Professor CHENG May Hung May
Chair Professor
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ProfessorCHENG May Hung May
Chair Professor
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Professor May Cheng May Hungis currently Associate Vice President (Academic Affairs), Registrar and Chair Professor of Teacher Education of The Education University of Hong Kong. Prior to the current appointment, Professor Cheng was a Reader in Professional Education at the Department of Education, University of Oxford from 2010 to the end of 2011. Professor Cheng has started teacher education work at the Sir Robert College of Education in Hong Kong. She has been successful in obtaining various research grants from the General Research Fund, the Quality Education Fund and the Education Bureau.
Professor Cheng is, at present, the President of the East Asian Association for Science Education and has chartered status as a fellow of the Royal Society of Biology. She has been an International committee member of the National Association for Research in Science Teaching in the United States.
Research Interests:
Teacher professional development and learning
The motivation of teaching among pre-service teachers
The relationship between professional competence and learning
Factors influencing professional learning among pre-service teachers
Practitioner research
Professional development and learning among in-service teachers
Science education
Facilitating inquiry learning among secondary students
Professional development and learning among teachers of science