Prof. Shun Wing_NG
Prof. Shun Wing_NG, Hong Kong Institute of Education, Hong Kong
Prof. NG Shun Wing is the Head of Department of Education Policy and Leadership (EPL) at the Hong Kong Institute of Education (HKIEd). He graduated from the Chinese University of Hong Kong with Sociology as his major and Economics, his minor. He was the Head of Social Studies Department in a secondary school for seven years prior to embarking on his teacher training career in Northcote College of Education. He completed his Master Degree in the University of Nottingham in 1993 and received his PhD in Education from the University of Exeter in 2002 in the United Kingdom. He joined the Hong Kong Institute of Education (HKIEd) in 1995. He was the Council member of the HKIEd, Associate Director of the Asia Pacific Centre for Leadership and Change. He is presently the Coordinator of the Master and Doctorate programmes in the Department. He is also the Leader of the training programmes for aspiring, newly appointed and serving principals. Prof. Ng has published three books, a lot of book chapters and refereed articles in international journals regarding education policies, international education, educational leadership and change, home-school relations. He has been invited by many editors of the international journals as reviewer and is the editorial board member of the international journal of Teacher Development. He was the guest editor of a special issue in the International Journal of Educational Reform. He had been invited as external examiner for the PhD and EdD theses by many overseas universities. Prof. Ng was awarded the Annual IISE Best Article 2013 regarding his paper in the journal of Compare, entitled "Rethinking the Mission of Internationalization of Higher Education in Asia-Pacific Region", by the Institute for International Studies in Education (IISE), University of Pittsburgh. Prof. Ng's research interests include parental involvement in school education, education leadership and management, higher education, teacher education and citizenship education.