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KU, Y L Kelly

Assistant Professor
Education Studies
Hong Kong Baptist University (HKBU)
Hong Kong

Professor Social and Political Sciences
Biography

2017 – 2018. Faculty Research Grant, Hong Kong Baptist University. Exploring the Roles of Digital Technologies for University Students. $99,000. As co-investigator, with L. Deng as principal investigator. 2017 (withdrawn). Quality Education Fund, Education Bureau. Promoting Critical Social-thinking Skills for Positive Interpersonal Well-being. $444,700. As principal investigator. 2014 – 2015. Faculty Research Grant, Hong Kong Baptist University. Chinese Translation and Psychometric Testing of the Humor Styles Questionnaire Child Version. $100,000. As principal investigator. 2013 – 2014. Teaching Development Grant, Hong Kong Baptist University. Cross-cultural Blended Teaching and Learning. $196, 000. As co-investigator, with L. Deng as principal investigator. 2011 – 2012. Faculty Research Grant, Hong Kong Baptist University. The Role of Epistemic Goals in Personal Epistemology. $100,000. As principal investigator. 2011 – 2012. Faculty Start-up Fund, Hong Kong Baptist University. International Colloquium: Constructing Academic Achievement from Sociocultural Framework. $100,000. As co-chair, with S. Phillipson. 2010 – 2013. General Research Fund, Research Grants Council. The Role of Epistemological Understanding in Developmental Changes, Prediction, and Enhancement of Argumentation Performance. $659,120 (amount held at HKBU: $505, 440). As co-investigator, with K. T. Hau as principal investigator.

Research Intrest

Critical Thinking; News Literacy; Personal Epistemology; Positive Psychology

List of Publications
Ku, K. Y. L., Phillipson, S., & Phillipson, S. N., (2015). Education learning theory (pp. 238 – 245). In J. D. Wright. (Ed.) International encyclopedia of social and behavioral sciences (2nd edition, vol 7). Oxford, UK: Elsevier. (the volume received the PROSE award for Excellence in Reference Works and for Multivolume Reference – Humanities & Social Sciences)
Ku, K. Y. L. (2016). Measuring individual differences in epistemological beliefs (pp. 123 – 131). In Jhangiani, R., Legg, A., Fleck, B., Troisi, J., Stiegler-Balfour, J., & Hussey, H. (Ed.) A compendium of scales for use in the scholarship of teaching and learning. Washington, DC: Society for the Teaching of Psychology, American Psychological Association.
Ku, K. Y. L., Ho, S. K., Chan, S. S., Chik, M. P. Y., & Chan, D. W. K. (2016). Chinese translation and psychometric testing of the Humor Styles Questionnaire Children Version (C-HSQC) among Hong Kong Chinese primary-school students. European Journal of Humor Research, 4 (3), 61-75.
Commander, N., Ku, K. Y. L., Gallagher, P., Ashong, C., Deng, L., & Li, S. (2016). Cross-national online discussions with U. S. and Hong Kong education students. Journal of Technology and Teacher Education, 24(4), 383-413. (journal ranked 1st in Teacher Education and Technology H-Index)
Ku, K. Y. L., Lee, S. L. & Ellis, J. W. (2017). Using artwork as problem context in generic critical thinking instruction: A strategy for thoughts. Thinking Skills and Creativity, 25, 53-59. (SSCI; 5-year Impact Factor: 2.11)
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