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An investigation into the intricacies of the instructional model for early childhood education in rural Thai Child Development Centres (2020)
Thesis
Chongcharoen, D. An investigation into the intricacies of the instructional model for early childhood education in rural Thai Child Development Centres. (Thesis). Keele University. https://keele-repository.worktribe.com/output/416585

Thailand’s education system faces a problem with distinct disparities between levels of regional education management. Consequently, urban areas seem to have obvious perceivable advantages over rural area settings. In response to this problem, the ce... Read More about An investigation into the intricacies of the instructional model for early childhood education in rural Thai Child Development Centres.

‘Diaspora at Home’: Class and Politics in the Navigation of Hong Kong Students in Mainland China’s Universities (2019)
Journal Article
(2019). ‘Diaspora at Home’: Class and Politics in the Navigation of Hong Kong Students in Mainland China’s Universities. International Studies in Sociology of Education, https://doi.org/10.1080/09620214.2019.1700821

This paper draws on ‘diaspora at home’, a concept that encapsulates the unique dynamics between Hong Kong and mainland China, as an analytical tool to explore the cross-border experiences of 23 Hong Kong students at 11 universities in mainland China.... Read More about ‘Diaspora at Home’: Class and Politics in the Navigation of Hong Kong Students in Mainland China’s Universities.

Mainland Chinese students at an elite Hong Kong university: habitus–field disjuncture in a transborder context (2016)
Journal Article
(2016). Mainland Chinese students at an elite Hong Kong university: habitus–field disjuncture in a transborder context. British Journal of Sociology of Education, 610-624. https://doi.org/10.1080/01425692.2016.1158642

Drawing on in-depth interview data from 31 mainland Chinese (MLC) students in a Hong Kong university, this article conceptualises MLC and Hong Kong higher education as two dissonant but interrelated subfields of the Chinese higher education field. Th... Read More about Mainland Chinese students at an elite Hong Kong university: habitus–field disjuncture in a transborder context.

When the Hong Kong Dream Meets the Anti-Mainlandisation Discourse: Mainland Chinese Students in Hong Kong (2015)
Journal Article
(2015). When the Hong Kong Dream Meets the Anti-Mainlandisation Discourse: Mainland Chinese Students in Hong Kong. Journal of Current Chinese Affairs,

This article looks at identity constructions of mainland Chinese undergraduate students in a Hong Kong university. These students shared a “Hong Kong Dream” characterised by a desire for change in individual outlooks, a yearning for international exp... Read More about When the Hong Kong Dream Meets the Anti-Mainlandisation Discourse: Mainland Chinese Students in Hong Kong.