陳詠欣博士
高級講師 II
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Introduction
Dr. Arita Chan obtained her MEd from McGill University and her EdD in educational psychology from the Chinese University of Hong Kong.She teaches courses in psychology and education. As a teacher trainer, she also conducts professional development workshops for in-service teachers. Prior to joining the Education University of Hong Kong, she had taught in other local universities and worked as a counselor at community centers and primary schools.
Dr. Chan’s research interests center on child counseling and positive development in students.Her current projects mainly focus on promoting students’ psychosocial development. She is the principal investigator of “Enhancing students’ personal and psychosocial development with self-learning kit: A Positive Education approach”, which was funded by the Teaching Development Grants (2016-17) and the project leader of “Enhancing students’ capacity to cope with challenges by using strength-based approach”, which is funded by the FEHD Leaders of Learning Cluster Grants. (2017-19).She is also a co-investigator in a QEF project which aims to promote mental health in high school students.
Highest Degree Obtained
EdD, Educational Psychology, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Membership of Professional Societies
Professional Member of American Counseling Association
Full Member of American Psychological Association
Honours/Awards
Certificate of Merit for Faculty Teaching Award, Faculty of Education and Human Development, The Education University of Hong Kong (2017-18)
Top 10% Teaching Award, Faculty of Education and Human Development, The Education University of Hong Kong (2017-18)
Faculty Teaching Staff Award, Faculty of Education and Human Development, The Hong Kong Institute of Education (2014/15)
Teaching in Current Academic Year
Developmental psychology
Educational Psychology
Guidance and Counseling
Internship and Teaching Practice Supervision
Current External Competitive Grants
Positive and Caring Campus@Jockey Club Ti-I College (2018-19), $169700, funded by Quality Education Fund, Government of Hong Kong SAR. (PI: Tang, H.Y.C. Co-Is: Chan, W.Y.A., Wan, L.Y.S.)
Consultancy in Past 3 Years
Ad-hoc reviewer: International Journal of Transpersonal Studies; 2017 International Conference on Education and Training Technologies (Singapore)
Selected Recent Publications
Chan, A. (2017). Mental Health Care for Children. Journal of Childhood and Developmental Disorder, 3(3), 1-3.
溫麗妍、陳詠欣及鄧巧孺 (2017)：《愉快實習：自我裝備天書》，香港，香港教育大學。
Chan, W.Y.A., & Siu, F.Y.A. (2016). Application of the Spiritual Intelligence Self-reported Inventory (SIRI-24) among Hong Kong university student. International Journal of Transpersonal Studies, 35(1), 1-12.