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

[Michel Menou]

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Subject: 	[Sigiii-l] PhD Position in the University of Hong Kong
Date: 	Tue, 1 Aug 2017 18:30:14 +0800
From: 	Xiao Hu <xh.gslis at gmail.com>
To: 	Xiao Hu <xiaoxhu at hku.hk>
CC: 	samchu <samchu at hku.hk>



Dear All,

Apologies for cross-posting!

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*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 
<http://web.edu.hku.hk/staff/academic/samchu>). All enquiries should be 
sent to him (e-mail: samchu at hku.hk <mailto: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 
<mailto:samchu 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 <mailto:xiaoxhu at hku.hk>


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