Hung Wei Long, David
 
Position
Professor
   
Head, Learning Sciences Laboratory 
 
Telephone
(65) 6 790 3650
 
Fax
(65) 6 515 1992
 
Email address
 
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Biographical Sketch
 
 
Professor at the National Institute of Education with teaching and research interests in learning, in particular, social cultural orientations to cognition and communities of practice. He is also currently a contributing editor of Educational Technology and serves as a honorary consultant to MOE.
 
Education
 
 
Bachelor of Science (Carleton University, Canada)
 
 
Masters of Computing (Monash University, Australia)
 
 
PhD in Information and Computer Science (National University of Singapore, Singapore)
 
Postgraduate Diploma (Nanyang Technological University, Singapore)
 
Selected Publications
 
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Hung, D. & Chen, D-T (2008). Learning within the Worlds of Reifications, Selves, and Phenomena: Expanding on the Thinking of Vygotsky and Popper. Learning Inquiry, 2, 73-94.
 
   
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Hung, D., Lim, K., Chen, D. & Koh, T.S. (2008). Leveraging Online Communities in Fostering Adaptive Schools. International Journal of Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning, 3, 373-386.
 
   
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Hung, W. L. & Chen, D. (2006). Context-process authenticity in learning: Implications for identity enculturation.. Educational Technology Research & Development, , N.A..
 
   
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Hung, D., Bopry, J., Looi, C.K. & Koh T.S. (2006). Situated Cognition and Beyond: Martin Heidegger on Transformations in Being and Identity. In Kincheloe, J.L. & Horn, R.A. (Eds.), The Praeger Handbook of Education and Psychology (pp.
709 - 716). Westport, Connecticut: Praeger Publishers.
 
   
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Hung, D., Tan, S. C., Hedberg, J., & Koh, T.S. (2005). A Framework for Fostering a Community of Practice: Scaffolding Learners through an Evolving Continuum. British Journal of Educational Technology, 36(2), 159-176.
 
 
 
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Hung, D. (1999). Activity, Apprenticeship, and Epistemological Appropriation: Implications from the writings of Michael Polanyi. Educational Psychologist, 34(4), 193-205.
 
 
 
Research Interest
 
  Learning and Instructional Technologies, Constructivism and Social Constructivism, Learning in Communities of Practice