BSc (Hons), PhD
CPD 1.82
(852) 3917 8182
tracyzou@hku.hk
Dr Tracy Zou has been working on higher education teaching and learning with a focus on academic and pedagogy development. She joined the Centre for the Enhancement of Teaching and Learning at the University of Hong Kong (HKU) as an assistant professor in 2014. She has been actively engaged in identifying, collecting, and promoting exemplary teaching and learning practices in HKU and beyond through a community of practice approach. Tracy is currently leading a government-funded cross-institutional project on internationalisation of teaching and learning and building professional capacity (https://www.cetl.hku.hk/cop-itl/). Along with her teaching work, Tracy is also actively engaged in higher education research and uses it to inform her practices. Her research interests include academic development, intercultural group work, and knowledge management.
Professional development, communities of practice, internationalisation of teaching and learning, higher education teaching and learning
2008 | Highly Commended Paper Award – International Journal of Market Research |
2021 – 2023 | GRF: Investigating and enhancing undergraduate research experiences in the curriculum through teacher-student collaborative inquiries (HK$573,550) |
2020 – 2022 | HKU Teaching Development Grant: Partnering with students to design and enhance assessments in a digital world (HK$243,015) |
2019 – 2021 | HKU Teaching Development Grant: Developing student researchers: Partnering with students to enhance undergraduate research experiences across HKU (HK$247,150) |
2019 – 2020 | GRF: Professional development at a meso-level: Conceptual development and impact analysis (HK$529,240) |
2017 – 2020 | University Grants Committee teaching and learning grant (2016-19): Internationalising teaching and learning in Hong Kong higher education through building professional capacity (HK$3.6 million) |
2017 – 2019 | HKU Teaching Development Grant: Enhancing meaningful intercultural interactions among local and non-local students (HK$233,312) |
2017 – 2018 | HKU Teaching Exchange Fellowship: A comparative study on the integrated approach of academic development between Hong Kong and Singapore (HK$16,000) |
2015 – 2016 | HKU Seed funding for basic research: University teachers’ motivation and experiences of knowledge sharing in higher education communities of practice (HK$112,220) |
2020 – 2021 | HKU Teaching Development Grant: Assessing the fairness, scalability and effectiveness of invigilated/proctored online assessment (HK$246,000) |
2019 – 2021 | HKU Teaching Development Grant: Finetuning the application exercise and facilitation strategies of interprofessional education (IPE) (HK$300,000) |
2016 – 2017 | HKU Teaching Development Grant: Enhancing the effectiveness of experiential learning: Professional development and support for teachers (HK$250,000) |
2016 – 2017 | HKU Teaching Development Grant: A summative and formative assessment approach for science students’ internships (HK$198,662) |
2014 – 2015 | Service leadership practices in the service industry of Hong Kong (Lingnan Service Leadership Initiative Project Grant) |
2013 – 2015 | Project Member, Authentic design experiences in a capstone design course for engineering identity development (HKUST Teaching Development Grant) |
2012 – 2013 | Researcher, Students as Learning Experience Designers (Student-LED) Project (in collaboration with Education Bureau of the Government of HKSAR and the Hong Kong Association of the Heads of Secondary Schools) |
2011 – 2013 | Project Member, Team-based supplemental instruction in an engineering course on grand challenges (HKUST Teaching Development Grant) |
Alternatively cited as Chow, T.