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Alumni associate

Hee Kyung Hong
Degree: Ph.D., Cultural and Educational Policy Studies 2006
Dissertation title: The impact of economic development on international mathematics and science achievement: A repeated measures design analysis of Trends in International Mathematics and Science Studies (TIMSS) for 1995, 1999, and 2003
E-mail: hkhong@ied.edu.hk

Education:

Ph.D., Comparative and International Education, May 2006
Loyola University Chicago, Chicago, IL

M.A., International Relations, June 2004
The University of Chicago, Chicago, IL

M.Ed., International Education, June 2000
Harvard Graduate School of Education, Cambridge, MA

Postgraduate Certificate in Education, in English/TESL, June 1997
The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong

B.Sc., Honors, Psychology, June 1996
The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong

Professional Experience:

Assistant Professor, Department of Education Policy & Leadership, Hong Kong Institute of Education, Fall 2010 –
 
Assistant Research Fellow, China Institute for Educational Finance Research, Peking University, 2007-2010

Erasmus Mundus Visiting Scholar, University of London Institute of Education, Fall 2009

Adjunct Faculty, Loyola University Chicago & National-Louis University, Chicago IL, 2006

Publications:

Hong, H.K. (late 2010). Student loans scheme in South Korea: 2005-2010. In J.G. Wei (Ed.). Student Loans in the International Context and China’s Practice [学生资助的国际经验与中国实践]. Beijing: Education Publishing [教育出版社].
 
Hong, H.K. (2009). The Expansion of Higher Education Led by Private Universities in Korea. Asia Pacific Journal of Education v.29 (3), pp.341-355

Hong, H.K. (2009). A Comparative Perspective of Educational Reforms in East Asia.  Conference proceedings for International Seminar on “Quality School Education for All” organized by National University for Educational Planning & Administration, New Delhi, India, March 5-7, 2009

Hong, H. K. & Epstein, E. H. (2002). Essay Book Review: Education and Political Transition, Education and Society in Hong Kong and Macau, Education and Political Transition, World Studies in Education, v.3 (1), pp.69-74.

Presentations:

A Comparative Perspective of Education Reforms in East Asia,” paper presented at the Comparative & International Education Societies annual conference in Charleston, SC, 2009

Invited China representative to the “UNESCO-KIGEPE-UNDP ROK Workshop on Gender Responsive Budget – a GENIA Sub-Regional Capacity Building Initiative for South, Southeast and East Asia”, 3-5 December 2008, Seoul Korea

A Comparative Study on Education Reforms in South Korea and Hong Kong,” Paper presented at the 14th China Comparative Education Societies conference, Wenzhou, China, Nov 2008 [in Chinese].

"Massification of Higher Education in China and Korea: A Comparative Analysis,” Paper presented at the 3rd Worldwide Forum for Comparative Education, Beijing, China, Oct 2008.

“Financing Private Higher Education in China and Korea,” paper presented at the Comparative and International Education Societies annual conference in New York, NY 2008.

“Economic Development and Its Impact on International Science and Mathematics Curricula: A Study from TIMSS,” paper presentation accepted for the Comparative and International Education Societies annual conference in Honolulu, HI 2006.

“Developing the Introductory Course in Comparative and International Education: Emerging Issues and Considerations,” Symposium presentation delivered at the Comparative and International Education Societies annual conference in Stanford, CA, March 2005.

Research Interests:

Financing of private higher education in South Korea, massification of higher education in China and South Korea, education reforms in East Asian societies, financing of adult literacy in developing countries

Membership/Professional Associations:

Comparative & International Education Societies
Comparative Education Society of Hong Kong
China Comparative Education Society
Education Policy & Analysis Archives (Editorial Board, 2007-2009)

International Experience:

Lived and worked in Hong Kong and currently in Beijing; participated in two weeks' summer program in Rome; studied in Boston and Chicago; traveled to Copenhagen, London, Paris, Florence, Munich, Regensburg, Seoul, Singapore, New Delhi, Lusaka and parts of China.

Languages:

Korean, good Chinese, working knowledge of French and Cantonese

 

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