Teacher

Sandy Hoi is a lecturer in Office of University General Education at CUHK. She has been teaching In Dialogue with Nature since 2012, trying to engage students in the dialogue with science classics. She has studied on students’ science anxiety towards the course since 2016 and has been interested in developing experiential learning schemes about mindfulness for students taking both general education foundation courses. Her favourite way of practicing mindfulness is to brew and enjoy a cup of tea after flowers arrangement. 

Best Paper Presenter awarded by Barcelona – ICRTEL 2018 – International Conference on Research in Teaching, Education & Learning, Teaching & Education Research Association (TERA), Spain (2018-08)

UGFN1000 In Dialogue with Nature 與自然對話 (2012 – )

UGED 2297 Understanding in Practice: From Meditation to Mindfulness 學以致禪：從靜觀到正念 (2021)

• Experiential Learning Online: Practicing Mindfulness for Understanding Classics and Sustainability, 26th Annual ACTC Conference, The Association for Core Texts and Courses, Online, 04/2021
• Cognitive and affective influences on science anxiety in a science core-text general education course in Hong Kong, ICRTEL 2018 – International Conference on Research in Teaching, Education & Learning, Teaching & Education Research Association (TERA), Barcelona, Spain, 08/2018
• Development of a questionnaire on the cognitive and affective influence of science anxiety for a science core-text general education course in Hong Kong, Annual Conference on Social Studies, Communication and Education (2017 ACSSC), Higher Education Forum, Seoul, South Korea, 12/2017
• Confronting Science Anxiety through In Dialogue with Nature – A Science Core-Text General Education Course, European Conference on Education 2017 (ECE 2017), The International Academic Forum IAFOR, Brighton, United Kingdom, 06/2017

Conference Proceeding: 

• HOI Wan Heng Sandy, WONG Wing Hung, PANG Kam Moon. “Confronting students’ science anxiety through ‘In Dialogue with Nature’”. <The European Conference on Education 2017 (ECE 2017)> The International Academic Forum 107-119 pgs. Japan: The International Academic Forum 2017, 2017.07.<63752361> 

Research Paper: 

• Hoi, S. W., et al. “Photodynamic Therapy of Pheophorbide a Inhibits the Proliferation of Human Breast Tumour Via Both Caspase-Dependent and -Independent Apoptotic Pathways in in Vitro and in Vivo Models.” Phytother Res 26.5 (2012): 734-42. Print.

• A Pilot Collaborative Teaching and Learning of Common-core GE Courses with Ursinus College (2020-09 to 2022-06)
• Development of Experiential-learning Schemes (on mindfulness) for the General Education Foundation Programme (2019-12 to 2022-04)
• Confronting Students’ Science Anxiety through In Dialogue with Nature (2016-12 to 2019-02) 
• Development of an e-Learning App for Self-evaluation and Understanding Classic Texts (2012-15)