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CHEUNG Chi-keung, Alan

Department Chairperson & Professor

CHEUNG Chi-keung, Alan

BA in English (BYU-Hawaii), MBA, MEd, PhD (BYU)

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Prior to joining the department, Dr. Cheung was a faculty member in the School of Education at Johns Hopkins University. He is currently serving as a Professor (Courtesy) at Johns Hopkins University and a Distinguished Chair Professor at Nanjing Normal University. His research areas include evidence-based reform, bilingual education and educational technology. He has been involved in many large-scale randomized experiments and studies on these topics and is the author or co-author of numerous journal articles, book chapters, and technical reports. His journal articles have appeared in top academic journals such as Review of Educational Research (RER), Educational Research Review (ERR), Journal of Educational Psychology (JEP), American Educational Research Journal (AERJ), and Reading Research Quarterly (RRQ).

In recognition of his research productivity and research impact in the field, he has received three research awards: The prestige Palmer O. Johnson Award for the best article published in an AERA journal by the American Educational Research Association (AERA) in 2008; the Research Excellence Award by CUHK in 2013, and the International Discovery Award by the Australian Research Council in 2018. In 2016, he also received an Outstanding Alumni Achievement Award from Brigham Young University, his Alma Mater, to recognize his significant contributions to his profession and community.

Research Interests
  • Education Marketization
  • Higher Education
  • Quantitative methods
  • School Effectiveness and School Improvement
  • School Evaluation
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Recent Publications
  • Wong, P. M., Cheung, A., & Yuen, W. W. (in press). A study of flows and mobility of mainland students: factors and issues behind pursuing teacher education program in Macao. International Journal of Educational Management.
  • Cheung, A., Guo, X., Wang, X. R., & Miao, Z. (in press). Examining the motivation of mainland Chinese students pursuing Master of Education degrees in Hong Kong. International Journal of Educational Management.
  • Cheung, A., Keung, P. C., & Mak, B. (in press). Examining the key stakeholders’ perceptions of student learning: Toward a paradigm shift in secondary education in Hong Kong. Asia Pacific Journal of Education.
  • Zhuang, T., Cheung, A., & Hung, F. S. (in press). Higher education in Central Asia: Development and challenges. Education Research Monthly.
  • Corcoran, R., O’Flaherty, J., Xie, C., & Cheung, A. (in press). Conceptualizing and measuring social and emotional learning: A systematic review and meta-analysis of moral reasoning and academic ability, religiosity, political orientation, personality. Educational Research Review. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.edurev.2019.100285
  • Keung, P. C., & Cheung, A. (2019). Towards holistic supporting of play-based learning implementation in kindergarten: A mixed method study. Early Childhood Education Journal, 47(5), 627-640.
  • Slavin, R. E., & Cheung, A. (2019). Evidence-based reform in education: Responses to criticism. Science Insights Education Frontier, 2(1), 65-69.
  • Morrison, J. R., Ross, S. M., & Cheung, A. (2019). From the market to the classroom: How ed-tech products are procured by school districts interacting with vendors. Educational Technology Research and Development, 67(2), 389-421.
  • Yuen, Y. M., & Cheung, A. (2018). Comparing school and civic engagement of Chinese and non-Chinese youth in Hong Kong. Journal of Youth Studies, 21 (1), 1-15.
  • Cheung, A., Keung, P. C., & Kwan, Y. K., & Cheung, Y. S. (2018). Teachers’ perception of the effect of selected leadership practices on pre-primary children’s learning in Hong Kong. Early Child Development and Care, DOI: 10.1080/03004430.2018.1448394.
  • Corcoran, R., Cheung, A., Kim, L., & Chen, X. (2018). Effective Universal school-based social and emotional learning programs for improving academic achievement: A systematic review and meta-analysis of 50 years of research. Educational Research Review, 25, 56-72.
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