Dr Angel Mok
Lecturer, Early Childhood Education - Faculty of Humanities, Arts, Social Sciences and Education; School of Education
Biography
Angel is a lecturer in early childhood education at UNE since 2017 and she is currently the course coordinator of the course Bachelor of Education (Early Childhood Teaching). Her interests include leadership, supporting students in online study, and their transition to leadership roles in early childhood services. She is actively supporting local early childhood services in Armidale and is on the management board of one of the preschools here.
Angel completed a PhD in Education at Macquarie University and has been teaching in higher education since 2008. Before she joined academia, Angel was a qualified teacher in early childhood settings and schools in NSW. Angel obtained her first degree at the University of Hong Kong and had taught in high schools and early childhood settings in Hong Kong before she moved to Australia.
The privilege of studying and teaching in various educational settings in both Hong Kong and Australia has given Angel the opportunity to gain an understanding of diverse curricula, Teaching and Learning, education policy, as well as the needs of students. Her knowledge of the diverse needs of different student cohorts is reflected in the responsive and equitable approach she has adopted in her teaching.
Qualifications
PhD (Macquarie University, Australia)
MTeach (ECE) (Western Sydney University)
BECs (Western Sydney University)
BA (The University of Hong Kong)
Teaching Areas
Angel teaches and coordinates a range of early childhood units.
Research Interests
Current research interests:
- Early childhood leadership and mentoring
- Exploring current educational issues through a sociological lens
- Engaging and supporting students in online learning environments
- Qualitative methodology, in particular narrative methodologies and ethnography.
Grants:
2018 University of New England Higher Education Participation and Partnerships Program (HEPPP). “Becoming and Belonging: supporting early childhood teacher education students to become the leaders in early childhood education settings (Mok & Elliott). Total of grant: $10,000
2017 University of New England School of Education Research Funding. “Rethinking Private Tutoring” (Mok & Takayama). Total of grant: $1,300
Publications
Bird, J., & Mok, A. (2020). Leading practice in early childhood education. In A. Kilderry & B. Raban (Eds.), Strong foundations: Evidence informing practice in early childhood education and care (pp. 296-309). ACER Press.
Mok, A. (2020). “It’s a Skill That Can Be Trained”: How Chinese Parents View Mathematics and What This Means. New Zealand Journal of Educational Studies https://doi.org/10.1007/s40841-020-00154-4
Mok, M.Y.A. (2017) Understanding Chinese families’ Cultural Identities and Their Children’s Mathematics Learning Through a Narrative Approach. SAGE Research Method Cases. SAGE Publications Ltd.
Mok, M.Y.A., & Saltmarsh, D. (2014). The Transnational Child. Global Studies of Childhood. 4(1). doi: 10.2304/gsch.2014.4.1.11
Mok, A. (2013). Listening to their stories - Chinese families sharing their lived experiences in Australia and their children's mathematics learning. Australian Association for Research in Education Annual Conference.Australia: Australian Association for Research in Education (AARE).
Mok, A. (2012). Reflect, Reconsider, Reposition: Finding self in the journey of others. Joint AARE APERA International Conference, Sydney 2012. Australia: Australian Association for Research in Education (AARE).
