005). Developing a peer support group for promoting teachers’ professional development. In K.H.Hui & W.S.Li (Eds.), Teacher leadership and professional development in Hong Kong: Theory and practices (pp.61-78). Hong Kong: Infolink Publishing Limited (In Chinese).
• Hue , M.T. (2003). Strategic planning for curriculum change. In H.F. Law & B.H.Lam (2003) (Eds.), Curriculum Leadership for Curriculum Development (pp.18-41). Hong Kong: Quality Education Fund. (In Chinese)
• Hue , M.T. (2002). School Guidance and Discipline: Teachers’ and Students Construct Of Classroom Knowledge in Two Hong Kong Secondary Schools. Educate-The London Journal of Doctoral Research in Education, Institute of Education, University of London,1(1): 23-35.

Conference Papers

• Hue, M.T. (2006). A Narrative Study of Student Teachers’ Professional Knowledge of Classroom Discipline in Hong Kong Secondary Schools. Paper presented on 17th April 2006, at the Annual Meeting of American Educational Research Association (AERA), San Francisco, USA.
• Hue, M.T (2006). A Study of Relationships Between Teachers’ Self Efficacy and Their Perceptions towards Classroom Discipline in Hong Kong Junior Secondary Schools. Paper presented on 8th January 2006, at Hawaii International Conference on Education, Honolulu, Hawaii.
• Hue, M.T.(2005). The Cross Cultural Experience of the Mainland China Immigrant Students in Hong Kong Secondary Schools. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of American Educational Research Association (AERA), Montreal, Canada.
• Hue, M.T. (2005). Teachers’ Construction of Classroom Discipline in Hong Kong Secondary Schools. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of American Educational Research Association (AERA), Montreal, Canada.
• Hue, M.T.(2005). Teacher Leadership and Professional Development in Hong Kong: Developing a Peer Support Group for Promoting Teachers’ Professional Development. A symposium paper presented, on 2nd December 2005, at the 40th Anniversary International Conference, Faculty of Education, The Chinese University of Hong Kong.
• Hue, M.T. (2004). Managing the Diversity of Student Needs: The Constructs of the Identity Of Newly Arrived Students from Mainland China in two Hong Kong Secondary Schools. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of American Educational Research Association. (AERA), San Diego, USA.

Community & Professional Services

• Hue, M.T. (2006, May), Catering for the Individual Difference among Pupils: Creative Classroom and Thinking, Workshop for a primary school.
• Hue, M.T. (2006, March), Use of Peer Support Group for Promoting Teachers’ Professional Development, Talk given at a seminar for primary in-service teachers, organized by EMB.
• Hue, M.T. (2005, November), Life-Long Learning: Looking Backward and Moving Forward, Talk given at a Graduation Ceremony for a secondary school.
• Hue, M.T. (2004, March), Current Trend of Curriculum Development and Reform, Workshop given for a secondary school.
• Hue, M.T. (2004, January), Promoting Students’ Learning Motivation: Fulfilling the Social and Affective Needs of Students, Workshop for a secondary school.
• Hue, M.T. (2002, August), Teachers’ Role in Pastoral Care, Workshop for a primary school.
• Hue, M.T. (2002, January), Enhancing Teachers’ Awareness of the Need for Multicultural Education, Workshop for in-service teachers from primary schools.
• Hue, M.T. (2002, March), How to Design a Peer Support Scheme for Promoting Student Growth, Workshop for a primary school.

Created: 29 May 2007, Last modified: November 2009
Authorised by: Acting Head, EPCL
Maintained by: Fiona Lam