Mr WONG, Ka Lok

Mr WONG, Ka Lok

黃家樂

Senior Lecturer
Academic Unit of Teacher Education and Learning Leadership

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Qualification
MA (with Distinction) (Mathematics Education)
BA (magna cum laude) (Philosophy)
Cert School Guidance & Counselling
Cert Ed (Mathematics)
BSc (Mathematics)
Email
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Phone
(852) 2857 8397
Location
Room 318, Runme Shaw Building


Prospective PhD/ EdD/ MPhil Applications
Not applicable.

Areas of Expertise
Teaching & learning of mathematics (esp. statistics, geometry, mathematical proof)
History and pedagogy of mathematics (HPM)
Mathematical literacy (Programme for International Student Assessment, PISA)
Curriculum development of mathematics
Mathematics teacher development


Projects
Current Year
Principal Investigator / Project Leader
Catering for Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Learners in Primary Mathematics Classrooms: Developing a Professional Network. Funded by Quality Education Fund Thematic Networks – Tertiary Institutes, Education Bureau, HKSAR (2021-22)
Project Website:https://cldmaths.edu.hku.hk/
Co-Investigator
Supporting Hong Kong Ethnic Minority Learners’ Multimodal Mathematics Learning Through Responsive Teaching in Technology-
enhanced Environments. Funded by General Research Fund, HKSAR (2021-23)
Recent Past
Catering for Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Learners in Primary Mathematics Classrooms. Funded by Quality Education Fund Thematic Networks – Tertiary Institutes, Education Bureau, HKSAR (2020-21)
Supporting the Learning and Teaching of Mathematics for Non-Chinese Speaking (NCS) Students in Primary Schools. Funded by Quality Education Fund Thematic Networks – Tertiary Institutes, Education Bureau, HKSAR (2019-20)
Supporting the Learning and Teaching of Mathematics for Non-Chinese Speaking Students in Primary Schools. University-School Support Programmes funded by Education Development Fund, Education Bureau, HKSAR (2017-19)
Supporting the Learning and Teaching of Mathematics for Non-Chinese Speaking Students in Secondary Schools. University-School Support Programmes funded by Education Development Fund, Education Bureau, HKSAR (2015-17)


Publications
Leung, J. S. C., Wong, K. L., & Chan, K. K. H. (2020). Pre-service secondary science teachers’ beliefs about teaching socio-scientific issues. In M. Evagorou, J. A. Nielsen, & J. Dillon (Eds.), Science teacher education for responsible citizenship: Towards a pedagogy for relevance through socioscientific issues (pp. 21-39). Springer.
Wong, K.L. (2017). Performance of Hong Kong students in mathematical literacy and its trend in PISA. In E.S.C. Ho (Ed.), What we learned from PISA: The outstanding performance of students in Hong Kong and East Asia (pp. 109-152). Singapore: World Scientific Pub.
Cheng, M.M.W., Wong, K.L., Lee, A.M.S., & Mok, I.A.C. (2013). Quantitative literacy in science communication. In J. K. Gilbert & S. M. Stocklmayer (Eds.), Communication and engagement with science and technology: Issues and dilemmas - A reader in science communication (pp. 110-129). Routledge Taylor & Francis Group.
Leung, F.K.S., Lee, A.M.S., Lopez-Real, F.J., Leung, A., Mok, I.A.C., & Wong, K.L. (2010). What can we teach mathematics teachers? Lessons from Hong Kong. In F.K.S. Leung & Y. Li (Eds.), Reforms and issues in school mathematics in East Asia: Sharing and understanding mathematics education policies and practices (pp. 153-168). Sense Publishers.
Sangwin, C., Cazes, C., Lee, A., & Wong, K.L. (2010). Micro-level automatic assessment supported by digital technologies. In C. Hoyles & J.-B. Lagrange (Eds.), Mathematics education and technology-rethinking the terrain: The 17th ICMI Study (pp. 227-250). Springer.
Wong, K.L. (2005). Geometric constructions: From traditional geometric construction in history to alternative choices in our mathematics classrooms. In N.Y. Wong (Ed.), Welcoming the new millenium: Reviewing Hong Kong mathematics education - Festschrift in the occasion of retirement of Prof M.K. Siu (pp. 204-225). Hong Kong: Hong Kong Association for Mathematics Education. [in Chinese]


Professional Community Services
President, Hong Kong Association for Mathematics Education