Bob Adamson is Chair Professor of Curriculum Reform and Director of the Centre for Lifelong Learning Research and Development. Formerly, he was UNESCO Chairholder in TVET and Lifelong Learning, and Director of the UNEVOC Centre (Hong Kong). He has also served as the President of the Comparative Education Society of Hong Kong, and as Director of the Comparative Education Research Centre at the University of Hong Kong. He has taught in schools, colleges and universities in France, Wales, England, mainland China, Australia and Hong Kong.

Bob publishes in the fields of English language teaching, teacher education, comparative education, curriculum studies and higher education. His books include Trilingualism in education in China: models and challenges (co-edited with Anwei Feng, 2015), China’s English: a history of English in Chinese education (2004),  Curriculum, schooling and society in Hong Kong (co-authored with Paul Morris, 2010), Assessment reform in education (co-edited with Rita Berry, 2011), The reorientation of higher education: challenging the East-West dichotomy (co-edited with Jon Nixon and Feng Su, 2012), and Comparative education research: approaches and methods (co-edited with Mark Bray and Mark Mason, 2007, 2014)—a work translated into eight languages to date.

Bob has also written more than fifty textbooks for primary and secondary schools and was part of the curriculum development team that produced the Junior English for China and Senior English for China textbook series, which were used by approximately 400 million students. He has served as a Consultant to the People's Education Press in the Ministry of Education, China, for more than 25 years.

He has served as External Examiner of more than 20 doctoral degrees at the University of Hong Kong; University of East Anglia; UCL Institute of Education; Griffith University; Deakin University; University of New South Wales; Monash University; Hong Kong Polytechnic University; and Chinese University of Hong Kong, and 3 Ed.Ds at the University of Western Sydney, University of New England and Open University of Hong Kong.

Bob is an Honorary Professor in seven universities in China and UK. In 2013, he was awarded the title of "Kunlun Expert" (昆仑学者) by the Qinghai Provincial Government in the People’s Republic of China in recognition of his 30 years' work in Chinese education, particularly in minority education in Qinghai.  

Principal Investigator (Hong Kong), ‘Hong Kong as a Source for Education Policy in England: Rhetoric and Reality’ Funded by Economic and Social Research Council /Research Grants Council Joint Research Scheme (HK$395,232).

Principal Investigator, ‘Models of trilingual education in ethnic minority regions of China’ (2012-14) Funded by Hong Kong Research Grants Council (HK$800,822)

Principal Investigator, ‘Curriculum, schooling and society in Hong Kong’ (2008-09)

Funded by Hong Kong Institute of Education Internal Research Grant (HK$64,750)

 

Bob Adamson has published more than 100 academic books, book chapters and journal articles. Publications include:

Feng, A.W. & Adamson, B. (Eds.) (2015). Trilingualism in education in China: models and challenges. Dordrecht: Springer.

Bray, M., Adamson, B. & Mason, M. (Eds.) (2014). Comparative education research: approaches and methods. Second edition. Hong Kong & Dordrecht: Comparative Education Research Centre & Springer.

Adamson, B. & Feng, A.W. (2014). Models for trilingual education in the People’s Republic of China. In Gorter, D., Zenotz, V. & Cenoz, J. (Eds.) Minority languages and multilingual education (pp.29-44). Dordrecht: Springer.  

Pishghadam, R. & Adamson, B. (2013). Educational language learning textbooks: a new outlook on materials development. In Bakić-Mirić, N. & Gaipov, D.E. (Eds.) Building cultural bridges in education (pp.93-102). Newcastle-upon-Tyne: Cambridge Scholars Publishing.

Adamson, B., Feng, A.W., Liu, Q. & Li, Q. (2013).Ethnic minorities and trilingual education policies. In Besharov, D.J. & Baehler, K. (Eds.) Chinese social policy in a time of transition (pp.180-195). Oxford: Oxford University Press.

Adamson, B., Nixon, J. & Su, F. (Eds.) (2012). The reorientation of higher education: Challenging the East-West dichotomy. Hong Kong & Dordrecht: Comparative Education Research Centre & Springer.

Adamson, B. (2012). International comparative studies in teaching and teacher education. Teaching and Teacher Education, 28, 641-648.

Ko, P.Y. & Adamson, B. (2012). Chinese Language pedagogy and human dignity—The Special Rank Teacher in the aftermath of the Cultural Revolution. In Leung, C. & Ruan, J. (Eds.)  Perspectives on Teaching and Learning Chinese Literacy in China (pp 60-81). Dordrecht: Springer. http://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-94-007-4822-4_5

Hu, R. & Adamson, B. (2012). Social ideologies and the English curriculum in China. In Leung, C. & Ruan, J. (Eds.)  Perspectives on Teaching and Learning English Literacy in China (pp 1-17). Dordrecht: Springer. http://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007%2F978-94-007-4994-8_1

Adamson, B. & Xia, B. (2011). A case study of the College English Test and ethnic minority university students in China: negotiating the final hurdle. Journal of Multilingual Education, 1(1).

Zhang, L. & Adamson, B. (2011). The new independent higher education institutions in China: Dilemmas and challenges. Higher Education Quarterly, 65(3), 251-266.

Ko, P.Y. & Adamson, B. (2011). Pedagogy and human dignity – The Special Rank Teacher in China since 1978. History of Education 40(3), 371-389.

Adamson, B. & Walker, E. (2011). Messy collaboration: learning from a Learning Study. Teaching and Teacher Education, 27(1), 29-36.

Berry, R. & Adamson, B. (Eds.) (2011). Assessment reform in education: Policy and practice. Dordrecht: Springer.

Gil, J. & Adamson, B. (2011). The English language in China: a sociolinguistic profile. In Feng, A. (Ed.), English language education across Greater China (pp.23-45). Clevedon, UK: Multilingual Matters.

Morris, P. & Adamson, B. (2010). Curriculum, schooling and society in Hong Kong. Hong Kong: Hong Kong University Press.

Adamson, B. & Feng, A. (2009). A comparison of trilingual education policies for ethnic minorities in China. Compare, 39(3), 321-333.

Bray, M., Adamson, B. & Mason, M. (Eds.) (2007). Comparative education research approaches and methods. Hong Kong & Dordrecht, Netherlands: Comparative Education Research Centre & Springer.

Adamson, B. (2007). Depoliticisation in the English curriculum. In A. Feng (Ed.), Bilingual education in China (pp.34-48). Clevedon, UK: Multilingual Matters.

Adamson, B. (2005). Developing Information Technology for English in Chinese secondary schools. In C. Davison (Ed.), Information Technology and innovation in language education (pp.81-101). Hong Kong: Hong Kong University Press.

Adamson, B. & Tong, S.Y.A (2008). Leadership and collaboration in implementing curriculum change in Hong Kong secondary schools. Asia Pacific Education Review, 9(2), 81-90.

Adamson, B. (2004). China’s English: a history of English in Chinese education. Hong Kong: Hong Kong University Press.

Adamson, B. (2004). Fashions in language teaching methodology. In A. Davies & C. Elder (Eds.), The handbook of applied linguistics (pp.604-622). Oxford: Blackwell.

Adamson, B. (2002). Barbarian as a foreign language: English in China’s schools. World Englishes, 21(2), 231-243.

Adamson, B., Kwan, T & Chan, K.K. (Eds.) (2000). Changing the curriculum: the impact of reform on primary schooling in Hong Kong. Hong Kong: HKU Press.

Agelasto, M. & Adamson, B. (Eds.) (1998). Higher education in post-Mao China. Hong Kong: HKU Press. 

Adamson, B. & Morris, P. (1997). The English curriculum in the People’s Republic of  China. Comparative Education Review, 41(1), 3-26.

Adamson, B. & Auyeung Lai, Y.W.W. (1997). Language and the curriculum in Hong Kong: dilemmas of triglossia. Comparative Education, 33(2), 233-246.

Adamson, B. (1995). The Four Modernizations Programme in China and English Language teacher education: a case study. Compare, 25(3), 197-210.

Scholarly Books, Monographs and Chapters

• Adamson, B. (2018). Tensions of language education in Asia. In K. J. Kennedy, & C. K. J. Lee (Eds.),, The Routledge international handbook of language education policy in Asia (489-491). Abingdon, UK: Routledge.
• Yi, Y. & Adamson, B. (2017). Life in a trilingual school: perspectives from Inner Mongolia. In R. Maclean, & M. Myhill (Eds.), Life in schools and classrooms, past, present and future (323-335). Dordrecht, Holland: Springer.
• Engmann, M., Rao, A., & Adamson, B. (2017). Principles of successful skills development models. In S. Jayaram, W. Munge, B. Adamson, N. Jain, & D. Sorrell (Eds.), Bridging the skills gap: innovations in Africa and Asia (123-141). Dordrecht, Holland: Springer.
• S. Jayaram, W. Munge, B. Adamson, N. Jain, & D. Sorrell (Eds.) (2017). Bridging the skills gap: innovations in Africa and Asia. Dordrecht: Springer.
• Yi, Y. & Adamson, B. (2017). Trilingual education in the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region: Challenges and threats for Mongolian identity. In C. Reid, & J. Major (Eds.), Global teaching: Southern perspectives on teachers working with diversity (145-163). London: Palgrave Macmillan.
• Johnson, E, Ma, F. & Adamson, B. (2016). Developing trilingual education in Western China. In C.K.J. Lee, Z.Y. Yu, X.H. Huang, & H.F.E. Law (Eds.), Educational development in Western China: Towards quality and equity (177-190). Dordrecht, Holland: Sense.
• Kan, V. & Adamson, B. (2016). A Matrix Approach to Language Policy Analysis: The Case of Hong Kong. In C.M. Lam & J. Park (Eds.), Sociological and Philosophical Perspectives on Education in the Asia-Pacific Region: Education in the Asia-Pacific Region: Issues, Concerns and Prospects (111-130). Dordrecht, The Netherlands: Springer.
• Adamson, B. & Morris, P. (2015). Comparing curricula. In M. Bray, B. Adamson & M. Mason (Eds), Comparative education research approaches and methods (In Russian) (268-286). Dordrecht, Holland: Springer.
• Adamson, B., & Morris, P. (2015). Comparações entre currículos. In Bray, M., Adamson, B., & Mason, M. (Eds.), Pesquisa em Educação Comparada: abordagens e métodos (345-368). Brasilia, Brazil: Liber Livro Editora Ltda.
• Adamson, B., & Yi, Y.Y. (2015). Trilingual education in Inner Mongolia—signposts for the future of English in Asia?. In M. O’Sullivan, D.Huddart, & C. Lee (Eds.), The future of English in Asia: Perspectives on language and literature (193-206). Abingdon, UK: Routledge.
• Bray, M., Adamson, B. & Mason, M (2015). Introduction. In M. Bray, B. Adamson & M. Mason (Eds.), Comparative education research approaches and methods. (In Russian) (9-21). Dordrecht, Holland: Springer.
• Bray, M., Adamson, B. & Mason, M. (2015). Introdução. In Bray, M., Adamson, B. & Mason, M. (Eds.), Pesquisa em Educação Comparada: abordagens e métodos (27-42). Brasilia, Brazil: Liber Livro Editora Ltda.
• Bray, M., Adamson, B., & Mason, M. (2015). Modelos diferentes, ênfases diferentes, discernimentos diferentes. In Bray, M., Adamson, B., & Mason, M. (Eds.), Pesquisa em Educação Comparada: abordagens e métodos (457-476). Brasilia, Brazil: Liber Livro Editora Ltda.
• Bray, M., Adamson, B. & Mason, M. (Eds.) (2015). Comparative education research approaches and methods (In Russian). Dordrecht, Holland: Springer.
• Bray, M., Adamson, B. & Mason. M. (2015). Pesquisa em Educação Comparada: abordagens e métodos. Brasilia, Brazil: Liber Livro Editora Ltda.
• Feng, A.W. & Adamson, B. (2015). Contested notions of bilingualism and trilingualism in the People’s Republic of China. In W.E. Wright, S. Boun, & O. Garcia (Eds.), Handbook of bilingual & multilingual education (484-494). Oxford, UK: Wiley-Blackwell.
• Adamson, B. (2015). China’s English: lessons for Asian literacy. In C. Halse (Ed.), Asia literate schooling in the Asian Century (119-132). Abingdon, UK: Routledge.
• Adamson, B. (2015). Preface. In Liu, D.Y., & Z.Y. Wu (Eds), English education in China: Past and present (1-3). Beijing: People’s Education Press.
• Adamson, B., & Choi, T.-H. (2015). Teaching with English as a medium of instruction. Hong Kong: Hong Kong Institute of Education.
• Adamson, B. (2015). Defining a comparative identity: 2002. In Manzon, M. (Ed), Changing times, changing territories: Reflections on CERC and the field of comparative education (39-46). Hong Kong: Comparative Education Research Centre.
• Adamson, B., & Feng, A.W. (2015). Trilingualism in Education: Models and Challenges. In A.W. Feng & B. Adamson (Eds), Trilingualism in Education in China: Models and Challenges (243-258). Dordrecht, Holland: Springer.
• Feng, A.W., & Adamson, B. (2015). Researching Trilingualism and Trilingual Education in China. In A.W. Feng & B. Adamson (Eds), Trilingualism in Education in China: Models and Challenges (1-21). Dordrecht, Holland: Springer.
• Sunuodula, M., Feng, A.W., & Adamson, B. (2015). Trilingualism and Uyghur identity in the People's Republic of China. In Evans, D. (Ed), Language and identity: discourse in the world (81-104). London: Continuum.
• Feng, A.W., & Adamson, B. (2015). Trilingualism in Education in China: Models and Challenges. Dordrecht, Holland: Springer.
• Adamson, B., & Morris, P. (2014). Comparing curricula. In Bray, M., Adamson, B. & Mason, M. (Eds.), Comparative education research approaches and methods. Second edition (309-332). Hong Kong & Dordrecht, Holland: CERC & Springer.
• Bray, M., Adamson, B., & Mason, M. (2014). Different models, different emphases, different insights. In Bray, M., Adamson, B., & Mason, M. (Eds.), Comparative education research approaches and methods. Second edition (417-436). Hong Kong & Dordrecht, Holland: CERC & Springer.
• Bray, M., Adamson, B., & Mason, M. (2014). Introduction. In Bray, M., Adamson, B. & Mason, M. (Eds.), Comparative education research approaches and methods. Second edition (1-16). Hong Kong & Dordrecht, Holland: CERC & Springer.
• Bray, M., Adamson, B., & Mason, M. (Eds.) (2014). Comparative education research: approaches and methods. Second edition. Hong Kong & Dordrecht, Holland: CERC & Springer.
• Adamson, B. & Feng, A.W. (2014). Models for Trilingual Education in the People’s Republic of China. In D. Gorter, V. Zenotz, & J. Cenoz, Minority Languages and Multilingual Education: Bridging the Local and the Global (25-43). Dordrecht: Springer.
• Pishghadam, R. & Adamson, B. (2013). Educational language learning textbooks: a new outlook on materials development. In N. Bakić-Mirić, & D.E. Gaipov (Eds.), Building cultural bridges in education (93-102). Newcastle, UK: Cambridge Scholars Publishing.
• Adamson, B., Feng, A.W., Liu Q.G., & Li, Q. (2013). Ethnic minorities and trilingual education policies. In Besharov, D. J., & Baehler, K., Chinese social policy in a time of transition (180-195). Oxford: Oxford University Press.
• Hu, R. & Adamson, B. (2012). Social ideologies and the English curriculum in China: A historical overview. In J. Ruan and C.B. Leung (Eds.), Perspectives on teaching and learning English literacy in China (1-17). Dordrecht: Springer.
• Adamson, B. (2012). Beyond the East-West dichotomy. In Adamson, B., Nixon, J. & Su, F. (Eds.), The reorientation of higher education: Challenging the East-West dichotomy (284-299). Hong Kong: Comparative Education Research Centre, HKU & Springer.
• Adamson, B., Nixon, J. & Su, F. (2012). Comparative education and the reorientation of higher education. In Adamson, B., Nixon, J. & Su, F. (Eds.), The reorientation of higher education: Challenging the East-West dichotomy (12-34). Hong Kong: Comparative Education Research Centre, HKU & Springer.
• Ko Po Yuk, Bob Adamson (In press) (2012). Chinese Language pedagogy and human dignity - The Special Rank Teacher in the aftermath of the Cultural Revolution. Leung B. Cynthia, Ruan Jiening (Ed.), Historical, Philosophical, and Sociocultural Perspectives on Literacy Teaching and Learning in China (1-22). Dordrecht, Netherlands: Springer.
• Adamson, B., Nixon, J. & Su, F. (Eds.) (2012). The reorientation of higher education: Challenging the East-West dichotomy. Hong Kong: Comparative Education Research Centre, HKU & Springer.
• Adamson, B. (2012). The teaching of ethics: Principled pragmatism. In F.Su & B.McGettrick (Eds.), Professional ethics: Education for a humane society (125-137). Newcastle, UK: Cambridge Scholars Press.
• Adamson, B. and Morris, P. (2011). Comparing curricula. In M. Bray, B. Adamson & M. Mason (Eds.), Comparative education research: approaches and methods (In Farsi) (117-134). Tehran, Iran: AEEIZH.
• Bray, M., Adamson, B. & Mason, M. (2011). Comparative education research: approaches and methods (in Farsi). Tehran, Iran: AEEIZH.
• Bray, M., Adamson, B. & Mason, M. (2011). Different models, different emphases, different insights. In M. Bray, B. Adamson & M. Mason, Comparative education research: approaches and methods (In Farsi) (209-221). Tehran, Iran: AEEIZH.
• Bray, M., Adamson, B. & Mason, M. (2011). Introduction. In M. Bray, B. Adamson & M. Mason, Comparative education research: approaches and methods (In Farsi) (1-9). Tehran, Iran: AEEIZH.
• Bray, M., Adamson, B. & Mason, M. (Eds.) (2011). Comparative education research approach and methods. (In Japanese). Tokyo, Japan: Sophia University Press.
• Bray, M., Adamson, B. and Mason, M. (2011). Different models, different emphases, different insights. In M. Bray, B. Adamson and M. Mason (Eds.), Comparative education research approaches and methods. (In Japanese) (239-257). Tokyo, Japan: Sophia University Press.
• Bray, M., Adamson, B. and Mason, M. (2011). Introduction. In M. Bray, B. Adamson and M. Mason (Eds.), Comparative education research approaches and methods (In Japanese) (1-13). Tokyo, Japan: Sophia University Press.
• Adamson, B. (2011). Embedding Assessment for Learning. In R. Berry, & B. Adamson (Eds.), Assessment reform in education: Policy and practice (197-203). Dordrecht, Netherlands: Springer.
• Adamson, B. & Tong, S.Y.A. (2011). Mind the gap: content, pedagogy and assessment in English Language Arts in Hong Kong secondary schools. In C. Zhang (Ed.), Collected essays of foreign languages and literatures (130-145). Chengdu, China: Sichuan University Press.
• Berry, R. & Adamson, B. (2011). Assessment reform past, present and future. In R. Berry, & B. Adamson (Eds.), Assessment Reform in Education: Policy and Practice (pp.3-14). Dordrecht, Netherlands: Springer.
• Berry, R. & Adamson, B. (Eds.) (2011). Assessment Reform in Education: Policy and Practice. Dordrecht, Netherlands: Springer.
• Gil, J. &, Adamson, B. (2011). The English language in China: a sociolinguistic profile. In A. Feng (Ed.), English language in education and societies across Greater China (23-45). Clevedon, UK: Multilingual Matters.
• Adamson, B. & Morris, P. (2010). 课程比较. In M. Bray, B. Adamson, & M. Mason (Eds.), 比较教育研究路径与方法 (215-229). 北京，中国: 北京大学出版社.
• Bray, M., Adamson, B. & Mason, M. (2010). 不同的模式、不同的重点和不同的洞见. 輯於 M. Bray, B. Adamson & M. Mason (Eds.), 比较教育研究路径与方法 (294-306). 北京，中国: 北京大学出版社.
• Bray, M., Adamson, B. & Mason, M.（2010）：导论，輯於 M. Bray, B. Adamson & M. Mason (Eds.)，比较教育研究路径与方法，（1-9），北京，中国，北京大学出版社。
• 輯於 M. Bray, B. Adamson & M. Mason (Eds.)（2010）：比较教育研究路径与方法，北京，中国，北京大学出版社。
• Adamson, B. & Morris, P. (2010). La comparación de currículos. In M. Bray, B. Adamson, & M. Mason (Eds.), Educación comparada: Enfoques y métodos (321-342). Buenos Aires, Argentina: Granica.
• Bray, M., Adamson, B. & Mason, M. (2010). Diferentes modelos, diferentes énfasis, diferentes insights. In Bray, M., Adamson, B. & Mason, M. (Eds.), Educación comparada: Enfoques y métodos (435-454). Buenos Aires, Argentina: Granica.
• Bray, M., Adamson, B. & Mason, M. (2010). Introducción. In Bray, M., Adamson, B. & Mason, M. (Eds.), Educación comparada: Enfoques y métodos (25-36). Buenos Aires, Argentina: Granica.
• Bray, M., Adamson, B. & Mason, M. (Eds.) (2010). Educación comparada: Enfoques y métodos. Buenos Aires, Argentina: Granica.
• Adamson, B. & Kennedy, K. (2010). Pragmatic international transfer and outcomes-based curriculum design in Hong Kong. In Popov, N., Wolhunter, C., Leutwyler, B, Mihova, M. & Ogunleye, J. (Eds.), Comparative education, teacher training, education policy, school leadership and social inclusion, Volume 8 (203-208). Sofia, Bulgaria: Bureau for Educational Services.
• Su, F., Nixon, J. & Adamson, B. (2010). Seeking the single thread: the conceptual quest. In P.Thompson & M.Walker (Eds.), The Routledge Doctoral Students’ Companion: Getting to grips with research in education and the social sciences (85-95). London, UK: Routledge.
• Adamson, B. & Morris, P. (2010). Comparer des programmes d´études. In Bray, M., Adamson, B. & Mason, M. (Eds.), Recherche comparative en éducation: Approches et méthodes (243-260). Brussels, Belgium: De Boeck.
• Bray, M., Adamson, B. & Mason, M. (2010). Différents modèles, différentes priorités, différentes visions. In Bray, M., Adamson, B. & Mason, M. (Eds.), Recherche comparative en éducation: Approches et méthodes (335-350). Brussels, Belgium: De Boeck.
• Bray, M., Adamson, B. & Mason, M. (2010). Introduction. In Bray, M., Adamson, B. & Mason, M. (Eds.), Recherche comparative en éducation: Approches et méthodes (15-24). Brussels, Belgium: De Boeck.
• Bray, M., Adamson, B. & Mason, M. (Eds.) (2010). Recherche comparative en éducation: Approches et méthodes. Brussels, Belgium: De Boeck.
• Morris, P. & Adamson, B. (2010). Curriculum, schooling and society in Hong Kong. Hong Kong: Hong Kong University Press.
• Adamson, B. & Morris, P. (2009). Comparare i curricula. In Bray, M., Adamson, B. & Mason, M. (Eds.), Educazione comparata approcci e metodi ricerca (199-217). Milan, Italy: FrancoAngeli.
• Bray, M., Adamson, B. & Mason, M. (2009). Differenti modelli, differenti emfasi, differenti intuizioni. In Bray, M., Adamson, B. & Mason, M. (Eds.), Educazione Comparata: Approcci e metodi di ricerca (241-256). Milan, Italy: FrancoAngeli.
• Bray, M., Adamson, B. & Mason, M. (2009). Introduzione. In Bray, M., Adamson, B. & Mason, M. (Eds.), Educazione Comparata: Approcci e metodi di ricerca (11-20). Milan, Italy: FrancoAngeli.
• Bray, M., Adamson, B. & Mason, M. (Eds.) (2009). Educazione Comparata: Approcci e metodi ricerca. Milan, Italy: FrancoAngeli.
• Adamson, B. (2009). The language dilemma for Hong Kong schools. In N. Popov, C. Wolhunter, B. Leutwyler, J. Ogunleye, & Z. Bekirogullari (Eds.), Comparative Education, Teacher Training, Education Policy, Social Inclusion and Child Psychology (pp.177-182). Sofia, Bulgaria: Bureau for Educational Services.
• Adamson, B., & Davison, C. (2008). English language teaching in Hong Kong primary schools: Innovation and resistance. In D. Murray (Ed.), Planning Change: Changing Plans (pp.11-25). Mahwah, New Jersey: The University of Michigan Press.
• Adamson, B., & Guse, J. (2008). New Horizons for Languages: English. France: CRDP Pays De La Loire.
• Adamson B., & Morris, P. (2007). Comparing curricula. In M. Bray, B. Adamson, & M. Mason (Eds.), Comparative Education Approaches and Methods (pp.263-282). Hong Kong: Springer.
• Adamson, B. (2007). Depoliticisation in the English curriculum. In A. Feng (Ed.), Bilingual Education in China-Practices, Policies and Concepts (pp.34-48). USA: Multilingual Matters.
• Bray, M., Adamson, B., & Mason, M. (2007). Different models, different emphases, different insights. In M. Bray, B. Adamson, & M. Mason (Eds.), Comparative Education Research Approaches and Methods (pp.363-380). Hong Kong: Springer.
• Bray, M., Adamson, B., & Mason, M. (Eds.) (2007). Comparative Education Research Approaches and Methods. 444 pp., Hong Kong: Springer.
• Tong, A., Adamson, B., Camargo, F. C., Hong, Y. S., & Ma, C. K. M. (2007). Introductory TEFL Training Course Strategies for Success in the EFL Classroom. California: Ohana Foundation.
• Zhang, Y. F. E., & Adamson, B. (2007). Implementing language policy: Lessons from primary school English. In A. Feng (Ed.), Bilingual Education in China Practices, Policies and Concepts (pp.166-181). USA: Multilingual Matters.
• Wang, Q., Cheng X. T., Ma, L., Chen, Z. H., & Adamson, B. (2006). A Course in English Language Teaching, Edition 2. Beijing: Beijing Higher Education Press.

Journal Publications

• Thapa, C. B. & Adamson, B. (2017). Ethnicity, language-in-education policy and linguistic discrimination: Perspectives of Nepali students in Hong Kong. Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 0, 1-12.
• Feng, A.W., & Adamson, B. (2017). Language policies and sociolinguistic domains in the context of minority groups in China. Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 0, 1-12.
• Adamson, B., Forestier, K., Morris, P. & Han, C. (2017). PISA, policymaking and political pantomime: education policy referencing between England and Hong Kong. Comparative Education, 53(2), 192-208.
• Forestier, K. & Adamson, B. (2017). A critique of PISA and what Jullien’s Plan might offer. Compare - A Journal of Comparative Education, 47, 359-373.
• Forestier, K., Adamson, B., Han, C. & Morris, P. (2016). Referencing and borrowing from other systems: the Hong Kong education reforms. Educational Research, 58 (2), 149-165.
• Chan W.F., Bond T.G., Adamson B. & Chow, M. (2016). Identifying Core Competencies of Infection Control Nurse Specialists in Hong Kong. Clinical Nurse Specialist, 30 (1), 1-9.
• Xie, Q., & Adamson, B. (2015). How effective is workplace English for Occupational Purposes (EOP) Training?: Case studies of corporate programs in mainland China. The Asian ESP Journal, 11(1), 151-184.
• Tong, S.Y.A. & Adamson, B. (2015). Student Voices in School-based Assessment. Australian Journal of Teacher Education, 40(2), 15-28.
• Wang, D.P. & Adamson, B. (2015). War and peace: perceptions of Confucius Institutes in China and USA. The Asia-Pacific Education Researcher, 24 (1), 225-234.
• Huang, X.H., Adamson, B., & Lee, C.K.J. (2014). The move to quality assurance in Chinese higher education: Tensions between policy and practices. London Review of Education, 12 (3), 286-299.
• Kan, F.L.F., & Adamson, B. (2014). National identity-building through the school curriculum and the two History subjects in postcolonial Hong Kong. Asia Pacific Journal of Educational Development,, 3 (1), 43-53.
• Adamson, B. & Feng, A.W. (2014). Multilingual education: lessons from China. Curriculum Perspectives, 34(1), 61-64.
• Tang, S.B. & Adamson, B. (2014). Student-centredness in urban schools in China. London Review of Education, 12(1), 90-103.
• Pishghadam, R., Adamson, B., Sadafian, S.S., & Kan, F.L.F. (2014). Conceptions of assessment and teacher burnout. Assessment in Education: Principles, Policy & Practice, 21(1), 34-51.
• Pishghadam, R., Adamson, B., & Shayesteh, S. (2013). Emotion-Based Language Instruction (EBLI) as a new perspective in bilingual education. Multilingual Education, 3 (9), 1-20.
• Adamson, B. (2013). Development and minority languages. NORRAG News, 49, 38-39.
• Tong, S.Y.A., & Adamson, B. (2013). Educational Values and the English Language Curriculum in Hong Kong Secondary Schools Since 1975. Iranian Journal of Society, Culture & Language, 1, 1-10.
• Adamson, B. (2013). Appropriating higher education from neo-liberalism. Comparative Education Bulletin, 15, 1-12.
• Adamson, B. & Tong, S.Y.A (2012). Social constructivism, outcomes-based learning and principled pragmatism in a Business English course for China. Research on English Education, 1, 14-29.
• Berry, R. & Adamson, B. (2012). Assessment reform in Hong Kong schools. SA-eDUC, 9(1), 1-11.
• Adamson, B (2012). International comparative studies in teaching and teacher education. Teaching and Teacher Education, 28, 641-648.
• Chan, W.F., Adamson, B. & Bond, T. (2012). Assessing the core competency of Infection Control Nurses in Hong Kong: Insights from comparative education. Comparative Education Bulletin, 14, 77-86.
• Adamson, B. (2012). Principled pragmatism. Modern English Teacher, 21(1), 5-11.
• Adamson, B. & Xia, B. (2011). A case study of the College English Test and ethnic minority university students in China: negotiating the final hurdle. Journal of Multilingual Education, 1(1), 1-11.
• Zhang, L., & Adamson, B. (2011). The new independent higher education institutions in China: Dilemmas and challenges. Higher Education Quarterly, 65 (3), 251-266.
• Ko, P.Y. & Adamson, B. (2011). Pedagogy and human dignity--the Special Rank Teacher in China since 1978. History of Education, 40 (3), 371-389.
• Chan, W.F., Adamson, B., Chung, W.Y.J. & Chow, C.M.M. (2011). Validity and reliability of the proposed core competency for infection control nurses of hospitals in Hong Kong. American Journal of Infection Control, 39, 11-13.
• Feng, A., & Adamson, B. (2011). Trilingual education in minority regions of China. Comparative Education Bulletin, 13, 47-52.
• Adamson, B., & Walker, E. (2011). Messy collaboration: learning from a Learning Study. Teaching and Teacher Education, 27(1), 29-36.
• Adamson, B. (2010). Creating simulations for an "Introduction to Research Methods" course. Australasian Journal of Educational Technology, 26(7), 917-931.
• Kan, V. & Adamson, B. (2010). Language policies for Hong Kong schools since 1997. London Review of Education, 8(2), 167-176.
• Adamson, B., Lam T. S.J., Yu W.M., Chan K.S.J., Law H.F.E., Leung W.L.A. (2010). Making Different Sense of Reform: School Leaders' Perspectives on the New Senior Secondary Curriculum in Hong Kong. Planning and Changing, 41 (Spring & Summer issue), 100-120.
• Adamson, B., & Feng, A. (2009). A comparison of trilingual education policies for ethnic minorities in China. Compare, 39 (3), 321-333.
• Adamson, B, & Tong, S. Y. A. (2008). Leadership and collaboration in implementing curriculum change in Hong Kong secondary schools. Asia Pacific Education Review, 9 (2), 181-190.
• Tong, S.Y.A. & Adamson, B (2008). Curriculum change and the pioneering teacher. Curriculum Perspectives, 28(1), 45-54.

Conference Papers

• Adamson, B. (2018, April). Language policies and sociolinguistic domains in the context of minority groups in China. 4th International Conference on Teaching, Education & Learning, London, UK.
• Adamson, B. (2016, November). A comparison of four models of trilingual education in China. Global Conference on Education, Riverside, CA, USA.
• Adamson, B. (2016, November). PISA, policymaking and pantomime. CIES Inaugural Fall Symposium, Scottsdale, AZ, USA.
• Thapa, C., & Adamson, B. (2016, November). Language policy, ethnicity and education in Hong Kong: Challenges for Nepali students. Paper presented at the CESHK Autumn Forum, Hong Kong.
• Adamson, B. (2016, October). The reorientation of higher education: Compliance, defiance and appropriation. Invited paper presented at the Sino-Europe Forum on Education Policy Think Tanks, Beijing, China.
• Adamson, B. (2016, July). Multilingualism in Education in China. Keynote presentation at the conference on English Language Teaching Research, Langfang, China.
• Adamson, B. (2016, July). Multilingualism in Education in China: Lessons for Elsewhere. Keynote presentation at the 9th Yanbian University/Korean Association of Teachers of English International Conference on English Language Education, Yanji, China.
• Adamson, B. (2016, June). Strengthening English as the medium of instruction with multilingual approaches in the Hong Kong context. . Keynote presentation at the 8th International Symposium on Trilingualism and Trilingual Education in China, Xi'an.
• Adamson, B., Forestier, K., Morris, P. & Han, C (2016, June). PISA, policy making and political pantomime: education policy referencing between England and Hong Kong. Paper presented at the Comparative Education Society of Europe Conference, Glasgow, UK.
• Adamson, B. (2015, November). The future of English in China: Implications for teacher education. Keynote speech presented at the Sixth National Conference on Foreign Language Teacher Education and Development, Chenggong, Yunnan, PRC.
• Adamson, B. & Forestier, C. (2015, October). The power of PISA: Is Hong Kong really a high performing education system?. Paper presented at the 2015 International Education Conference, Las Vegas, USA.
• Adamson, B. (2015, August). The languages of tourism and principles of communicative language teaching. Conference on Multilingualism for Tourism, Tengchong, Yunnan, PRC.
• Adamson, B. (2015, March). Hong Kong as a source for education policy in England: Rhetoric and reality. Paper presented at the Comparative & International Education Society Annual Conference, Washington D.C., USA.
• Adamson, B. (2015, February). Defining a comparative identity. Comparative Education Society of Hong Kong Annual Conference, Hong Kong.
• Adamson, B. (2015, January). Social equity, language policies and ethnic minorities in China. Paper presented at 13th Annual Hawaii International Conference on Education, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA.
• Adamson, B. (2014, November). China’s English and Asian literacy. Paper presented at at the Asia Pacific Educational Research Association International Conference, Hong Kong.
• Adamson, B. & Yi, Y.Y. (2013, November). Language-in-education policies in Inner Mongolia: Empowerment and identity. CIES Western Region Annual Conference, UC Los Angeles, CA, USA, Los Angeles, USA.
• Tong, S.Y.A. & Adamson, B. (2013, November). Language-in-education policies in Hong Kong: Empowerment and identity. CIES Western Region Annual Conference, Los Angeles, USA.
• Adamson, B. (2013, April). Evaluating policy in practice: framing a study of trilingual education models in ethnic minority areas of China. Invited paper presented at International Forum on Higher TVET, Shenzhen, PRC.
• Adamson, B. (2013, April). Models of trilingual education in China—signposts for the future of English in Asia?. Keynote speech presented at the “Future of English in Asia: Perspectives on Language and Literature” Conference, Hong Kong.
• Wang, D. & Adamson, B. (2013, February). Perceptions of Confucius Institutes from China and USA. Paper presented at Comparative Education Society of Hong Kong Conference, Hong Kong.
• Adamson, B. (2012, October). Ethnic minorities and trilingual education policies in China. Paper presented at the Comparative and International Education Society Western Annual Conference, Phoenix AZ, USA.
• Adamson, B. (2012, February). Appropriating global trends: How can comparative education help?. Keynote speech presented at Comparative Education Society of Hong Kong Annual Conference, Hong Kong.
• Adamson, B., Feng, A., & Dong, F. (2011, October). Trilingual education policies for ethnic minorities in China. Paper presented at the Fourth Worldwide Forum for Comparative Education, Beijing.
• Adamson, B. (2010, November). Constructivism and innovation in English Language Teaching. Keynote paper presented at the Annual Conference, Guangxi English Major Education Association, Nanning, China.
• Adamson, B. (2010, October). Constructivism and innovation in English Language Teaching. Keynote paper presented at the 9th Foreign Language Education Conference of the West Region, China, Kunming, China.
• Adamson, B. (2010, October). Constructivism, innovation & entrepreneurship education in a Business English course. Invited paper presented at the Conference on The Quest for Innovation and Entrepreneurship in Greater China: Strategies and Responses of Higher Education, College of Education, Zhejiang University, China.
• Adamson, B. (2010, October). The Gordian Knot: Language in Education Policies in Hong Kong. Keynote paper presented at the Language Education in Chinese Contexts Conference, Hong Kong.
• Xia, Beibei, & Adamson, B. (2010, September). The College English Test and Ethnic Minority Students in China. Paper presented at the British Association for International and Comparative Education Conference, Norwich, UK.
• Adamson, B. (2010, July). Towards 21st Century education: possibilities and prospects from international transfer. Paper presented at the International Learning Conference Colloquium, Hong Kong.
• Adamson, B. & Kennedy, K. (2010, June). Pragmatic international transfer and outcomes-based curriculum design in Hong Kong. Paper presented at the Eighth Bulgarian Comparative Education Society Conference, Plovdiv, Bulgaria.
• Adamson, B. (2010, May). English for Young Learners in Mainland China and Hong Kong: Opportunities and dilemmas. Invited plenary paper presented at the International Conference of Teaching and Learning of English for Children in Early Years in the Asia-Pacific Region, Hong Kong.
• Adamson, B. (2009, October). Student learning, principled pragmatism and the design of second language resources. Paper presented at the Second Language Research Forum, Lansing, MI, USA.
• Adamson, B. (2009, July). The language dilemma for Hong Kong schools. Paper presented at the Seventh Bulgarian Comparative Education Society Conference, Tryavna, Bulgaria.
• Adamson, B. (2008, June). Designing B.Ed and Ed.D curricula using outcomes-based education. Paper presented at the Pedagogical Research in Higher Education Conference, UK.
• Adamson, B. (2008, April). The politics of language in the Hong Kong school curriculum before and after 1997. Paper presented at the International Symposium on Teaching, Learning and Assessment, Hong Kong.
• Adamson, B. (2008, March). A comparison of trilingual language education policies for ethnic minorities in China. Paper presented at the Annual Conference of Comparative Education Society of Hong Kong, UK.
• Adamson, B. (2007, September). Biliteracy and trilingualism in education in Hong Kong and China. Paper presented at the World Congress of Comparative Education Societies, Sarajevo, Bosnia & Herzogivna, UK.
• Adamson, B., & Feng, A. (2007, June). Biculturalite and trilinguisme a Hong Kong et en China. Paper presented at the Colloque International Bilingue, France.
• Adamson, B. (2007, January). Biliteracy and triliingualism in Hong Kong and China. Paper presented at the Comparative Education Society of Hong Kong and the Biennial Conference of the Comparative Education Society of Asia, Hong Kong.

Creative and Literary Works, Consulting Reports and Case Studies

• Adamson, B. (2010). Introduction to research design. Hong Kong: HKIEd.
• Adamson, B. (2007). Modern Approaches to English Language Teaching. Writer and presenter, DVD series of lectures, seminars and teaching demonstrations. USA: Ohama Foundation.

All Other Outputs

• Adamson, B. (2018). Book review: Education and society in post-Mao China. Comparative Education.
• Feng A.W, & Adamson, B. (2017). The ‘One-Dragon’ Approach to Research in Trilingual Education in China. Hong Kong: The Education University of Hong Kong.
• Kan, V., & Adamson, B. (2017). A Matrix Approach to Language Policy Analysis. Hong Kong: The Education University of Hong Kong.
• Adamson, B., Feng A.W. & Yi, Y. Y. (2013). A framework for the study of policy design and implementation of models of trilingual education. Hong Kong: Hong Kong Institute of Education.
• Feng A., & Adamson, B. (2013). Ethics in Trilingualism-in-China Research. Hong Kong: Hong Kong Institute of Education.
• Feng A.W., & Adamson, B. (2013). Ethnographic research. Hong Kong: Hong Kong Institute of Education.
• Feng A.W., & Adamson, B. (2013). The Study of Ethnolinguistic Vitality. Hong Kong: Hong Kong Institute of education.
• Feng A.W., Adamson, B. & Dong, F. (2013). Interview with Policy Makers. Hong Kong: Hong Kong Institute of Education.
• Feng A.W., Adamson, B. & Dong, F. (2013). Questionnaire and Interview with Parents. Hong Kong: Hong Kong Institute of Education.
• Feng A.W., Adamson, B. & Dong, F. (2013). Questionnaire and Interview with Principals and Teachers. Hong Kong: Hong Kong Institute of Education.
• Feng A.W., Adamson, B. & Dong, F. (2013). Questionnaire and Interview with Students. Hong Kong: Hong Kong Institute of Education.
• Feng, A.W., Adamson, B., & Dong, F. (2013). Classroom Observation Protocol. Hong Kong: Hong Kong Institute of Education.
• (2013). Editor, Multilingual Education . Springer.
• (2013). Editorial Board Member, Teaching and Teacher Education Journal . Elsevier.
• (2012). Editor, Comparative Education Bulletin 比較教育通訊 . Comparative Education Society of Hong Kong. Hong Kong.
• (2012). Editor, Multilingual Education . Springer.
• (2012). Editorial Board Member, Teaching and Teacher Education journal . Elsevier.
• (2011). Editor. Multilingual Education . Springer.
• B. Nordtveit & B. Adamson (Eds.) (2011). Editor, Comparative Education Bulletin . CESHK. Hong Kong.
• (2010). Editorial Board Member, Teaching and Teacher Education journal . Elsevier.
• Adamson, B. (2010). External Examiner's Report on Ph.D Thesis. Chinese University of Hong Kong.
• Adamson, B (2010). External examiner's report on PhD thesis, Griffith University, Australia.
• Adamson, B. (2010). External Examiner's Report on Ph.D Thesis. University of Hong Kong.
• Adamson, B. (2009). External examiner of PhD thesis, The personal growth curriculum in Hong Kong primary schools: Some case studies of development.
• Adamson, B. (2008). External examiner of EdD thesis, Learning and teaching ESL: Perspectives on international students in Australia. University of Western Sydney.

Language Policies in Education in the People’s Republic of China

This project provides a critical overview of language policies in education in the People’s Republic of China. Project Start Year : 2018  Chief Investigator(s) : FENG, Anwei  (Prof ADAMSON, Robert Damian 鮑勃 as Co-Principal Investigator)

College Performance Evaluation in China: Challenges and Tensions

In China, a system known as College Performance Evaluation (CPE) has been widely used in all state-owned universities since 2007, as they strive to achieve recognition as institutions of international standing. This project identifies a number of di . . . Project Start Year : 2016  Chief Investigator(s) : ZHANG, Luxi  (Prof ADAMSON, Robert Damian 鮑勃 as Co-Investigator)

Linguistic landscape and social equality in an ethnic tourism village

This project investigates the linguistic landscape in Xijiang Thousand Households Miao Village, a typical ethnic tourism village of Guizhou Province, China, by focusing on the language choice and arrangement of the linguistic landscape and the attitu . . . Project Start Year : 2016  Chief Investigator(s) : SHAN, Feifei  (Prof ADAMSON, Robert Damian 鮑勃 as Co-Investigator)

Developing Life and Employment Skills

This project aims to develop specialized courses and coherent programmes in Life and Employment Skills, drawing upon the multi-disciplinary specialists and the UNESCO connections within HKIEd. Project Start Year : 2015  Chief Investigator(s) : ADAMSON, Robert Damian 鮑勃

Philosophy in Schools: Promoting Thinking and English Competence in Hong Kong Students

This project aims to determine to what extent a Philosophy in Schools programme facilitates the development of thinking skills and English competence in ESL students in Hong Kong. Project Start Year : 2015  Chief Investigator(s) : LAM, Chi Ming 林志明   (Prof ADAMSON, Robert Damian 鮑勃 as Co-Investigator)

A pilot study of the new education privatization in Hong Kong secondary schools: The design, implementation and impact of an outsourced English phonics program

Governments in different parts of the world promote private participation in public education by delegating functions traditionally conducted by the state to third-party organizations. However, research has shown that the planning, implementation and . . . Project Start Year : 2014  Chief Investigator(s) : CHOI, Tae Hee 崔太僖   (Prof ADAMSON, Robert Damian 鮑勃 as Co-Investigator)

Hong Kong as a Source for Education Policy in England: Rhetoric and Reality

A study of how England sees Hong Kong as a source of educational reform ideas and the extent to which this view matches the grounded reality in Hong Kong schools. Project Start Year : 2013  Chief Investigator(s) : ADAMSON, Robert Damian 鮑勃 ; MORRIS PAUL JAMES THOMAS FRANCIS

Models of Trilingual Education in Ethnic Minority Regions of China

This research project offers a holistic and descriptive account of trilingualism and trilingual education in China. Policy changes have led to the introduction of English language teaching and learning in primary schools. These reforms pose particula . . . Project Start Year : 2013  Chief Investigator(s) : ADAMSON, Robert Damian 鮑勃

Trilingualism and Uyghur Identity in the People's Republic of China

Drawing on two current research projects—one on Uyghur identity and the other on trilingual education policies in Xinjiang, this publication (co-authored by a Uyghur, a Han Chinese and an Englishman) explores the complexities and tensions surrounding . . . Project Start Year : 2012    (Prof ADAMSON, Robert Damian 鮑勃 as Co-Principal Investigator)

Trilingualism and Trilingual Education in Minority Region in China: Comparative Multiple-case Studies in Minority Autonomous Regions

In recent decades, the People’s Republic of China (PRC) has instigated language policies in education ostensibly designed to foster trilingualism in ethnic minority groups. The policies, which vary from region to region, encompass the local ethnic la . . . Project Start Year : 2010  Chief Investigator(s) : ADAMSON, Robert Damian 鮑勃

Developing Blended Learning to Enhance Creativity & Learner Autonomy

This project builds on the pilot work to introduce blended learning into modules taught by C&I and, at the same time, to explore ways of enhancing the desirable attributes of creativity and learner autonomy in our students through the judicious appli . . . Project Start Year : 2008  Chief Investigator(s) : ADAMSON, Robert Damian 鮑勃

Self-assessment in a Curriculum for Autonomous Learning

The overall aim of this project is to investigate how self-assessment can facilitate the development of students’ autonomous learning at the classroom level. The specific objectives of this project are to: 1. investigate how self-assessment and learn . . . Project Start Year : 2008  Chief Investigator(s) : BERRY RITA SHUK YIN 張淑賢  (Prof ADAMSON, Robert Damian 鮑勃 as Co-Investigator)

School Leaders' Perceptions of the New Senior Secondary Academic Structure (SSAS)

This small-scale qualitative study provides data on a vital aspect of curriculum reform: the perceptions of key stakeholders (the school leaders) in the central context of reforms (the schools). The study seeks to learn about the perceptions of scho . . . Project Start Year : 2007  Chief Investigator(s) : ADAMSON, Robert Damian 鮑勃

Grand Award, Knowledge Transfer

Prize for effective Knowledge Transfer Date of receipt: 6/5/2016 Conferred by: EdUHK

Visiting Professor, University of Nottingham Ningbo, PR China

Visiting Professor, Yanbian UNiversity, PR China

Visiting Professor, Qinghai Minorities University, PR China

Visiting Professor, Khon Kaen University, Thailand

Honorary Visiting Professor, Qujing Normal University, PR China

Visiting International Research Scholar, Griffith University, Brisbane, Australia

Honorary Visiting Professor, Yunnan Normal University, PR China

External Programme Assessor, Open University of Hong Kong, 2010-12.

Curriculum consultant, Hong Kong College of Technology

External Examiner, THEi. IVE, Hong Kong

Honorary Adviser, Chartered Institute of Linguists, Hong Kong Society, 2009-

UNEVOC Centre (Hong Kong), Director, 2011-

Reference Group Member, Innovative Secondary Education for Skills Development Project, conducted by Results for Development (Washington DC), funded by The Rockefeller Foundation, 2012-13.

Editor, Journal of Multilingual Education

Editor, Comparative Education Bulletin, 2010-12

International Editor, Cogent Education

Editorial Board Member, Teaching and Teacher Education

Editorial Board Member, Book Series: Education in the Asia-Pacific Region, Springer

Editorial Board Member, Book Series: Education for the World of Work: Issues, Concerns and Prospects, Springer

Editorial Adviser, Asia Pacific Education Review

International Advisory Board Member, Strategies for Policy in Science & Education

Editorial Board Member, Iranian Journal of Society, Culture and Language

Reviewer, Alberta Journal of Educational Research

Reviewer, Asia Pacific Education Review

Reviewer, Asia Pacific Journal of Education

Reviewer, Australian Journal of Asian Law

Reviewer, Australian Review of Applied Linguistics

Reviewer, Comparative Education Review

Reviewer, Comparative Perspectives

Reviewer, Compare

Reviewer, Early Childhood Development and Care

Reviewer, Education Research and Evaluation

Reviewer, Education Research International

Reviewer, Hong Kong Journal of Applied Linguistics

Reviewer, History of Education

Reviewer, International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism

Reviewer, International Journal of Educational Development

Reviewer, International Review of Geography and Environmental Education

Reviewer, Journal of Asian Pacific Communication

Reviewer, Journal of Educational Administration

Reviewer, Language, Culture and Curriculum

Reviewer, Language Policy

Reviewer, Language Teaching Research

Reviewer, Multilingual Matters

Reviewer, Prospects (UNESCO Quarterly Review of Comparative Education)

Reviewer, The Curriculum Journal

Reviewer, HKU Press

Reviewer, Longman Addison Wesley

Reviewer, Comparative Education Research Centre