Research Student Profiles

Mr HAN, Zeyu

Mathematics, Science, and Technology

Programme of Study: PhD

Field of Study: Science Education

Email Address: hanzy@connect.hku.hk

Office: Room 525, Meng Wah Complex

About Me:
B.Sc. in Physics (Shaanxi Normal University, Xi'an, China); M.Ed. in Science Education (Distinction, The Education University of Hong Kong).
Research Assistant (Full-time, The Education University of Hong Kong, 2022-2023).
Exchange student at the University of Massachusetts Boston (UMass Boston) & Intern science teacher at a local American secondary school (2017, sponsored by Excellent Teachers Overseas Studies Program, Shaanxi Normal University).
Member of the 15th Sino-Singapore Excellent Undergraduate Exchange Programme (2018, Government-to-Government Tertiary Exchange Programme spearheaded by the respective Ministry of Education (MOE) of China and Singapore).
Member of the Summer School offered by East-Asian Association in Science Education (EASE, 2022).

Current Research:
Modelling in physics education and beyond; Socioscientific issues; Epistemic cognition

Primary Supervisor: Professor CHEN, Logan C

Co-supervisor(s): Professor CHAN, Kennedy K H

Research Outputs:
Han, Z., So, W. M. W., & Wan, Z. H. (2024). Challenges in assessing students’ STEM-based problem solving. In English, L. D., & Lehmann, T.(Eds.), Ways of Thinking in STEM-based Problem Solving: Teaching and Learning in a New Era. London: Routledge.

Han, Z., & Wei, B. (2024). When nature of science meets quantum physics: Insights from NOS representation in Chinese physics textbooks. Science & Education (SSCI Q1; SCI Q1).

Han, Z., & Chen, C. (2024). Positioning empathy in STEM education reform: Insights from a diverse cohort of Hong Kong STEM education leaders [Paper Presentation]. The 55th Conference of Australian Science Education Research Association (ASERA 2024), Auckland, New Zealand.

The publication "Han, Z & So, W. M. W. (2023). Scientific thinking and its level from the lens of international science education and educational Psychology [Chinese]. Physics Teaching, 45(01), 7-10" was reprinted in full by China Social Science Excellence sponsored by Renmin University of China in the journal High School Education: Physics Teaching and Learning (2023, 04).

Han, Z., & Zhang, H. (2021). The connotation, composition and construction path of "energy" as a big idea in physics [Chinese]. Teaching Reference of Middle School Physics, 50(01), 10-13.

Han, Z., & Chan, M. H. (2023). Research on the assessment of scientific reasoning ability of junior high school graduates based on Rasch Model [Chinese]. Bulletin of Biology, 58(01), 21-27.

Han, Z., Wang, J., & Wei, B. (2022). The "big idea" in physics and its instruction from the lens of international science education [Chinese]. Physics Teaching, 44(03), 9-12.

Han, Z., & So, W. M. W. (2023). Scientific thinking and its level from the lens of international science education and educational psychology [Chinese]. Physics Teaching, 45(01), 7-10.

So, W. M. W., & Han, Z. (2023). A study on climate change education at the elementary school level [Paper Presentation]. The 15th Conference of the European Science Education Research Association (ESERA 2023), Cappadocia, Turkey.

So, W. M. W., & Han, Z. (2023). Framework for cultivating elementary students' climate-friendly behaviour [Poster Presentation]. The 54th Conference of Australian Science Education Research Association (ASERA 2023), Cairns, Australia.

Awards and Prizes:
Postgraduate Scholarship, awarded by The University of Hong Kong, 2023-2027