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Venus is an assistant professor in the School of Humanities and Social Science at the Chinese University of Hong Kong (Shenzhen). She completed her doctorate in science education at the University of Cambridge.
At CUHK (SZ), Venus is engaged in English language education and educational research. She has published in different international journals, including Research in Science and Technological Education and International Journal of Science and Mathematics Education.
Peer-reviewed journal articles
Hung, V. (2018). Reflecting science education across diverse Asian contexts. Studies in Science Education, 54(2), 207-215. DOI: 10.1080/03057267.2019.1601393
Hung, V., & Fung, D. (2017). The effectiveness of hybrid dynamic visualisation in learning genetics in a Hong Kong secondary school. Research in Science & Technological Education, 35(3), 308-329. DOI: 10.1080/02635143.2017.1310095
Fung, D., Hung, V., & Lui, W. (2017). Enhancing Science Learning Through the Introduction of Effective Group Work in Hong Kong Secondary Classrooms. International Journal of Science and Mathematics Education, 16(7), 1291-1314. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10763-017-9839-x
Conference presentations
Hung, V. (2018, April 28- May 1). Why do some students fail to explain macroscopic biological phenomena at the microscopic level even when their knowledge is canonical? [Conference presentation]. International Conference on Education in Mathematics, Science and Technology (ICEMST) 2018, Marmaris, Turkey.
Hung, V. (2017, August 21-25). Exploring students approaches to solve problems with diagrams and graphs in biology [Conference presentation]. 12th Conference of the European Science Education Research Association (ESERA), Dublin, Ireland.
Book review
Hung, V. (2018). Reflecting science education across diverse Asian contexts. Studies in Science Education, 54(2), 207-215. DOI: 10.1080/03057267.2019.1601393
Professional and community services
Hung, V. (2023, August 25). Mechanistic reasoning [Powerpoint presentation]. International School of Warsaw, Poland.
Hung, V. (2018, June 12). Unfolding model based reasoning in Biology [Powerpoint presentation]. Education Bureau of Hong Kong.
Hung V. (2017, March 27). Everyday thought about nature [Powerpoint presentation]. Faculty of Education. University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong.
Hung V. (2017, March 19). Informal science learning [Powerpoint presentation]. Faculty of Education. University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong.
