Dr Paul CORRIGAN

Senior Education Development Officer

Dr. Paul C. Corrigan is a Senior Education Development Officer in Talent and Education Development Office (TED) . Since joining the then-City Polytechnic, he has held appointments as Lecturer, Senior Lecturer, and HoD. He holds a BA from Indiana University; MA from Teachers College, Columbia University; MA from the Chinese University of Hong Kong; MA from The Open University; an Ed.D. from the University of Bristol; and a PGCHKLaw from City University of Hong Kong. Besides teaching in Hong Kong, he has taught at universities in Japan and the U.S.  

Expertise

Dr. Corrigan has published and presented at many conferences over the years on teaching, literature, and education and he is an Associate Editor of the Asian ESP Journal.

Funded Research

1. Principal Investigator (May 2009 – October 2011). Promoting Teaching Effectiveness in English as the Medium of Instruction for Hong Kong’s Self-financing, Post-secondary Sector . QEGS Project # 21/QEGS/A-08-09, Education Bureau, Hong Kong.  $1.8M HKD. 
2. Co-Principal Investigator, with Dr. Pauline Lee.  (1996-1997).The Expert Learners Workshop Project. QEF Project, City University of Hong Kong. $200K HKD.

Selected Publications

1. Corrigan, P. (2017). “Go and Teach all Nations”: A British Missionary’s Narrative on China in the 1840’s. IAFOR Journal of Literature and Librarianship. 3(2).
2. Corrigan, P. (2015). Designing a Pre-Service Teacher Education Course in English for the Medium of Instruction (EFMI). Asian EFL Journal  88.
3. Corrigan, P. (2015). English For the Medium of Instruction (EFMI) at a University in Hong Kong. IAFOR Journal of Education 3(2).
4.  Corrigan, P.; M. O. Chiad; & F. E.  Nnawuihe (2015). Using Reader Responses and Discovery Responses with Tertiary Students in Three Countries.  Teaching American Literature: A Journal of Theory and Practice, 8(1), pp 11-22.
5. Corrigan, P. (2015). CLIL, ICL, and Research Ethics. Asian EFL Journal, 82, pp 4-16.
6. Corrigan, P. (2015). Examining a Teacher Education Course in English For the Medium of Instruction using “5is”. The Asian Conference on Language Learning 2015, Kobe, Japan  Official Conference Proceedings. pp 185-191.
7. Corrigan, P.  and M. O. Chiad (2014). A Mirror and a Telescope:  Using Reader Reponses in an International Literature Project. Asian EFL Journal (80) pp 44-55.
8. Corrigan, P. (2014) Teaching and Learning in English as the Medium of Instruction for International Students. IN (Murkeji, S. Ed.). Handbook of Research on Transnational Higher Education Management. Hershey, PA: IGI Global.
9. Corrigan, P. (2013) An In-Service Programme in Hong Kong for Integrating Language and Content at the Post-Secondary Level. The Asian EFL Journal, (15) 4 pp 431-439.
10. Corrigan, P. (2004). Liberal Education for Life and Work: A Hong Kong Study. Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Education. Athens Institute for Education and Research. Athens, Greece.

Selected Presentations at Conferences

1. Corrigan, P. (April/May 2015). Examining a Teacher Education Course in English For the Medium of Instruction using “5is”. Paper presented at The Asian Conference on Language Learning 2015. Kobe, Japan.
2. Corrigan, P. (May 2015).Building EMI Pedagogy to Support EMI Policy. Paper presented at the 5th QS-MAPLE Conference, Doha, Qatar.
3. Corrigan, P. (November/December 2014). Designing a Pre-Service Teacher Education Course in English for the Medium of Instruction (EFMI). Paper presented at the 11th Asian EFL Journal International TESOL Conference. Clark, The Philippines.
4. Corrigan, P. (May 2014). Pre-Service Teacher Education for English For the Medium of Instruction (EFMI).  Paper presented at the Second Chicago International Conference on Education. Chicago, U.S.A.
5. Corrigan, P. (January 2014). A Mirror and a Telescope:  Using Reader Reponses in an International Literature Project. Paper presented at the 10th Asian EFL Journal International Conference. Manila, The Philippines.
6. Corrigan, P. (January 2014). CLIL, ICL, and Research Ethics. Paper presented at the 10th Asian EFL Journal International Conference. Manila, The Philippines.
7. Corrigan, P. (December 2012). A Case of Imperial Discursive Formation and British Missionary Travel Writing in the 1840’s. Paper presented at The International Conference on Language, Literature and Culture, Institute of Advanced Studies in English of University of Pune, Pune, India.
8. Corrigan, P. (May 2011). Developing Curriculum Materials to Promote Teaching Effectiveness in English as a Second Language.  Paper presented at Deep into ELT: From Theory to Practice - Practical Aspects of ELT, Fatih University, Istanbul, Turkey.
9. Corrigan, P. (December 2010). Globalization of English as the Medium of Instruction: Teaching Teachers to Teach in English in Higher Education. Paper presented at the 2nd Asian Conference on Education, Osaka, Japan.
10. Corrigan, P. (October 2010). EMI Practices of Hong Kong Post-secondary Content Teachers.  Paper presented at  6th International Symposium on Teaching English at Tertiary Level.Tsinghua University, Beijing, PRC.