Prof. Hau Kit-tai,
Choh-Ming Li Professor of Educational Psychology at The
Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK), has been elected
fellow of the American Educational Research Association
(AERA) and of the International Association of Applied
Psychology (IAAP). AERA is the largest professional
organization devoted to the scientific study of
education in the US while IAAP is the oldest
international association of psychology founded in 1920.
Prof. Hau actively participates through various roles in
the OECD Programme for the International Student
Assessment (PISA). He is member of the PISA Strategic
Development Group, Technical Advisory Group, and
Questionnaire Expert Group. He has been the President of
the Division of Educational, Instructional & School
Psychology, IAAP (2010-2014).
Professor Hau’s research interest includes motivation,
self-concept and quantitative methods and he has
published extensively in major international academic
journals. He has 30,000 citations in Google Scholar. He
also spares no effort in enhancing education in Hong
Kong by actively serving on various government and
community advisory boards in curriculum and youth
development. Over the last 15 years, he has conducted
over 100 national advanced applied statistics workshops
in mainland China to promote empirical research in
social sciences and education.
Professor of the Teacher
Education Center of Ming Chuan University, Taiwan. In
2007, she received an Ed.D in educational leadership and
counseling from Texas A & M University, Kingsville,
Texas, USA.
Her current research focuses on leadership development,
emotional intelligence, cross-cultural studies, multiple
criteria decision making and teacher education. She is
currently the Dean of Institute of General Education and
the Director of Teacher Education Center, Ming Chuan
University. Prof. Tang is a lifelong member of the
Emotional Intelligence Training and Research Institute
(EITRI) organized by a collegial association located in
Corpus Christi, Texas, USA, and formerly the chief
editor of “Journal of Applied English”.
Prof. Tang’s recent publications include “Forecasting
performance of Grey Prediction for education expenditure
and school enrollment” published in 2012 by Economics of
Education Review (SSCI), “On the fit and forecasting
performance of grey prediction models for China’s labor
formation” published in 2013 by Mathematical and
Computer Modelling (SCI), “Constructing a competence
model for international professionals in the MICE
industry: An analytic hierarchy process approach” in
2014 by Journal of Hospitality, Leisure, Sport & Tourism
Education (SSCI), “Developing a short-form measure of
personal excellence for use among university students in
Taiwan” in 2015 by Total Quality Management & Business
Excellence (SSCI), “On the fit and forecasting
performance of grey prediction models for projecting
educational attainment” in 2016 by Kybernetes (SCI),
“Critical factors for implementing a programme for
international MICE professionals: A hybrid MCDM model
combining DEMATEL and ANP” in 2017 by Current Issues in
Tourism (SSCI), “Evaluating service quality of leisure
farms: The Taiwan case” in 2018 by International Journal
of Organizational Innovation (EI), “Modeling critical
leadership competences for junior high school
principals: A hybrid MCDM model combining DEMATEL and
ANP” in 2018 by Kybernetes (SCI), and “The roles of
english varieties and L2 motivation in English learners’
willingness to communicate in the internationalization
at home (IaH) context” in 2019 by International Review
of Applied Linguistics in Language Teaching (SSCI).
Keynote Speakers for ICSET History
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Prof. Kuan-Chou Chen Purdue University Northwest |
Prof. Lichung Jen National Taiwan University |
Prof. Patrick Letouze Federal University of Tocantins |
Prof. Budsaba Kanoksilapatham Silpakorn University |