Category: Subtheme 3※Building Tools and Theory for Learning across Levels
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Systems of learning across levels: from neural to social structures
January 13, 2014 16:45-18:00 Room CPD-3.28, Centennial Campus, The University of Hong Kong Professor Liaquat Hossain, The University of Hong Kong This keynote is part of Winter Institute 2014. Description Network effects on individuals’ ability to learn better have been documented in studies based on communication, social psychology and mathematical sociology. Studies have shown that…
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Hearing screening for school children: Comparison of low-cost, computer-based and conventional audiometry
Resources McPHERSON, B., Law, M.M.S. and Wong, M.S.M. Hearing screening for school children: Comparison of low-cost, computer-based and conventional audiometry. Child: care, health and development, 36, 323-331. 2010. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1365-2214.2010.01079.x/abstract Abstract Background: There is a need to develop affordable but effective audiometric screening equipment, particularly for use in low-income countries. With advances in computer technology, low-cost…
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Adaptation of the Amsterdam Inventory for Auditory Disability and Handicap into Cantonese
Fuente, A., McPHERSON, B., Kwok, E.T.T., Chan, K. and Kramer, S. Adaptation of the Amsterdam Inventory for Auditory Disability and Handicap into Cantonese. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Audiology, 32(2), 115-126. 2012. Abstract: This research aimed to adapt the Amsterdam Inventory for Auditory Disability and Handicap (AIADH) into Cantonese. A total of six Cantonese-English…
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Hearing screening for school children: utility of noise-cancelling headphones
Lo, A.H.C. and McPHERSON, B. Hearing screening for school children: utility of noise-cancelling headphones. BMC Ear, Nose and Throat Disorders, 13:6. 2013. Abstract Background Excessive ambient noise in school settings is a major concern for school hearing screening as it typically masks pure tone test stimuli (particularly 500 Hz and below). This results in false…
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Reading strategies of Chinese students with severe to profound hearing loss
Cheung, K.Y., Leung, M.T. and McPHERSON, B. Reading strategies of Chinese students with severe to profound hearing loss. Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education, 18(3), 312-328. 2013. Abstract The present study investigated the significance of auditory discrimination and the use of phonological and orthographic codes during the course of reading development in Chinese students…
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Teaching in primary schools in China and India: Contexts of learning
Rao, N., Pearson, E., Cheng, K.M., & Taplin, M. (2013). Teaching in primary schools in China and India: Contexts of learning. Abingdon, UK: Routledge. This book compares primary education in urban and rural China and India. It focuses on how the sociocultural context including educational policy, educators’ and parents’ beliefs, and the conditions under which teaching and…
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Is something better than nothing? An evaluation of early childhood programs in Cambodia
Rao, N., Sun, J., Pearson, V., Pearson, E., Liu, H., Constas, M.A., & Engle, P.L. (2012). Is something better than nothing? An evaluation of early childhood programs in Cambodia. Child Development. 83, 864-876.DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8624.2012.01746.x DOI: 10.1016/j.ecresq.2011.07.001 Abstract: This study evaluated the relative effectiveness of home-based, community-based, and state-run early childhood programs across Cambodia. A total of…