Date:

 3 June 2025 (Tuesday)

Time:

15:00

Venue:

Faculty of Education (E33-1002)

Thesis Title:

色彩與視覺空間：十六國至北朝時期敦煌莫高窟佛教的色彩觀念

Color and Visual Space: A Study of Color Concepts in Buddhist Art from the Sixteen Kingdoms Period to the Northern Dynasty Dunhuang Mogao Caves

Chair:

Prof. Biying HU, Professor, FED, UM

Supervisor:

Prof. Zexun ZHANG, Associate Professor, FED, UM

Members:

Prof. Siu Kwai YEUNG, Associate Professor, FED, UM

Prof. Mei Leng TAM, Associate Professor, FAH, UM

Prof. Ning DING, Distinguished Professor, School of Arts, Peking University, China

Date:

3 June 2025 (Tuesday)

Time:

10:30

Venue:

Faculty of Education (E33-1002)

Thesis Title:

Mindful parenting as a mediator: Linking maternal adverse childhood experiences to parental factors and early adolescent behaviors

Chair:

Prof. Biying HU, Professor, FED, UM

Supervisor:

Prof. Juan ZHANG, Associate Professor, FED, UM

Members:

Prof. Yutao XIANG, Distinguished Professor, FHS, UM

Prof. Jin SUN, Associate Professor, FED, UM

Prof. Xinghua LIU, Associate Professor, School of Psychological and Cognitive Sciences, Peking University, China

Date:

28 May 2025 (Wednesday)

Time:

19:00

Venue:

Faculty of Education (E33-1002)

Thesis Title:

The Gender Role of University Students’ Self-Efficacy, Motivation, Engagement, and Satisfaction in MOOC Learning in China

Chair:

Prof. Biying HU, Professor, FED, UM

Supervisor:

Prof. Lijia LIN, Assistant Professor, FED, UM

Members:

Prof. Xiufeng LIU, Chair Professor, FED, UM

Prof. Yang GONG, Assistant Professor, FED, UM

Prof. Florence Martin, Professor, College of Education, North Carolina State University, USA

Date:

29 May 2025 (Thursday)

Time:

10:00

Venue:

Faculty of Education (E33-1004)

Thesis Title:

Engineering Design-Based Learning for Interdisciplinary Science Education: Framework Development, Classroom Enactment, and Impact on Scientific Creativity

Chair:

Prof. Xiufeng LIU, Chair Professor, FED, UM

Supervisor:

Prof. Bing WEI, Professor, FED, UM

Members:

Prof. Xiaowei TANG, Assistant Professor, FED, UM

Prof. Xinrong YANG, Associate Professor, FED, UM

Prof. Zehui ZHAN, Professor, School of Information Technology in Education, South China Normal University, China

Date:

27 May 2025 (Tuesday)

Time:

10:30

Venue:

Faculty of Education (E33-1004)

Thesis Title:

Big ideas in teacher education: Experiences of non-university-based teacher educators in China

Chair:

Prof. Xiufeng LIU, Chair Professor, FED, UM

Supervisor:

Prof. Rui YUAN, Associate Professor, FED, UM

Members:

Prof. Mingming ZHOU, Professor, FED, UM

Prof. Shulin YU, Associate Professor, FED, UM

Prof. Yan ZHU, Professor, School of Foreign Languages, East China Normal University, China

Date:

27 May 2025 (Tuesday)

Time:

10:30

Venue:

Faculty of Education (E33-1002)

Thesis Title:

Parental Emotional Socialisation, Family-Level Moderators, and Child Emotion Regulation: A Neurodevelopmental Investigation

Chair:

Prof. Biying HU, Professor, FED, UM

Supervisor:

Prof. Juan ZHANG, Associate Professor, FED, UM

Members:

Prof. Jin SUN, Associate Professor, FED, UM

Prof. Rihui LI, Assistant Professor, ICI-CCBS, FST-ECE, UM

Prof. Lixian CUI, Associate Professor, Shanghai New York University, China

Date:

23 May 2025 (Friday)

Time:

10:30

Venue:

Faculty of Education (E33-1003)

Thesis Title:

Primary science teachers’ curriculum ideologies and their embedding in STEM education practices: A mixed method research in China

Chair:

Prof. Xiufeng LIU, Chair Professor, FED, UM

Supervisor:

Prof. Bing WEI, Professor, FED, UM

Members:

Prof. Chunlian JIANG, Associate Professor, FED, UM

Prof. Xiaowei TANG, Assistant Professor, FED, UM

Prof. Zhihong WAN, Associate Professor, Department of Curriculum and Instruction, The Education University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong

Date:

22 May 2025 (Thursday)

Time:

10:00

Venue:

Faculty of Education (E33-1002)

Thesis Title:

Investigating Parental Involvement in English Learning among K-12 Students from Non-English-Speaking Backgrounds

Chair:

Prof. Bing WEI, Professor, FED, UM

Supervisor:

Prof. Shulin YU, Associate Professor, FED, UM

Co-Supervisor:

Prof. Nan ZHOU, Associate Professor, FED, UM

Members:

Prof. Mingming ZHOU, Professor, FED, UM

Prof. Yang GONG, Assistant Professor, FED, UM

Prof. Xuesong GAO, Professor, School of Education, The University of New South Wales, Australia

Date:

22 May 2025 (Thursday)

Time:

16:40

Venue:

Faculty of Education (E33-1002)

Thesis Title:

Acute Exogenous Ketone Supplementation and Exercise in Overweight/Obesity: Mood, Brain Activity, and Cognitive Health

Chair:

Prof. Bing WEI, Professor, FED, UM

Supervisor:

Prof. Zhaowei KONG, Associate Professor, FED, UM

Members:

Prof. Zhen YUAN, Professor, FHS, UM

Prof. Tat Ming SZE, Associate Professor, FED, UM

Prof. Fenghua SUN, Associate Professor, Department of Health and Physical Education, The Education University of Hong Kong

Date:

06 May 2025 (Tuesday)

Time:

15:30

Venue:

Faculty of Education (E33-1002)

Thesis Title:

Internationalization at Home: Stakeholder Experiences in a Sino-American University Through a New Institutionalist Lens

Chair:

Prof. Xiufeng LIU, Chair Professor, FED, UM

Supervisor:

Prof. Yisu ZHOU, Associate Professor, FED, UM

Members:

Prof. Sou Kuan VONG, Associate Professor, FED, UM

Prof. Huiquan ZHANG, Assistant Professor, FSS, UM

Prof. Dan WANG, Associate Professor, Faculty of Education, University of Hong Kong