Assoc. Prof. Celeste Yuen, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, China
Celeste Y. M. Yuen is an Associate Professor of the Department of Educational Administration and Policy at the Chinese University of Hong Kong. She earned her doctorate from the UCL Institute of Education (UCL-IOE), University of London. She has served as a visiting scholar in UCL-IOE, University of Hull, and Nanning University. Prior to her current appointment, she taught in the Education University of Hong Kong and was a recipient of the Knowledge Transfer Grant and Top Ten Percent Publication Awards. Currently, she is Vice President and Company Secretary of Hong Kong Educational Research Association (HKERA), mentor for the mentoring programme of World Educational Research Association (WERA), and associate editor of Multicultural Education Review. She has led more than 20 projects related to youth engagement, interculturalism, spiritual wellbeing and immigrant and minority studies. Some of her related publications have appeared in Journal of Youth Studies, Youth and Society, British Journal of Religious Education, Compare, Teaching and Teacher Education, Asia Pacific Journal of Education and so forth. She also served as a founding school supervisor and is currently a school manager of two schools.
Topic: Wellness of Underprivileged Youth approaching Post-secondary Education and Development in Hong Kong
Abstract: Youth studying at the high schools are straddling at the fence of education and work, with one foot in the world of adolescence and one foot in the world of adults. Stress has become part of their growing-up. They negotiate a period of enormous uncertainty that leads to intense media use, identity seeking, and peer endorsement. This milestone of development challenges them and their parents and teachers. As student life outcomes are essential indicators of school success and core responsibility, combating the negative factor affecting students’ wellbeing is a pressing issue. This presentation draws on the interview data of underprivileged Hong Kong youth on their choices in transition to post-secondary education (PSE) and development. Youth from low socio-economic backgrounds or immigrant backgrounds are particularly challenged by the high tuition fees, academic language and admissions requirements of PSE. Student voices of struggle and success will be delineated. Attention will be on personal factors for pursuing higher education and career among the underprivileged youth in Hong Kong.
Dr. Mariam Mohamad, Universiti
Sains Malaysia, Malaysia
Dr Mariam Mohamad is a Senior Lecturer at
Universiti Sains Malaysia, Penang Malaysia. Her
research interest is in the field of mobile
learning and mobile assistive technology. Dr
Mariam was acknowledged as one of the pioneers
from Malaysia in mobile learning research, in
the book entitled Mobile Learning in Higher
Education in the Asia-Pacific Region published
by Springer. Her work also referred by UNESCO in
the publication entitled; Turning on Mobile
Learning: Illustrative Initiatives and Policy
Implications. For her success in the field, she
was awarded with various international grant
from Japan to support her research in
mobile assistive technology.
She also won various prestigious innovation
competition including; (i) Gold medal award from
Virtual Innovation Competition 2020 entitled
“Historical Courses Learning Model Embedded with
Virtual Reality As Remote Learning Tool Of Game
Based Mode”, (iii)Bronze medal award from
International Invention, Innovation and Design
Competition 2020 entitled “AULSTRA guide to
writing on the go”, (iv)Silver medal award from
International Innovation Arsvot Malaysia (IAM
2021) entitled “ Learning module for history
subject via mobile based learning” and (v)Bronze
medal award from International Innovation Arsvot
Malaysia (IAM 2021) entitled “Education in need
and demand victory app: An innovation framework
utilizing virtual reality to improve visual
learning ability and students performance gain
in history lessons contents”.
For the community, she also devoted her
time as the Vice President for
Dyslexia Association, Penang State and the
Advisor for Special Need Students Association,
University Sains Malaysia. She is also a
committee member for Research & Development
Unit, Malaysian Association for The Blind.
Topic: Supporting Dyslexic Children through Mobile Assistive Technology
Abstract: Dyslexia is one of the most
common learning disability that affects one’s
ability to read and write. Many interventions
methods are currently in use, however more
studies need to be done to determine which
interventions work best. Digital technologies
can be used in order to train, assist and even
enable the learning process. Nonetheless, not
much have been explored in previous studies
regarding the implementation of tactile letters
as multisensory approach together with the
mobile application. The intervention approach
which been explored is either conducted solely
by using tactile letters or by using mobile
applications in learning about alphabets. There
is a gap in combining both intervention approach
to support dyslexic children. Therefore, this
research is intended to add value to the
knowledge and discovery of the framework for the
combination of tactile letters with mobile
application in teaching alphabet to dyslexic
children. A qualitative approach will be
selected because the aim is to provide a rich
picture of the experience of all involved during
the study; teachers, parents and the dyslexic
children.
The output of the study is the establishment of
the framework which includes content, activity
and assessment regarding the integration of
mobile learning and tactile letters which could
also be the guidance for the special needs
education. It is envisaged that the study will
address the issues of inequalities among the
disable people and parallel to the needs of
Industrial Revolution 4.0 in integrating digital
technologies.
Keywords: dyslexia, tactile letters,
mobile application, mobile assistive technology,
special needs