Thanh Pham
Biographic Data
| ID | 3771384 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Thanh Pham |
| GIVEN NAMES | Thanh |
| FAMILY NAME | Pham |
| SIGNATURE | PHAM T |
| AFFILIATIONS | Monash University |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-7001-5011 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 16 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 21 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 16 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2011 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Are Manipulatives Necessary for Assessing Early Operations?
Tangible manipulatives are commonly used to teach mathematics and assess the mathematics understanding of young learners. However, manipulatives have drawbacks during assessment. To evaluate the utility and necessity of manipulatives during assessment of mathematical operations, examiners administered addition and subtraction problems with concrete manipulatives or pictorial supports to 2,390 children aged 2.8 to 6.7 years. We compared the impact…
What Drives Graduate Employability? Insights from a Mixed-Methods Investigation of Employability Capitals
This study examined the contributions of the six forms of capital – human, social, cultural, psychological, identity, and agentic – in shaping the employability of Indonesian graduates. The study deployed a mixed-method approach incorporating a survey of 98 graduates and in-depth interviews with 10 selected participants. Bourdieusian theories and a capitals-based approach were utilised as complementary theoretical perspectives. The quantitative f…
Social capital and employability development among Chinese Mainland undergraduates in Hong Kong
Bourdieu's sociological concept of social capital highlights its significance in enabling individuals to access other forms of capital for personal advantage. In the literature on university students' employability, particularly that concerning international and non‐local students, social capital is widely recognised as a key asset, alongside human, cultural, identity and psychological capital. However, the specific processes through which social…
Contributions of Employability Capitals to the Employability of Chinese International Graduates in Australia
Although increasing attention has been paid to the importance of different forms of capital in graduate employability, few studies have investigated the contribution of capital to the employability of international graduates in the host labor market. This study aimed to explore how six forms of capital (human, social, cultural, psychological, identity, and agentic) contribute to the employability of Chinese international graduates in Australia. T…
Forms of agency enacted by international Ph.D. holders in Australia and Ph.D. returnees in China to negotiate employability
The notion of agency has been widely used in various disciplines but is relatively new in the field of employability of international graduates and returnees. This discussion paper addresses this gap by unpacking the determinants that influence the enactment of agency of international Ph.D. graduates in Australia and Ph.D. returnees in China. In essence, the key determinants in Australia include permanent residency, high expectations and discrimi…
What really contributes to employability of PhD graduates in uncertain labour markets
The increasing number of PhD holders has led to increased attention to the employability outcomes of this cohort. This study addressed the current gap in knowledge concerning what contributes to PhD holders’ employability via a qualitative approach using in-depth interviews with 23 PhD graduates in Australia. The findings revealed that the extent to which the graduates could use human capital for their post-study career depends on the expertise a…
Graduate employability and international education
Despite the increasing research attention on international graduates’ employability and vocational development, most studies have focused on their employability in developed countries; little is known about their employability in developing countries such as China. In this qualitative study, 15 international graduates from two Chinese universities voluntarily participated in in-depth interviews to share their insights about how they negotiated em…
Workplace ideologies, employability and the ideal graduate identities
Digital transformation in engineering education
This research explored the potential of artificial intelligence (AI)-assisted learning using ChatGPT in an engineering course at a university in South-east Asia. The study investigated the benefits and challenges that students may encounter when utilising ChatGPT-3.5 as a learning tool. This research developed an AI-assisted learning flow that empowers learners and lecturers to integrate ChatGPT into their teaching and learning processes. The flo…
Communication Competencies and International Graduates’ Employability Outcomes
A comparative institutional analysis on strategies deployed by Australian and Japanese universities to prepare students for employment
The notion of employability has become a focal point of higher education in many countries’ strategies to prepare students for employment. Responses to this notion can differ largely from country to country and from university to university, based on their historical, political, and economic contexts. However, very little has been researched in terms of these differences. More investigation in this area is needed to conceptualise patterns of univ…
Reconceptualising employability of returnees
Forms of capital and agency as mediations in negotiating employability of international graduate migrants
This study deployed a qualitative approach to explore an alternative perspective regarding graduate migrants’ employability. Twenty graduate migrants in Australia participated in in-depth interviews. Findings revealed graduate migrants faced various challenges in the target labour market, and to successfully secure employment it was important for them to develop key forms of capital – i.e., excellent technical knowledge, relationships with ‘signi…
Comparing the Performance of Approaches for Testing the Homogeneity of Variance Assumption in One-Factor Anova Models
Various tests to check the homogeneity of variance assumption have been proposed in the literature, yet there is no consensus as to their robustness when the assumption of normality does not hold. This simulation study evaluated the performance of 14 tests for the homogeneity of variance assumption in one-way ANOVA models in terms of Type I error control and statistical power. Seven factors were manipulated: number of groups, average number of ob…
Community-Level Perceptions and Outcomes of Water Source Development Projects in Timor-Leste
Despite targeted development efforts, Timor-Leste has some of the poorest water and sanitation performance indicators in Southeast Asia. This cross-sectional study investigated the role of social, economic, and related systematic factors on recently completed water source interventions in the country. A Rapid Assessment Process (RAP), strongly informed by ethnographic/ecologic understandings, was used to gather data in eleven urban, peri-urban, a…
Issues to consider when implementing student-centred learning practices at Asian higher education institutions
A large number of failures in learning reforms at Asian universities have been documented recently in the literature. The main reason is that reformers often import Western-developed practices to Asian classrooms without a careful examination of their appropriateness within the socio-cultural context of these countries. This approach faces a high risk of failure because Western-developed practices are often supported by structural conditions and …
Forms of capital and agency as mediations in negotiating employability of international graduate migrants
This study deployed a qualitative approach to explore an alternative perspective regarding graduate migrants’ employability. Twenty graduate migrants in Australia participated in in-depth interviews. Findings revealed graduate migrants faced various challenges in the target labour market, and to successfully secure employment it was important for them to develop key forms of capital – i.e., excellent technical knowledge, relationships with ‘signi…
Issues to consider when implementing student-centred learning practices at Asian higher education institutions
A large number of failures in learning reforms at Asian universities have been documented recently in the literature. The main reason is that reformers often import Western-developed practices to Asian classrooms without a careful examination of their appropriateness within the socio-cultural context of these countries. This approach faces a high risk of failure because Western-developed practices are often supported by structural conditions and …
What really contributes to employability of PhD graduates in uncertain labour markets
The increasing number of PhD holders has led to increased attention to the employability outcomes of this cohort. This study addressed the current gap in knowledge concerning what contributes to PhD holders’ employability via a qualitative approach using in-depth interviews with 23 PhD graduates in Australia. The findings revealed that the extent to which the graduates could use human capital for their post-study career depends on the expertise a…
Issues to consider when implementing student-centred learning practices at Asian higher education institutions
A large number of failures in learning reforms at Asian universities have been documented recently in the literature. The main reason is that reformers often import Western-developed practices to Asian classrooms without a careful examination of their appropriateness within the socio-cultural context of these countries. This approach faces a high risk of failure because Western-developed practices are often supported by structural conditions and …
Community-Level Perceptions and Outcomes of Water Source Development Projects in Timor-Leste
Despite targeted development efforts, Timor-Leste has some of the poorest water and sanitation performance indicators in Southeast Asia. This cross-sectional study investigated the role of social, economic, and related systematic factors on recently completed water source interventions in the country. A Rapid Assessment Process (RAP), strongly informed by ethnographic/ecologic understandings, was used to gather data in eleven urban, peri-urban, a…
Comparing the Performance of Approaches for Testing the Homogeneity of Variance Assumption in One-Factor Anova Models
Various tests to check the homogeneity of variance assumption have been proposed in the literature, yet there is no consensus as to their robustness when the assumption of normality does not hold. This simulation study evaluated the performance of 14 tests for the homogeneity of variance assumption in one-way ANOVA models in terms of Type I error control and statistical power. Seven factors were manipulated: number of groups, average number of ob…
Forms of capital and agency as mediations in negotiating employability of international graduate migrants
This study deployed a qualitative approach to explore an alternative perspective regarding graduate migrants’ employability. Twenty graduate migrants in Australia participated in in-depth interviews. Findings revealed graduate migrants faced various challenges in the target labour market, and to successfully secure employment it was important for them to develop key forms of capital – i.e., excellent technical knowledge, relationships with ‘signi…
A comparative institutional analysis on strategies deployed by Australian and Japanese universities to prepare students for employment
The notion of employability has become a focal point of higher education in many countries’ strategies to prepare students for employment. Responses to this notion can differ largely from country to country and from university to university, based on their historical, political, and economic contexts. However, very little has been researched in terms of these differences. More investigation in this area is needed to conceptualise patterns of univ…
Reconceptualising employability of returnees
Communication Competencies and International Graduates’ Employability Outcomes
Digital transformation in engineering education
This research explored the potential of artificial intelligence (AI)-assisted learning using ChatGPT in an engineering course at a university in South-east Asia. The study investigated the benefits and challenges that students may encounter when utilising ChatGPT-3.5 as a learning tool. This research developed an AI-assisted learning flow that empowers learners and lecturers to integrate ChatGPT into their teaching and learning processes. The flo…
Graduate employability and international education
Despite the increasing research attention on international graduates’ employability and vocational development, most studies have focused on their employability in developed countries; little is known about their employability in developing countries such as China. In this qualitative study, 15 international graduates from two Chinese universities voluntarily participated in in-depth interviews to share their insights about how they negotiated em…
Workplace ideologies, employability and the ideal graduate identities
Contributions of Employability Capitals to the Employability of Chinese International Graduates in Australia
Although increasing attention has been paid to the importance of different forms of capital in graduate employability, few studies have investigated the contribution of capital to the employability of international graduates in the host labor market. This study aimed to explore how six forms of capital (human, social, cultural, psychological, identity, and agentic) contribute to the employability of Chinese international graduates in Australia. T…
Forms of agency enacted by international Ph.D. holders in Australia and Ph.D. returnees in China to negotiate employability
The notion of agency has been widely used in various disciplines but is relatively new in the field of employability of international graduates and returnees. This discussion paper addresses this gap by unpacking the determinants that influence the enactment of agency of international Ph.D. graduates in Australia and Ph.D. returnees in China. In essence, the key determinants in Australia include permanent residency, high expectations and discrimi…
What really contributes to employability of PhD graduates in uncertain labour markets
The increasing number of PhD holders has led to increased attention to the employability outcomes of this cohort. This study addressed the current gap in knowledge concerning what contributes to PhD holders’ employability via a qualitative approach using in-depth interviews with 23 PhD graduates in Australia. The findings revealed that the extent to which the graduates could use human capital for their post-study career depends on the expertise a…
Are Manipulatives Necessary for Assessing Early Operations?
Tangible manipulatives are commonly used to teach mathematics and assess the mathematics understanding of young learners. However, manipulatives have drawbacks during assessment. To evaluate the utility and necessity of manipulatives during assessment of mathematical operations, examiners administered addition and subtraction problems with concrete manipulatives or pictorial supports to 2,390 children aged 2.8 to 6.7 years. We compared the impact…
What Drives Graduate Employability? Insights from a Mixed-Methods Investigation of Employability Capitals
This study examined the contributions of the six forms of capital – human, social, cultural, psychological, identity, and agentic – in shaping the employability of Indonesian graduates. The study deployed a mixed-method approach incorporating a survey of 98 graduates and in-depth interviews with 10 selected participants. Bourdieusian theories and a capitals-based approach were utilised as complementary theoretical perspectives. The quantitative f…
Social capital and employability development among Chinese Mainland undergraduates in Hong Kong
Bourdieu's sociological concept of social capital highlights its significance in enabling individuals to access other forms of capital for personal advantage. In the literature on university students' employability, particularly that concerning international and non‐local students, social capital is widely recognised as a key asset, alongside human, cultural, identity and psychological capital. However, the specific processes through which social…
Employability (11 works) · Higher Education and Employability (11 works) · Sociology (11 works) · Political science (10 works) · Pedagogy (9 works) · Public relations (9 works) · Social science (8 works) · Higher education (7 works) · Higher Education Governance and Development (7 works) · Economic growth (6 works)