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  1. A Data-Analytical Framework for the Early Detection of At-Risk Students in Higher Education

    Article • January 2026, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor May May Hung Cheng

  2. Early career teachers’ motivation to become a teacher, teacher buoyancy, and teacher engagement

    Article • Teacher Development, April 2025, Taylor & Francis

    Professor May May Hung Cheng

  3. A Data-Analytic Approach to Early Detection of At-Risk Students in Higher Education

    Article • April 2025, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Professor May May Hung Cheng

  4. Science Education in the Age of Artificial Intelligence: Opportunities, Challenges, and Research

    Article • IEEE Transactions on Learning Technologies, January 2025, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Professor May May Hung Cheng

  5. Validation of the dual component teacher buoyancy scale: Incorporating contextual resources to understand teacher buoyancy

    Article • Teaching and Teacher Education, August 2024, Elsevier

    Professor May May Hung Cheng

  6. The Design and application of RAG-based conversational agents for collaborative problem solving

    Article • June 2024, ACM (Association for Computing Machinery)

    Professor May May Hung Cheng

  7. Early career teachers thriving in the everyday challenges of teaching: understanding the relationship between professional competence and teacher buoyancy

    Article • Journal of Professional Capital and Community, January 2023, Emerald

    Professor May May Hung Cheng

  8. How early career teachers overcome everyday work-related challenges: an analysis from the perspective of teacher buoyancy

    Article • Journal of Education for Teaching International Research and Pedagogy, November 2022, Taylor & Francis

    Professor May May Hung Cheng

  9. Teacher buoyancy: harnessing personal and contextual resources in the face of everyday challenges in early career teachers’ work

    Article • European Journal of Teacher Education, July 2022, Taylor & Francis

    Professor May May Hung Cheng

  10. An Overview of STEM Education in Asia

    Article • January 2022, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor May May Hung Cheng

  11. Concepts and Practices of STEM Education in Asia

    Article • January 2022, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor May May Hung Cheng

  12. Identifying Effective STEM Programmes and Strategies in Asia

    Article • January 2022, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor May May Hung Cheng

  13. STEM Teacher Professional Development for Primary School Teachers in Hong Kong

    Article • January 2022, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor May May Hung Cheng

  14. Examining the Learning of Student-Teachers in Initial Teacher Education Programs in Hong Kong

    Article • January 2022, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor May May Hung Cheng

  15. Learning of Student-Teachers in Initial Teacher Education Programs in Taiwan

    Article • November 2021, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor May May Hung Cheng

  16. Preparing High Quality Teacher Education Graduates in an Era of Unprecedented Uncertainties: The Case of Hong Kong

    Article • January 2021, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor May May Hung Cheng

  17. Millennial generation preservice teachers’ intrinsic motivation to become a teacher, professional learning and professional competence

    Article • Teaching and Teacher Education, November 2020, Elsevier

    Professor May May Hung Cheng

  18. An exploratory study of teacher buoyancy

    Article • Journal of Professional Capital and Community, October 2020, Emerald

    Professor May May Hung Cheng

  19. Implementing practitioner research as a teacher professional development strategy in an Asia-Pacific context

    Article • Journal of Education for Teaching International Research and Pedagogy, January 2020, Taylor & Francis

    Professor May May Hung Cheng

  20. Re-conceptualising professional competence development of student teachers in initial teacher education

    Article • Research Papers in Education, June 2019, Taylor & Francis

    Professor May May Hung Cheng

  21. Examining student teachers’ engagement with the theory-practice link in initial teacher education

    Article • Journal of Education for Teaching International Research and Pedagogy, November 2018, Taylor & Francis

    Professor May May Hung Cheng

  22. Challenges for student-teachers during their teaching practicum in an early childhood teacher education context

    Article • May 2018, Taylor & Francis

    Professor May May Hung Cheng

  23. Changes in the teaching motivations of student teachers in Hong Kong

    Article • May 2018, Taylor & Francis

    Professor May May Hung Cheng

  24. Facilitating student-teacher professional learning in their field experience

    Article • May 2018, Taylor & Francis

    Professor May May Hung Cheng

  25. What attracts young people to become teachers? A comparative study of pre-service student teachers’ motivation to become teachers in Hong Kong and Macau

    Article • Asia Pacific Education Review, May 2018, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor May May Hung Cheng

  26. Classroom learning environment, critical thinking and achievement in an interdisciplinary subject: a study of Hong Kong secondary school graduates

    Article • Educational Studies, March 2018, Taylor & Francis

    Professor May May Hung Cheng

  27. professional competence

    Article • Journal of Education for Teaching International Research and Pedagogy, June 2017, Taylor & Francis

    Professor May May Hung Cheng

  28. A study of Hong Kong 12th graders in Liberal Studies

    Article • Thinking Skills and Creativity, June 2017, Elsevier

    Professor May May Hung Cheng

  29. Configuring the three-way relationship among student teachers' competence to work

    Article • Teaching and Teacher Education, November 2016, Elsevier

    Professor May May Hung Cheng

  30. The preparation of pre-service student teachers’ competence to work in schools

    Article • Journal of Education for Teaching International Research and Pedagogy, February 2016, Taylor & Francis

    Professor May May Hung Cheng

  31. Different Modes of Field Experience in Teacher Education Programmes

    Article • January 2016, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor May May Hung Cheng

  32. Unpacking the paradox of Chinese science learners

    Article • Studies in Science Education, December 2015, Taylor & Francis

    Professor May May Hung Cheng

  33. Changing conceptions of teaching: a four-year learning journey for student teachers

    Article • Teachers and Teaching, July 2015, Taylor & Francis

    Professor May May Hung Cheng

  34. Examining professional learning and the preparation of professionally competent teachers

    Article • Teachers and Teaching, April 2015, Taylor & Francis

    Professor May May Hung Cheng

  35. Highly motivated and professionally competent teachers in initial teacher education

    Article • Journal of Education for Teaching International Research and Pedagogy, February 2015, Taylor & Francis

    Professor May May Hung Cheng

  36. Accommodation in Assessment

    Article • January 2015, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor May May Hung Cheng

  37. Alignment

    Article • January 2015, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor May May Hung Cheng

  38. High Stakes Testing

    Article • January 2015, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor May May Hung Cheng

  39. Forms of Learning in Senior Secondary Science as Represented Through an Integrated Curriculum

    Article • January 2015, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor May May Hung Cheng

  40. Teaching motivations in Hong Kong: Who will choose teaching as a fallback career in a stringent job market?

    Article • Teaching and Teacher Education, July 2014, Elsevier

    Professor May May Hung Cheng

  41. Interpreting Ambivalence Regarding Motivation for Teaching Among Student–Teachers

    Article • The Asia-Pacific Education Researcher, February 2014, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor May May Hung Cheng

  42. Ppedagogical understanding among student–teachers in a four-year initial teacher education programme

    Article • Teachers and Teaching, October 2013, Taylor & Francis

    Professor May May Hung Cheng

  43. Exploring principal capacity to lead reform of teaching and learning quality in Thailand

    Article • International Journal of Educational Development, July 2013, Elsevier

    Professor May May Hung Cheng

  44. Shifts in teaching motivation and sense of self-as-teacher in initial teacher education

    Article • Educational Review, June 2013, Taylor & Francis

    Professor May May Hung Cheng

  45. Effects of motivational interviewing to promote weight loss in obese children

    Article • Journal of Clinical Nursing, March 2013, Wiley

    Professor May May Hung Cheng

  46. Views of primary science teachers

    Article • Education 3-13, August 2012, Taylor & Francis

    Professor May May Hung Cheng, Professor Siu-Cheung Kong

  47. Practicalising theoretical knowledge in student teachers' professional learning

    Article • Teaching and Teacher Education, August 2012, Elsevier

    Professor May May Hung Cheng

  48. Professional learning in initial teacher education: vision in the constructivist conception of teaching and learning

    Article • Journal of Education for Teaching International Research and Pedagogy, May 2012, Taylor & Francis

    Professor May May Hung Cheng

  49. Analysing teacher professional development through professional dialogue: an investigation into a university–school partnership project on enquiry learning

    Article • Journal of Education for Teaching International Research and Pedagogy, March 2012, Taylor & Francis

    Professor May May Hung Cheng

  50. The Perceptions of Obese School Children in Hong Kong Toward Their Weight-Loss Experience

    Article • The Journal of School Nursing, March 2012, SAGE Publications

    Professor May May Hung Cheng

  51. Priorities For Health Education in Hong Kong in Relation to Non-Communicable Diseases

    Article • January 2012, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor May May Hung Cheng

  52. Science Education in International Contexts

    Article • January 2011, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor May May Hung Cheng

  53. Generating High Level Thinking into Junior Secondary Science Curriculum

    Article • January 2011, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor May May Hung Cheng

  54. Instructional Model That Enhances Junior Secondary Students’ Understanding of the Nature of Science

    Article • January 2011, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor May May Hung Cheng

  55. FORM AND STRUCTURE OF CHINESE CHARACTERS AND CHILDREN’S UNDERSTANDING OF SCIENCE

    Article • International Journal of Science and Mathematics Education, October 2010, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor May May Hung Cheng

  56. Identifying professional development environment for mentor teachers at a Learning Centre

    Article • Teacher Development, August 2010, Taylor & Francis

    Professor May May Hung Cheng

  57. Teachers' Risk Perception and Needs in Addressing Infectious Disease Outbreak

    Article • The Journal of School Nursing, June 2010, SAGE Publications

    Professor May May Hung Cheng

  58. Implications for teacher education programmes in Hong Kong

    Article • Journal of Education for Teaching International Research and Pedagogy, February 2010, Taylor & Francis

    Professor May May Hung Cheng

  59. Ninth Graders’ Learning Interests, Life Experiences and Attitudes Towards Science & Technology

    Article • Journal of Science Education and Technology, April 2009, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor May May Hung Cheng

  60. Pre-service teacher education students' epistemological beliefs

    Article • Teaching and Teacher Education, February 2009, Elsevier

    Professor May May Hung Cheng

  61. Implementing Science Education in an Integrated Curriculum at Primary Level: Threats and Opportunities

    Article • Curriculum and Teaching, January 2009, James Nicholas Publishers

    Professor May May Hung Cheng

  62. The dilemma of field experience assessment

    Article • Teacher Development, August 2008, Taylor & Francis

    Professor May May Hung Cheng

  63. Identifying Strategies to Support Junior Secondary Students to Engage in Scientific Investigation Tasks

    Article • Canadian Journal of Science Mathematics and Technology Education, July 2008, Taylor & Francis

    Professor May May Hung Cheng

  64. Building a model to define the concept of teacher success in Hong Kong

    Article • Teaching and Teacher Education, April 2008, Elsevier

    Professor May May Hung Cheng

  65. Assessment Reform in Science in Hong Kong: Policy, Teacher Beliefs and Practice

    Article • January 2008, Brill

    Professor May May Hung Cheng

  66. Supporting Student Teachers' Professional Learning with Standards‐Referenced Assessment

    Article • Asia-Pacific Journal of Teacher Education, July 2006, Taylor & Francis

    Professor May May Hung Cheng

  67. Junior secondary science teachers’ understanding and practice of alternative assessment in Hong Kong: Implications for teacher professional development

    Article • Canadian Journal of Science Mathematics and Technology Education, July 2006, Taylor & Francis

    Professor May May Hung Cheng

  68. Constructing Science Assessment Based on a Constructivist View of Learning: Hong Kong Secondary Teachers’ Beliefs and Practice

    Article • The International Journal of Learning Annual Review, January 2006, Common Ground Publishing

    Professor May May Hung Cheng

  69. Designing Online Learning Courses for Teacher Education Programmes: Recommendations and Illustrations

    Article • The International Journal of Technology Knowledge and Society, January 2006, Common Ground Publishing

    Professor May May Hung Cheng

  70. Science and biology assessment in Hong Kong — progress and developments

    Article • Journal of Biological Education, December 2005, Taylor & Francis

    Professor May May Hung Cheng

  71. Understanding Teacher Professional Development during the Field Experience Period Using a Sociocultural View of Learning

    Article • Teacher Development, October 2005, Taylor & Francis

    Professor May May Hung Cheng

  72. Comparing perceptions: the competence of novice teachers and the expectations of school principals

    Article • Asia Pacific Education Review, June 2004, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor May May Hung Cheng

  73. Implications for Support in the Student Teaching Experience

    Article • Asia Pacific Journal of Education, March 2003, Taylor & Francis

    Professor May May Hung Cheng

  74. Science and biology assessment in relation to the recently proposed education reform in Hong Kong

    Article • Journal of Biological Education, September 2001, Taylor & Francis

    Professor May May Hung Cheng

  75. A New Attempt in Initial Teacher Education in Hong Kong: The Cooperating Teacher Scheme

    Article • Asia Pacific Journal of Education, January 1998, Taylor & Francis

    Professor May May Hung Cheng

  76. Implications for the design and management of initial teacher education programmes

    Article • Education + Training, July 1997, Emerald

    Professor May May Hung Cheng

  77. Teacher socialization: how beginning teachers move from college to school

    Article • The University of Hong Kong Libraries

    Professor May May Hung Cheng