[Sigiii-l] PhD Position in the University of Hong Kong

[Xiao Hu]

Dear All,

Apologies for cross-posting!



*THE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG*



Postgraduate Research Students



Dr Samuel Chu is inviting applications for the candidature of a PhD
postgraduate research student in the University of Hong Kong. Potential
candidates should have an excellent track record in their undergraduate and
postgraduate degrees from a reputable university.



Potential candidates should have the one or more interest/s in the
following areas of Dr Chu’s expertise: Game-based Learning, Gamification in
Education, 21st Century Skills, Social Media in Education, Plagiarism-free
Collaborative Inquiry Project-based Learning, Knowledge Management and
Intellectual Capital, School and Academic Librarianship.



The selected candidate will participate in a research project entitled
“Implementing sexuality education in secondary schools with a bilingual
interactive game playable on Web, Facebook, tablets, and smartphones” for a
project period of 24 months.  The project adopts principles from
gamification and game-based learning to develop and evaluate the effects of
sexuality education on sexual attitudes and behaviors among secondary
school students through an interactive social game. A bilingual
(English/Chinese) interactive online game playable on the Web, Facebook,
iPads, and Android tablets will educate students on the proper knowledge
and attitudes in the subject of sexuality education.



The candidate is expected to have excellent oral and written communication
skills in English; the potential to apply for grants or publish research
papers in high quality journals. Those with any research publication
experience will be given preference. An IELTS score of 7.0 or above across
all bands is preferred for potential candidates from universities, where
English is not a first language.



For further information, please refer to Dr Samuel Chu’s website (
http://web.edu.hku.hk/staff/academic/samchu). All enquiries should be sent
to him (e-mail: samchu at hku.hk).



Potential candidates should prepare a draft proposal, according to the
format provided by the the School of Graduate Studies (
http://www.gradsch.hku.hk/). Please include an up-to-date C.V. and list of
three references together with the draft proposal tosamchu at hku.hk. The
application deadline is by 31 August 2017.



The selected candidate must be able to start the program by September 2018.

Cheers,
Xiao Hu, PhD
Faculty of Education
The University of Hong Kong
Room 329, Hui Oi-Chow Science Building
Tel: 22194722
Email: xiaoxhu at hku.hk
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