Social Support, Well-being, and Teacher Development

Dr. LAM Bick-har received her B.Ed and M.Ed degrees from the University of East Anglia, UK, and her PhD from Hong Kong Polytechnic University. She is an Associate Professor at the Department of Curriculum and Instruction, and a Research Fellow with the Asia Pacific Centre for Leadership and Change at the Education University of Hong Kong (EdUHK). She teaches in undergraduate, master of teaching, and doctor of education programs in the areas of teacher development, education psychology, and teaching strategies. She was a founder member and program leader of the Master of Teaching program at the EdUHK.Dr. Lam’s research interests include classroom teaching analysis, expert teachers, and teacher development. Her current research includes a project investigating university academics’ scholarly engagement, and a teaching innovation project on social learning. She has been awarded a number of research grants since 2006, which have resulted in publications in international peer-reviewed journals, books and book chapters. Dr. Lam created ‘Active Classroom’ as an IT platform for disseminating scholarship and research and teaching, which is accessible to users beyond the local community.Dr. Lam has won a number of prestigious awards, including the Best Paper Award in the Redesign Pedagogy International Conference 2017, the President’s Award for Outstanding Performance in Teaching in 2012, and Faculty Excellence in Teaching Award in 2010. She was awarded a certificate by the University Grants Committee (UGC) as one of the six finalists of the Inaugural UGC Teaching Awards of Hong Kong in 2011. She also serves as an advisor to a number of schools and universities, including the Institute of Leadership and Education Advanced Development and the Xian Jiaotong-Liverpool University in Suzhou, China, and was a visiting scholar at the National Institute of Education, Nanyang Technological University in 2017.

• 1 Introduction.- 2 Understanding social support.- 3 Well-being, psychological adjustments, and effective social support giving.- 4 Social support, student outcomes, and teaching strategies.- 5 Expert teachers' social support behaviours: A humanised classroom characterised by productive learning.- 6 Social support giving and teacher development.- 7 Conclusion: Constructing a supportive environment for student learning and teacher development.