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Dr Peter Wan Zhihong

Associate Professor, Department of Curriculum and Instruction, The Education University of Hong Kong

Biography

Dr Wan is an Associate Professor at The Education University of Hong Kong. He is serving as the Vice President of East-Asian Association for Science Education. Cultivating STEM talent is his long-standing research interest with an emphasis on interdisciplinary STEM learning. Extensive topics about STEM education have been investigated in his projects, including the relationship between STEM learning and STEM career aspiration, the impacts of designed-based STEM learning, understanding the integration in STEM, and cultivating students with ADHD through STEM robotics. Recently, he is conducting a PPR (Public Policy Research) project to investigate STEM majors’ intention to work in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area. A series of STEM robotics textbooks have been published. His research works have been widely published in top international journals, including Computer & Education, Science Education, Studies in Science Education, International Journal of Science Education, Thinking Skills & Creativity, and etc.

Topic:
GBA Panel Discussion: Innovation Education in Great Bay Area (GBA)
Abstract:

Distinguished scholars from Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macao, namely Professor Wang Su, Professor Cen Jamlam, Dr Chan Keng Lim, Dr Peter Wan Zhihong and Mr Wan Fei, will be joining a panel discussion to confer about the recent development and future of STEAM education in the Greater Bay Area.