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Dr. Philip Wing Keung Chan is a senior lecturer and the course leader of Master of Education, and Master of Inclusive Education in the Faculty of Education, Monash University. His research work is focused on AI in education, education policy, network governance, and leadership. He developed the concept of ‘Asia as method’, which offers multiple frames of reference in education research, including inter-referencing amongst countries in Asia. This is new territory in academic research. It is of particular benefit to students from Asia, for whom only a western theoretical lens has previously been available to look at education issues in their home countries.

Dr. Chan has worked in course development and training at the Chinese University of Hong Kong, the University of Hong Kong and the Hong Kong Federation of Education Workers. He is now the co-leader in the Globalisation, Education and Work research group in the Faculty of Education, the coordinator of China Research Network in Monash University and the co-series editor of Education in the Asia-Pacific Region: Issues, Concerns and Prospect (Springer) with Professor Rupert Maclean, AO. He is also the co-senior editor in the International Education Journal: Comparative Perspective, the official journal of Oceania Comparative and International Education Society (OCIES). Dr. Chan is appointed as honorary fellow at the School of Education, The University of Durham (UK) and senior research fellow at the Shanghai Municipal Institute for Lifelong Education, East China Normal University in China. 

His edited/authored book are 'Asia Pacific Education: Diversity, Challenges and Changes' (Monash University Publishing, 2012), 'Equality in Education: Fairness and Inclusion' (Senses Publishers, 2014), 'Asia as Method in Education Studies: A Defiant Imagination' (Routledge, 2015), 'Asia Pacific Education: Leadership, Governance and Administration' (Information Age Publishing, 2019), 'Public Education Reform and Network Governance: Lessons from China's State-owned Enterprise Schools' (Routledge, 2019), and 'School Governance in Global Contexts: Trends, Challenges and Practices' (Routledge, 2022).

Research interests

Network Governance, Policy Network, Leadership, Chinese Public Education, Asia as Method, Globalisation and Education Reform.

Monash teaching commitment

  • EDF2803 - Learning and researching in work-related contexts
  • EDF3210 - Eduction policy and practice
  • EDF3804 - Independent work-based project
  • EDF3810 - Mentoring at work
  • EDF5610 - Interacting with research in education contexts
  • EDF5611 - Investigating education issues in global contexts
  • EDF5663 - Education and globalisation in the Asian century
  • EDF5691 - Professional project
  • EDF5765 - Globalisation and contemporary education
  • EDF5806 - Policy and practice of education
  • EDF5863 - Assessment and reporting
  • EDF5912 - Reseaching professional practice
  • EDF6005 - Reading, interpreting and communicating research
  • EDF6010 - Professional project (A)
  • EDF6020 - Professional project (B)

Research area keywords

  • Sociology, history, and philosophy of education
  • Education Governance
  • Education Reform
  • Asia as method
  • Education Admnistration and Policy
  • Globalisation

Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals

In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):

  1. SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being
    SDG 3 Good Health and Well-being
  2. SDG 4 - Quality Education
    SDG 4 Quality Education
  3. SDG 7 - Affordable and Clean Energy
    SDG 7 Affordable and Clean Energy
  4. SDG 8 - Decent Work and Economic Growth
    SDG 8 Decent Work and Economic Growth
  5. SDG 10 - Reduced Inequalities
    SDG 10 Reduced Inequalities
  6. SDG 11 - Sustainable Cities and Communities
    SDG 11 Sustainable Cities and Communities

Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years

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