Empathy: A new proposition for ‘what works’

Authors: Priya Goel, Assistant Professor, The University of Hong Kong Rubén Antonio Sánchez Hernández, Doctoral Candidate, The University of Hong Kong Charlene Tan, Professor, The University of Hong Kong The confluence of multiple COVID-19, racism, economic, and climate pandemics (Ladson-Billings, 2021) have further deepened educational inequality. In Hong Kong, this is most evident among South

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Towards a Socio-cultural Understanding of Emotions in Assessment

[shared_counts] Authors: Chen Shijun & Dr Juuso Nieminen      University students experience a wide range of emotions throughout their studies. Assessment inevitable arouses all sorts of emotions, such as happiness, anger, pride shame and fatigue. It is commonly assumed that in academic setting, emotions cast barriers for effective assessment interactions: emotions are seen as

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