Hong Kong Institute of Education

Faculty Member, Curriculum & Instruction

Other Affiliations: Edith Cowan University, School of Education

Professor of Curriculum and Instruction; Head, Outcome-based Learning Unit

Faculty of Education Studies

About

Professor LIM Cher Ping is from the Curriculum and Instruction Department and the Head of the Outcome-based Learning Unit at the Hong Kong Institute of Education. He has led several large scale research projects that include the Effective Integration of ICT in Singapore Schools – Policy and Pedagogical Implications, Using WAP and GPRS Technologies to Support E-discussions and E-sharing, Gaming in 3D Virtual Environments - Exploring Communities, Student Engagement, Learning Objects and Cultural Settings, Digital Curricular Literacies, Improving the Quality and Quantity of Teachers in the Asia-Pacific and Using Digital Representations of Work for Authentic and Reliable Performance Assessment in Senior Secondary School courses. These projects have significant impacts on the teaching and learning practices and education policies in the region; raising a greater awareness among educators and policymakers of the need for evidence-based practices and policies. He has worked on various education projects with the World Bank, World Links, UNESCO, Inter-American Development Bank, SEAMEO, Microsoft, ACER Computers, Asian and Australian schools and various government and non-government organisations.

Professor Lim has published internationally in different areas of education technologies, namely ICT-based learning environments in schools, teacher education and corporations. A Selection of his key publications are:
- Lim, C.P., Tay, L.Y., & Hedberg, J.G. (2011). Employing an activity-theoretical perspective to localize an education innovation in an elementary school. Journal of Educational Computing Research, 44(3), 315-340.
- Lim, C.P. & Cheah, H.M. (2010). Situating practitioner research in future schools (pp.2-14). In L.Y., Tay, C.P., Lim, & M.S., Khine (Eds.), Research by Practitioners for Practitioners: A School’s Journey into the Future. Singapore: Pearson.
- Lim, C.P., Cock, K., Lock, G., & Brook, C. (Ed.) (2009). Innovative Practices in Pre-Service Teacher Education: An Asia-Pacific Perspective. Netherlands: Sense Publishers.
- Lim, C.P. & Chai, C.S. (2008). Rethinking Classroom-Oriented Instructional Development Models to Mediate Instructional Planning in Technology Enhanced Learning Environments. Teaching and Teacher Education, 24(8), 2002-2013.
- Lim, C. P., & Chai, C. S. (2008). Teachers' pedagogical beliefs and their planning and conduct of computer-mediated classroom lessons. British Journal of Educational Technology, 39(5), 804-828.
- Lim, C.P. (2007). Effective integration of ICT in Singapore schools: Pedagogical and policy implications. Educational Technology Research and Development, 55(1), 83-116.
- Lim, C. P., & Barnes, S. (2005). A collective case study of the use of ICT in Economics courses: A sociocultural approach. Journal of the Learning Sciences, 14(4), 489-526.
- Lim, C. P., & Hung, W. L. (2003). An activity theory approach to research of ICT integration in Singapore schools. Computers and Education, 41(1), 49-63.

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