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What does a sociologist do? Norwegian, English, and Hungarian university students’ possible future selves (2024)
Journal Article
Hordósy, R., Yasdiman, M. B., & Lee, G. C.-Y. (2025). What does a sociologist do? Norwegian, English, and Hungarian university students’ possible future selves. British Journal of Sociology of Education, 46(1), 132-150. https://doi.org/10.1080/01425692.2024.2431274

This paper explores how sociology undergraduate and postgraduate students understand and discuss their possible (sociological) futures in three national contexts of Norway, England, and Hungary. Using an international comparative design based on a to... Read More about What does a sociologist do? Norwegian, English, and Hungarian university students’ possible future selves.

Possible future sociological selves – A Comparative Study of Sociology Students’ Perceptions in Norway, England and Hungary (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
HORDOSY, R., Yasdiman, M. B., & Lee, G. (2024, September). Possible future sociological selves – A Comparative Study of Sociology Students’ Perceptions in Norway, England and Hungary. Presented at British Educational Research Association Conference, Manchester

In light of Burawoy's assertion that sociology carries a moral purpose (Burawoy et al., 2005), this paper explores how undergraduate and postgraduate students of the discipline understand and discuss their possible sociological futures in the three n... Read More about Possible future sociological selves – A Comparative Study of Sociology Students’ Perceptions in Norway, England and Hungary.

Gatekeepers and producers of global sociological knowledge: exploring the stated aims, editorial boards and author networks of disciplinary journals (2023)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Hordosy, R., Brown, E., Vega Castillo, M. A., & Lee, G. (2023, December). Gatekeepers and producers of global sociological knowledge: exploring the stated aims, editorial boards and author networks of disciplinary journals. Paper presented at SRHE International Conference 2023, Birmingham, UK

This paper aims to analyse leading international sociology journals regarding the interplay of the centre-periphery relations as observed within their aims, editorial boards and author networks. As such, it explores the geographies of knowledge in th... Read More about Gatekeepers and producers of global sociological knowledge: exploring the stated aims, editorial boards and author networks of disciplinary journals.

PISA 2022: National Report for England (2023)
Report
Ingram, J., Stiff, J., Cadwallader, S., Chun-Yeung Lee, G., & Kayton, H. (2023). PISA 2022: National Report for England. Department for Education

How ‘global’ are sociology journals in the Web of Science database? Exploring journal aims, editorial board networks and authorship (2023)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Brown, E., Vega Castillo, M. A., Lee, G., & Hordosy, R. (2023, June). How ‘global’ are sociology journals in the Web of Science database? Exploring journal aims, editorial board networks and authorship. Presented at Department of Sociology Seminar, Durham, UK

A knowledge hierarchy has long been present within the academic community dominated by producers, publishers and journals from western countries (Heilbron, 2014), whilst inequalities in who gets to edit and author have prompted calls for more inclusi... Read More about How ‘global’ are sociology journals in the Web of Science database? Exploring journal aims, editorial board networks and authorship.

"Why doesn't 'Johnny' like mathematics?" The voices of senior secondary students in Hong Kong (2022)
Journal Article
Lee, C.-Y., & Fok, P.-K. (2022). "Why doesn't 'Johnny' like mathematics?" The voices of senior secondary students in Hong Kong. Education Journal, 50(1), 1-30

While Hong Kong students excel at international tests in mathematics, they do not display corresponding attitudes toward mathematics learning. This study examined 10 Hong Kong Secondary 6 students’ perceptions of learning mathematics (experiential cu... Read More about "Why doesn't 'Johnny' like mathematics?" The voices of senior secondary students in Hong Kong.

Hong Kong preservice teachers' beliefs and attitudes towards teaching proof in school mathematics: A design-based research (2022)
Thesis
Lee, G. Hong Kong preservice teachers' beliefs and attitudes towards teaching proof in school mathematics: A design-based research. (Dissertation). University of Oxford. https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/34634439

Researchers have suggested that proof is essential for the learning of mathematics and should be placed at the centre of school mathematics. Yet, many studies suggest that teachers have counterproductive beliefs and attitudes towards teaching proof i... Read More about Hong Kong preservice teachers' beliefs and attitudes towards teaching proof in school mathematics: A design-based research.

"I would (not) teach proof, because it is (not) relevant to exams": changing beliefs about teaching proof (2022)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Lee, G. C.-Y. (2022, February). "I would (not) teach proof, because it is (not) relevant to exams": changing beliefs about teaching proof. Presented at welfth Congress of the European Society for Research in Mathematics Education (CERME12), Online

Experts in mathematics education agree that reasoning and proof are essential and should be made central to learning mathematics. However, some school teachers tend to focus on procedural skills because of different beliefs unfavourable for the teach... Read More about "I would (not) teach proof, because it is (not) relevant to exams": changing beliefs about teaching proof.