Purposes of the Special Interest Group

1. To advance research and knowledge exchange in the related areas of focus on curriculum, assessment and pedagogy
2. To provide a platform for curriculum developers, policy community members, parents, and researchers inclusive education.
3. To organize and conduct conferences, seminars, and allied professionals
4. To provide academic and research support to schools in their curriculum approach.

Conveners:
Dr. Patcy Yeung
Assistant Professor, Division of Learning, Development and Diversity, Faculty of Education, The University of Hong Kong
Email: patcyy@hku.hk

Mr Andrew Tse
Research Associate, Centre for Advancement in Inclusive and Special Education, Faculty of Education, The University of Hong Kong
Email: atse222@gmail.com

Purposes of the Special Interest Group

1. To advance research and knowledge exchange in the related areas of the use of ICT in inclusive and special education settings.
2. To bring together educators, policy-makers, business professionals, in-service teachers, ICT professionals and researchers interested in innovative research and practice in the development of ICT for inclusive and special education settings.
3. To provide professional development workshops or seminars for in-service teachers, students with SENs and parents on an irregular basis.

Conveners:
Dr. Maggie Wang
Assistant Professor, Division of Information and Technology Studies
Email: magwang@hku.hk

Mr. Ethan Yeung
English Teacher, HHCKLA Buddhist Po Kwong School
Email: etsyeung@gmail.com

Mr. Thomas Chan
English Teacher, ELCHK Yuen Long Lutheran College
Email: chanhontung@gmail.com

Purposes of the Special Interest Group

1. To advance research and knowledge exchange in the related areas of gifted education, creativity, and talent development.
2. To bring together curriculum developers, guidance practitioners, policy-makers, teachers, teacher-educators, community members, business professionals, and researchers interested in innovative research and practice in gifted education, creativity and talent development.
3. To provide occasional workshop sessions for gifted students, parents and teachers.

Conveners:
Dr. Mantak Yuen
Associate Professor, Division of Learning, Development and Diversity, Faculty of Education, The University of Hong Kong
Email: mtyuen@hku.hk

Dr. Cheung Wai-ming
Assistant Professor, Division of Chinese Language and Literature, Faculty of Education, The University of Hong Kong
Email: cwming@hku.hk

Purposes of the Special Interest Group

1. To advance research and knowledge exchange in the related areas of school guidance, life skills and career development of children with learning difficulties and gifted learners.
2. To bring together curriculum developers, guidance practitioners, policy-makers, teachers, teacher-educators, community members, business professionals, and researchers interested in career guidance and counselling of children with learning difficulties and gifted learners.
3. To provide occasional workshop sessions for children with learning difficulties, gifted learners, parents and teachers.

Conveners:
Dr. Mantak Yuen
Associate Professor, Division of Learning, Development and Diversity, Faculty of Education, The University of Hong Kong
Email: mtyuen@hku.hk

Dr. Rachel Sun
Assistant Professor, Division of Learning, Development and Diversity, Faculty of Education, The University of Hong Kong
Email: rachels@hku.hk

Purposes of the Special Interest Group

1. To advance theoretical and empirical research targeting on academically disadvantaged students in vocational settings, particularly in the PRC, given that yearly enrollment into mainland SVE schools consists of an increasingly large number of low-achieving, unmotivated, and "at-risk" junior secondary school students. Urgently, this phenomenon has become a major obstacle preventing positive development of SVE in mainland China.
2. To develop enhancement programs focusing on motivational and cognitive ability trainings in real classroom settings to improve desirable educational outcomes of vocational students; particularly, the effectiveness of teacher-mediated enhancing programs in secondary vocation educational settings in mainland China would be a promising research area for the SIG to pursue, given that the Chinese government is increasing financial and politic support to change the status quo of contemporary secondary vocational education
3. To provide workshops for teachers in SVE in order to improve their adequate understanding of evidence-based enhancement programs (designed by the SIG) to: a) prompt SVE students' achievement-related motivation and cognition factors, b) facilitate effective implementations of relevant enhancement interventions in natural classroom settings, and c) strengthen intervention effects on promoting targeted motivational and cognitive aspects that would play a pivotal role in affecting SVE students' academic achievement.
4. To conduct comparative studies between subgroups in the Chinese culture for providing a broader picture of theoretical and empirical research in vocational settings; comparative studies between vocational and non-vocational schools are also worthwhile to investigate for developing effective interventions to maximize low-achieving and unmotivated adolescent students'?potential to learn and to succeed in the long run

Conveners:
Ms. YANG Lan (PhD)
Email: yfan818@gmail.com

Dr. Filiz Polat
Associate Professor, Division of Learning, Development and Diversity, Faculty of Education, The University of Hong Kong
Email: filiz.polat@hku.hk