About
Dr Choi is an Associate Professor and the Director of Internationalisation. Prior to joining the University of Southampton, she worked at The Education University of Hong Kong (EdUHK) (2013-2022) and part-time at King’s College London (2010-2013).
She researches education policy and change in the global context, and teacher development therein. She also researches their intersections with languages.
In addition to her passion for research, she has actively supported colleagues in research development. At EdUHK, she led a cross-departmental writing group (2020-2022), and an internationalisation research cluster, FEHD Education Policy Research Hub (2019-2022). As a leader of the hub, she connected the academics of five institutes (e.g., Queensland University, Australia; University of Strathclyde, Scotland; Beijing Normal University, China), and liaised cross-institutional publications, research projects and conferences.
She is serving as an editorial board member of multiple journals, e.g., Journal of Education Policy, and of a book series (Multilingual Education, Springer). She is an associate editor of an ESCI journal, International Journal of Comparative Education and Development (since 2016).
Dr Choi has provided policy advisory to 13 countries at the invitation of the local governments or international organisations (e.g., Asian Productivity Organisation; the British Council) on long-term education plans, reform management and teacher education.
Dr Choi is a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy, UK and of the East-West Center, US, and is serving as a co-convenor of the Policy Studies and Politics of Education Network of the European Educational Research Association.
Research
Research groups
Research interests
- Education policy and change
- Teacher development
- English for Speakers of Other Languages
- Comparative education
- Educational equity
Current research
Dr Choi Tae-Hee researches education policy and reform processes and teacher development/change therein. She is particularly interested in the agency of policy actors. She also investigates the role of language as an object and medium of policy and reforms. Dr Choi has led multiple international projects involving countries in Europe, Asia and Oceania, some of which were funded through competitive bidding exercises (for updates on research activities, visit https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Tae-Hee-Choi).
As of 2023 January, she has published 40+ peer-reviewed journal articles (15 SSCI/ESCI indexed) and chapters, authored 40+ other publications, given 26 invited talks and presented 36 peer-reviewed conference talks. Her funded research as a principal investigator and paid consultant has generated over £500,000 of research income.
Research projects
Active projects
Completed projects
Publications
Teaching
Dr Choi Tae-Hee has written and taught modules on policy processes, teacher professionalism, and comparison of education systems across bachelor, masters and doctoral levels. She has also taught research methodology, school effectiveness and leadership, and general foundation courses. She previously coordinated a core course on teacher professionalism, which was taught in all majors. She was a certified high school English language teacher (Ministry of Education, South Korea), and English teacher trainer (British Council, Korea).
Doctoral supervision
Current
KIM Jessica (PhD): English kindergarten in South Korea: Enacted policy on curriculum in comparison with General kindergarten (Candidacy, The Education University of Hong Kong)
Xenia BELOVA: Multilingual Policies and Practices in Tertiary Education: A Case Study in Hong Kong (Candidacy, The Education University of Hong Kong)
Oanh THIEU: Developing Students’ Intercultural Communicative Competence in English Language Education: a Case Study in a University of Vietnam (Candidacy, The Education University of Hong Kong)
Previous
Chan HUM: Practices and Challenges for Academic Career Management in Cambodian Public Higher Education (Graduation: 2023; Director of the Research and Development Center, National University of Battambang, Cambodia)
POUDEL Prem Prasad (PhD): The Enactment of the Medium of Instruction Policy in Multilingual Nepal: Shapers, Interplays, and
Tensions (Graduation: 2021; Assistant Professor, Tribhuvan University, Nepal)
ZHENG, Qun Suzanna (EdD): English-medium Instruction Policy on
Undergraduate Programmes in a Chinese University: Teachers’ Perspective. (Graduation: 2019; Lecturer at Xingzhi College, Zhejiang Normal University)
Modules I have taught:
An Introduction to Teachers and Teaching (BSc)
Globalisation and Education Policy (MSc)
Making Sense of Education Research (MSc)
Education Research: Practice and Methods (MSc)
Research Training Workshops for Postgrate Researchers
Supervision of Dissertations (BSc, MSc)
External roles and responsibilities
Biography
Dr Choi is an Associate Professor and the Director of Internationalisation. Prior to joining the University of Southampton, she worked at The Education University of Hong Kong (EdUHK) (2013-2022) and part-time at King’s College London (2010-2013).
She researches education policy and change in the global context, and teacher development therein. She also researches their intersections with languages.
In addition to her passion for research, she has actively supported colleagues in research development. At EdUHK, she led a cross-departmental writing group (2020-2022), and an internationalisation research cluster, FEHD Education Policy Research Hub (2019-2022). As a leader of the hub, she connected the academics of five institutes (e.g., Queensland University, Australia; University of Strathclyde, Scotland; Beijing Normal University, China), and liaised cross-institutional publications, research projects and conferences.
She is serving as an editorial board member of multiple journals, e.g., Journal of Education Policy, and of a book series (Multilingual Education, Springer). She is an associate editor of an ESCI journal, International Journal of Comparative Education and Development (since 2016).
Dr Choi has provided policy advisory to 13 countries at the invitation of the local governments or international organisations (e.g., Asian Productivity Organisation; the British Council) on long-term education plans, reform management and teacher education.
Dr Choi is a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy, UK and of the East-West Center, US, and is serving as a co-convenor of the Policy Studies and Politics of Education Network of the European Educational Research Association.
Prizes
- Fellow of the Higher Education Academy, UK (2013)
- Early Career Award (Research Grants Council, Hong Kong) (2015)
- Fellow of the East-West Center, US (2003)
- Research Impact and Engagement (2020)
- International Connection Award (2019)
- Quality Journal Article Award (2017)
- Top 10% Publication Award (2015)
- Young Scholar Best Paper Awards (2014)
- Excellent Teaching Award (2016)
- Excellent Teaching Award (2019)
- Excellent Teaching Award (2020)
- Award for Innovation of Teaching and Learning (Ministry of Education, Korea) (2007)