Jack Shu
Biographic Data
| ID | 6884296 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Jack Shu |
| GIVEN NAMES | Jack |
| FAMILY NAME | Shu |
| SIGNATURE | SHU J |
| AFFILIATIONS | City University of Hong Kong |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-0980-1130 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 6 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Drama pedagogy and the core competency development of pre-service teachers
This study examines how drama pedagogy supports core competency development among Chinese pre-service teachers, focusing on the mediating and moderating roles of psychological well-being. Grounded in positive psychology and social–emotional learning (SEL), a convergent mixed-methods design combined quantitative analyses ( t -tests, structural equation modeling (SEM), and moderated regression) with qualitative focus groups. Participants were vocat…
The Effect of Drama Education on Enhancing Critical Thinking Through Collaboration and Communication
This study explores how collaboration and communication in drama education enhance students’ critical thinking skills, guided by the core literacy framework (5Cs): collaboration, communication, critical thinking, creativity and cultural awareness. This framework, recognized as a foundation for 21st-century learning, forms the theoretical basis for the analysis of how group dynamics and expressive activities in theater contribute to cognitive and …
Oral History Theater for Young People
This paper presents findings from an oral history theater project, developed by older individuals, aimed at primary and secondary school students. A professional theater company in Hong Kong has completed a three-year initiative that recruited retired older adults as creative participants. The research employed a mixed-methods approach; usage audience questionnaires completed by students and qualitative analysis to examine how the performances fa…
An Autoethnography of Teaching Drama to Student Teachers in Hong Kong
Schools in Hong Kong are encouraged to engage students in learning activities to strengthen moral and values education. The use of fairy tales in drama teaching—in this case, Mr. Fox—is an approach to learning that can present opportunities to positively engage students in a range of issues, such as moral and value education. The aim of this research was to enhance moral and values education by taking an autoethnographic approach to exploring my …
The art of growing old
This article reports on an oral history theatre project completed by a Hong Kong professional theatre company which involved more than 200 elders who participated as devising actors in two stage performances, with school students and the wider public as audiences. The study found that older participants in the project were much satisfied with their creative experience as a meaningful process to make sense of their past life – an artistic integrat…
Ethnodrama with Hong Kong problem gamblers and their family
This Hong Kong project features recovering gambling addicts and their family. During the research, devising and performance sessions were observed, and actors, audience members, artists, and social workers were interviewed. The performing gamblers presented stressful and distressing stories in which their partners struggled to maintain the family while suffering from long-term financial and emotional crisis. Audience members expressed positive vi…
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Ethnodrama with Hong Kong problem gamblers and their family
This Hong Kong project features recovering gambling addicts and their family. During the research, devising and performance sessions were observed, and actors, audience members, artists, and social workers were interviewed. The performing gamblers presented stressful and distressing stories in which their partners struggled to maintain the family while suffering from long-term financial and emotional crisis. Audience members expressed positive vi…
The art of growing old
This article reports on an oral history theatre project completed by a Hong Kong professional theatre company which involved more than 200 elders who participated as devising actors in two stage performances, with school students and the wider public as audiences. The study found that older participants in the project were much satisfied with their creative experience as a meaningful process to make sense of their past life – an artistic integrat…
An Autoethnography of Teaching Drama to Student Teachers in Hong Kong
Schools in Hong Kong are encouraged to engage students in learning activities to strengthen moral and values education. The use of fairy tales in drama teaching—in this case, Mr. Fox—is an approach to learning that can present opportunities to positively engage students in a range of issues, such as moral and value education. The aim of this research was to enhance moral and values education by taking an autoethnographic approach to exploring my …
Drama pedagogy and the core competency development of pre-service teachers
This study examines how drama pedagogy supports core competency development among Chinese pre-service teachers, focusing on the mediating and moderating roles of psychological well-being. Grounded in positive psychology and social–emotional learning (SEL), a convergent mixed-methods design combined quantitative analyses ( t -tests, structural equation modeling (SEM), and moderated regression) with qualitative focus groups. Participants were vocat…
The Effect of Drama Education on Enhancing Critical Thinking Through Collaboration and Communication
This study explores how collaboration and communication in drama education enhance students’ critical thinking skills, guided by the core literacy framework (5Cs): collaboration, communication, critical thinking, creativity and cultural awareness. This framework, recognized as a foundation for 21st-century learning, forms the theoretical basis for the analysis of how group dynamics and expressive activities in theater contribute to cognitive and …
Oral History Theater for Young People
This paper presents findings from an oral history theater project, developed by older individuals, aimed at primary and secondary school students. A professional theater company in Hong Kong has completed a three-year initiative that recruited retired older adults as creative participants. The research employed a mixed-methods approach; usage audience questionnaires completed by students and qualitative analysis to examine how the performances fa…
Art (4 works) · Computer Science (4 works) · Psychology (4 works) · Visual arts (4 works) · Creative Drama in Education (3 works) · Drama (3 works) · Social science (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · Aesthetics (2 works) · Education and Learning Interventions (2 works)