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Prof Amy Sau-Ching HA
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Professor |
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Chair, Department of Sports
Science and Physical
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Director, Master of Education Programme (SSPE) |
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Associate Director, Centre for
University and School Partnership (CUHK) |
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Depart-
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Sports Science and Physical Education, Faculty of Education |
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G05
Kwok Sports Building,
The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK)
Shatin, N.T., Hong Kong |
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| Telephone:
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(852)
3943 6083 |
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| Fax: |
(852) 2603 5781 |
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| Email:
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sauchingha@cuhk.edu.hk
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EDUCATION
BA (Fu-jen Catholic University, Taiwan)
MPE (Springfield College, USA)
PhD (Walden University, USA)
RESEARCH INTEREST
- Teacher Education, Sports and Physical Activity, Professional Development
RECENT FUNDED RESEARCH
- Principal Investigator, "Coca-cola Rope Skipping STAR Program - Effect of Rope Skipping to Hong Kong Children"
(The Coca-cola Foundation)
- Principal Investigator, "Physical Education Teachers' Perception and Application of Teaching Games for Understanding."
(Direct Grant, CUHK)
- Principal Investigator, "Creating and Sustaining "Communities of Practice" for Physical Education Teacher's Continuing Professional Development (CPD)."
(Knowledge Transfer Project Fund, CUHK)
- Principal Investigator, "Teachers' Attitude towards Teaching Students with Disabilities in General Physical Education."
(Endowment Fund Research Grant, United College, CUHK)
- Principal Investigator, "Fostering Children's Moral Development through Physical Education with Olympism."
(RGC Competitive Earmarked Research Grant)
- Principal Investigator, "Effects of a Health-related Curriculum, Teacher Development Programme, and Student Assessment on School Physical Education."
(RGC Competitive Earmarked Research Grant)
- Principal Investigator, "Physical Education Teachers Development Programme - Workshops for PE Curriculum Leaders in Primary and Secondary Schools."
(Education and Manpower Bureau, Hong Kong SAR Government)
- Principal Investigator, "Comparison of Children's Sport Participation and Physical Activity Pattern in Hong Kong and Australia."
(Endowment Fund Research Grant, United College, CUHK)
- Principal Investigator, "Effect of an In-service Teacher Development Programme on the Quality of School Physical Education."
(District Teacher Network, Education Manpower Bureau, Hong Kong SAR Government)
- Principal Investigator, "Physical Education Teachers Development Programme - Workshops for PE Curriculum Leaders in Primary Schools."
(Education Department, Hong Kong SAR Government)
RECENT PUBLICATIONS
- Wang, C.L., & Ha, A.S.,
(in press). Factors Influencing Pre-service Teachers' Perception of Teaching Games
for Understanding: A Constructivist Perspective.
Sport, Education, and Society.
- Qi, J., Ha, A.S., & Wang, L. (2011). Qualitative
research method and its application in physical education (in
Chinese). China Sport Science, 31(6), 74-80.
- Ha, A.S.,
Sum, R.K., O' Sullivan, M., Pang, B., & Chan, D.W. (2010). Effects of a Professional
Development Programme on Teacher Receptivity and Curriculum Change in Physical Education.
Educational Research Journal,
25(1), 47-80.
- Ha, A.S., Macdonald, D., & Pang, B. (2010).
Physical Activity in the Lives of Hong Kong Chinese Children.
Sport, Education, and Society, 15(3), 331-346.
- Ha, A.S., & Pang, B.(2010). Physical Activity
and Confucianism: Relationships between Hong Kong Children and
their Parents In J., Wright & D., Macdonald (Ed). Young People,
Physical Activity and the Everyday, pp. 93-103. United Kingdom
- London: Routledge.
- Pang, B., & Ha,
A.S. (2010). Subjective task value in physical activity
participation: The perspective of Hong Kong schoolchildren. European
Physical Education Review, 16 (3), 223-235.
- Wang Lijuan & Ha, A.S. (2009). Pre-service
Teachers' Perception of Teaching Games for Understanding: A Hong
Kong Perspective. European Physical Education Review, 15 (3), 407-429.
- Ha, A.S., Abbott, R., Macdonald, D., & Pang, B. (2009). Comparison of perceived support for physical activity and physical activity related practices
of children and young adolescents in Hong Kong and Australia.European Physical Education Review, 15(2), 155-171.
- Ha, A.S., & Wang, C.L. (2009) A Critical Review of Hong Kong School Physical Education – 1984-2009. Educational
Research Journal, 24(1), 71-94.
- Lonsdale, C., Sabiston, C.M., Raedeke, T.D., Ha, A.S. & Sum, R.K. (2009). Self-determined motivation and students' physical activity during structured physical education lessons and free choice periods. Preventive Medicine, 48, (1), 69-73.
- Ha, A.S., Wong, A.C., Sum, R.K. & Chan,
W.K. (2008). Understanding Teachers’ Will Capacity to Accomplish
Physical Education Curriculum Reform: The Implications or Teacher
Development. Sport, Education, and Society, 13(1), 77-95.
PAPER PRESENTED IN CONFERENCES
- Ha, A.S.,
Sum, R.K. & Chan, W.K. (2011). Hong Kong Teachers' Perceptive on Physical Education Reform and their Needs for Continuous Professional Development. The AIESEP International Conference, 22-25 June 2011. University of Limerick, Ireland.
- Ha, A.S.,
& Wang, C.L. (2010). Student-teachers' Perception and Application
of Teaching Games for Understanding during their Studying Period
and Teaching Practice, 26-29 October 2010. Corunna, Spain.
- Ha, A.S., Abbott, R., Macdonald, D., &
Pang B. (2009). Comparison of Sport Participation and Physical
Activity Practices of Children in Hong Kong and Australia. The
20th Pan-Asian Congress of Sports & Physical Education, 15-16
October, Taipei.
- Ha, A.S., Lee, J.C., & Ren, H. (2009). Effect
of Social Learning and Structural Developmental Strategies on
Hong Kong Students: Sportpersonship and Pro-social Behaviour,
AIESEP Specialist Symposium, 24-26 September 2009. Pensacola,
Florida, United States of America.
- Ha, A.S., Butler, J.I., Pratt, D.D., & Collins,
J.B. (2008). Teaching Games for Understanding: A study of Hong
Kong Prospective Physical Education Teachers' Beliefs, Intentions,
and Actions in Teaching. The 4th International Conference 2008
- Understanding Games: Enhancing Learning in Teaching and Coaching,
14-17 May 2008. Vancouver, Canada.
- Ha, A.S., Lee, J.C., & Ren, H. (2008). Students'
Olympic knowledge and perceived sportspersonship in the development
of a Hong Kong Chinese moral-based education program: A preliminary
study. AIESEP World Congress, Sport pedagogy research, policy
and practice: International perspectives in physical education
and sports coaching, 21-24 January 2008. Sapporo, Japan.
- Ha, A.S., Chan, W.K., & Sum, R.K., &
Johns, D. (2007). Effects of a Health-related Physical Education
Curriculum, Teacher Development and Students Assessment on Children’s
Fitness Level and their Exercise Enjoyment. The American College
of Sports Medicines 54th Annual Meeting, May 30 – June 2, 2007,
New Orleans, United States of America.
- Ha, A.S., Chan, W.K., & Sum, R.K., & Johns,
D. (2006). Effects of a Teacher Development Program and Student
Assessment Scheme on Teachers' Value Orientation and Their Compatibility
with the Physical Education Curriculum. AIESEP World Congress,
Role of Physical Education and Sport in Promoting Physical Activity
and Health, 5-8 July 2006, Finland.
- Ha, A.S., & Pang O.H. (2006). Sport Participation
and Physical Activity Pattern of Hong Kong Children. AIESEP World
Congress, Role of Physical Education and Sport in Promoting Physical
Activity and Health, 5-8 July 2006, Finland.
- Ha, A.S., Chan, W.K., & Sum, R.K. (2005). Teacher
Receptivity to Change in Physical Education and their Perceptions
of an In-service Teacher Training Program. Developing Teacher
Leadship and Education Partnership in the Face of Education Reform.
Faculty of Education of CUHK, 40th Anniversary International Conference,
The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, December 2-3.
COURSES TAUGHT
| Post-graduate Programme: |
- Current Issues in Sports
- Guided Studies
- Research Methods in Physical Education
- Research Project
- Teaching of Physical Education and Adapted Physical Activities
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| Undergraduate Programme: | - Adapted Physical Education and Sports
- Pedagogy of Primary Physical Education
- Pedagogy of Secondary Physical Education
- Research Independent Project
- Teaching Practice
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MEMBERSHIP OF PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS
- American Association for Educational Research
- American Association for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance
- International Association for Physical Education in Higher Education
- American College of Sports Medicine
- International Council for Health, Physical Education, Recreation, Sport and Dance
- Curriculum and Instruction Academy of the National Association for Sport and Physical Education
- The Hong Kong Educational Research Association
- The Hong Kong Primary Education Research Association
- Hong Kong Professional Teachers' Union
HONOURS
AND AWARDS
- Vice-chancellor's Exemplary Teaching Award, Faculty of Education, CUHK 2009
- Faculty Exemplary Teaching Awards (1999-2010)
Courses received Outstanding Teaching Award:
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Post-graduate Programme: |
Research Methods in Physical Education
Teaching of Physical Education and Adapted Physical Activities
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Under-
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Adapted Physical Education and Sports
Pedagogy of Secondary Physical Education
Pedagogy of Primary Physical Education
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- Honorary Consultant, School of Professional and Continuing Studies, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
- Honorary Professor, Nanjing Normal University, China
- Invited Consultant, Physical Fitness Association of Hong Kong
- Visiting Scholar and External Examiner of PhD Programme, Department of Physical Education and Physical Education, National Taiwan Normal University, Taiwan
PROFESSIONAL SERVICES
- Board Member, Asian Society for Adapted Physical Education and Exercise
- Board Member, International
Association for Physical Education in Higher Education (AIESEP)
- Co-editor, International Journal of Eastern Sports & Physical Education
- Founding President, Hong Kong Rope Skipping Association China
- Member, International Rope Skipping Federations
- Member, Management
Committee, Hong Kong Paralympians Fund, Social Welfare Department,
HKSAR.
- Member, Physical Education Subject Committee, Hong Kong Examinations and
Assessment Authority, HKSAR
- Paper reviewer, Educational
Research Journal, The Hong Kong Educational Research Association
- Paper reviewer, Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport, United States of America
- Paper reviewer, Journal of Teaching in Physical Education, United States of America
- President, Asian Rope Skipping Federations
- Subject Specialist, Hong Kong Council for Accreditation of Academic and Vocational Qualifications
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