{"id":3028,"date":"2023-01-20T15:24:05","date_gmt":"2023-01-20T07:24:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cetl.hku.hk\/sap\/?page_id=3028"},"modified":"2023-01-20T15:34:53","modified_gmt":"2023-01-20T07:34:53","slug":"otherproject-sar","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/er.talic.hku.hk\/sap\/otherproject-sar\/","title":{"rendered":"Students As Researchers: Exploring Student Well-being in Hong Kong and Australia"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-ld47ahfs-024cfc6b77a4c00b8cff92c4dc193de7\">\n#top .av-special-heading.av-ld47ahfs-024cfc6b77a4c00b8cff92c4dc193de7{\npadding-bottom:10px;\n}\nbody .av-special-heading.av-ld47ahfs-024cfc6b77a4c00b8cff92c4dc193de7 .av-special-heading-tag .heading-char{\nfont-size:25px;\n}\n.av-special-heading.av-ld47ahfs-024cfc6b77a4c00b8cff92c4dc193de7 .av-subheading{\nfont-size:15px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='av-special-heading av-ld47ahfs-024cfc6b77a4c00b8cff92c4dc193de7 av-special-heading-h2  avia-builder-el-0  el_before_av_textblock  avia-builder-el-first '><h2 class='av-special-heading-tag'  itemprop=\"headline\"  >Students As Researchers: Exploring Student Well-being in Hong Kong and Australia<\/h2><div class=\"special-heading-border\"><div class=\"special-heading-inner-border\"><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-ld479clz-3fcadc3c287f9a7708676fca1e37bfd3'  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><p>Dr Jack Tsao, Associate Director, Common Core, HKU<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-ld4729xz-9f9ff9551c46abd3331b632091387d1f\">\n.avia-image-container.av-ld4729xz-9f9ff9551c46abd3331b632091387d1f img.avia_image{\nbox-shadow:none;\n}\n.avia-image-container.av-ld4729xz-9f9ff9551c46abd3331b632091387d1f .av-image-caption-overlay-center{\ncolor:#ffffff;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='avia-image-container av-ld4729xz-9f9ff9551c46abd3331b632091387d1f av-styling- avia-align-center  avia-builder-el-2  el_after_av_textblock  el_before_av_textblock '   itemprop=\"image\" itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\" ><div class=\"avia-image-container-inner\"><div class=\"avia-image-overlay-wrap\"><img decoding=\"async\" class='wp-image-3041 avia-img-lazy-loading-not-3041 avia_image ' src=\"https:\/\/er.talic.hku.hk\/sap\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/projectStudentsAsResearchers_img4_1200w-1030x539.jpg\" alt='' title='projectStudentsAsResearchers_img4_1200w'  height=\"539\" width=\"1030\"  itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\" srcset=\"https:\/\/er.talic.hku.hk\/sap\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/projectStudentsAsResearchers_img4_1200w-1030x539.jpg 1030w, https:\/\/er.talic.hku.hk\/sap\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/projectStudentsAsResearchers_img4_1200w-300x157.jpg 300w, https:\/\/er.talic.hku.hk\/sap\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/projectStudentsAsResearchers_img4_1200w-768x402.jpg 768w, https:\/\/er.talic.hku.hk\/sap\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/projectStudentsAsResearchers_img4_1200w-705x369.jpg 705w, https:\/\/er.talic.hku.hk\/sap\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/projectStudentsAsResearchers_img4_1200w.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1030px) 100vw, 1030px\" \/><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-ld472v5o-74660401d88f11e2381a33fab2c2c6fd\">\n#top .av_textblock_section.av-ld472v5o-74660401d88f11e2381a33fab2c2c6fd .avia_textblock{\ntext-align:center;\n}\n<\/style>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-ld472v5o-74660401d88f11e2381a33fab2c2c6fd'  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><p>Teachers and students from the participating universities.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-ld46knrc-bcf284daaaaefe916656b658e7f60e33'  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Students-as-partners (SaP) initiatives, which involve students in the co-creation of their education and the broader university experience, aim to empower students and enhance their sense of agency and ownership in their learning journey. Our 10-week cross-institutional international virtual exchange (IVE) research project followed a SaP framework to involve undergraduate and postgraduate students from the University of Hong Kong (HKU), the University of Queensland (UQ), and Griffith University (GU) in investigating the concept of student well-being across Australia and Hong Kong. The programme was co-led and co-facilitated by Dr Suraiya Hameed (UQ), Dr Kate McLay (UQ), Dr Danielle Heinrichs (GU), Dr Sakinah Alhadad (GU), and Dr Jack Tsao (HKU) but engaged students partners in authentic and constructive dialogue to uncover their experiences of well-being as the actors and experts in their contexts. Well-being is often misunderstood or overlooked in higher education, despite being a critical component of students\u2019 overall success and satisfaction. In the contemporary context, students face numerous challenges and responsibilities, including coursework, GPA stress, relationships, adjusting to campus life, economic pressure, anxieties about future work, social injustice, and the broader impacts of COVID-19. As a result, universities have started to recognise the importance of cultivating a comprehensive health culture on their campuses, including incorporating well-being initiatives into policies and procedures for thriving, not simply surviving.<\/div>\n<\/div><\/section>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-ld46tv9s-7cf812d4fe253c815490c5b924366535\">\n#top .hr.hr-invisible.av-ld46tv9s-7cf812d4fe253c815490c5b924366535{\nheight:20px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='hr av-ld46tv9s-7cf812d4fe253c815490c5b924366535 hr-invisible  avia-builder-el-5  el_after_av_textblock  el_before_av_image '><span class='hr-inner '><span class=\"hr-inner-style\"><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-ld46rhgw-b645cacc5d437e7560903c00b9670a8a\">\n.avia-image-container.av-ld46rhgw-b645cacc5d437e7560903c00b9670a8a img.avia_image{\nbox-shadow:none;\n}\n.avia-image-container.av-ld46rhgw-b645cacc5d437e7560903c00b9670a8a .av-image-caption-overlay-center{\ncolor:#ffffff;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='avia-image-container av-ld46rhgw-b645cacc5d437e7560903c00b9670a8a av-styling- avia-align-center  avia-builder-el-6  el_after_av_hr  el_before_av_textblock '   itemprop=\"image\" itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\" ><div class=\"avia-image-container-inner\"><div class=\"avia-image-overlay-wrap\"><img decoding=\"async\" class='wp-image-3029 avia-img-lazy-loading-not-3029 avia_image ' src=\"https:\/\/er.talic.hku.hk\/sap\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/projectStudentsAsResearchers_img1-1030x377.jpg\" alt='' title='projectStudentsAsResearchers_img1'  height=\"377\" width=\"1030\"  itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\" srcset=\"https:\/\/er.talic.hku.hk\/sap\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/projectStudentsAsResearchers_img1-1030x377.jpg 1030w, https:\/\/er.talic.hku.hk\/sap\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/projectStudentsAsResearchers_img1-300x110.jpg 300w, https:\/\/er.talic.hku.hk\/sap\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/projectStudentsAsResearchers_img1-768x281.jpg 768w, https:\/\/er.talic.hku.hk\/sap\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/projectStudentsAsResearchers_img1-705x258.jpg 705w, https:\/\/er.talic.hku.hk\/sap\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/projectStudentsAsResearchers_img1.jpg 1384w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1030px) 100vw, 1030px\" \/><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-ld46s1cv-c2cc6e64d8da2bee46e58c892e322df4\">\n#top .av_textblock_section.av-ld46s1cv-c2cc6e64d8da2bee46e58c892e322df4 .avia_textblock{\ntext-align:center;\n}\n<\/style>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-ld46s1cv-c2cc6e64d8da2bee46e58c892e322df4'  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><p>A virtual classroom session conducted via Spatial<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-ld46ptdn-b79ecd32a43aa59791b5abf70bae126f'  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The IVE research project utilised a participatory design enquiry-based methodology, with students as researchers, to investigate student well-being in the two cultural milieux. By involving students in the research process and listening to their experiences and perspectives, universities can better understand and support the well-being needs of their diverse student body. The students collaborated in small groups in refining and exploring research questions centred around related themes of everyday experiences, intersectionality and multidimensionality, self-identity and Covid-19, and digital technology use. Each week, students participated virtually in interactive and experiential workshops as a continuous onboarding process for conducting their research and as an introduction to different approaches and concepts for exploring their topics, such as creating digital story maps, producing \u201cDay in the Life\u201d videos, and online art workshops. The appropriate use of digital technologies, such as Miro, Notion, GoogleDocs, Canva, and Spatial, was essential in capturing students\u2019 voices and enabling collaboration. In addition to fostering teamwork and communication skills, these activities also helped the students prepare for the final event: an online \u201cmini-conference\u201d where they presented their research findings.<\/div>\n<\/div><\/section>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-21a3h0-39672ff49945c3a1d0ce5bc036999266\">\n#top .hr.hr-invisible.av-21a3h0-39672ff49945c3a1d0ce5bc036999266{\nheight:20px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='hr av-21a3h0-39672ff49945c3a1d0ce5bc036999266 hr-invisible  avia-builder-el-9  el_after_av_textblock  el_before_av_image '><span class='hr-inner '><span class=\"hr-inner-style\"><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-2o7a9g-43e930ff94a7093ab03998ba29a782c3\">\n.avia-image-container.av-2o7a9g-43e930ff94a7093ab03998ba29a782c3 img.avia_image{\nbox-shadow:none;\n}\n.avia-image-container.av-2o7a9g-43e930ff94a7093ab03998ba29a782c3 .av-image-caption-overlay-center{\ncolor:#ffffff;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='avia-image-container av-2o7a9g-43e930ff94a7093ab03998ba29a782c3 av-styling- avia-align-center  avia-builder-el-10  el_after_av_hr  el_before_av_textblock '   itemprop=\"image\" itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\" ><div class=\"avia-image-container-inner\"><div class=\"avia-image-overlay-wrap\"><img decoding=\"async\" class='wp-image-3031 avia-img-lazy-loading-not-3031 avia_image ' src=\"https:\/\/er.talic.hku.hk\/sap\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/projectStudentsAsResearchers_img3.jpg\" alt='' title='projectStudentsAsResearchers_img3'  height=\"624\" width=\"904\"  itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\" srcset=\"https:\/\/er.talic.hku.hk\/sap\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/projectStudentsAsResearchers_img3.jpg 904w, https:\/\/er.talic.hku.hk\/sap\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/projectStudentsAsResearchers_img3-300x207.jpg 300w, https:\/\/er.talic.hku.hk\/sap\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/projectStudentsAsResearchers_img3-768x530.jpg 768w, https:\/\/er.talic.hku.hk\/sap\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/projectStudentsAsResearchers_img3-705x487.jpg 705w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 904px) 100vw, 904px\" \/><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-ld46vgto-33b5cccf0721f38048bce982deb59ad3\">\n#top .av_textblock_section.av-ld46vgto-33b5cccf0721f38048bce982deb59ad3 .avia_textblock{\ntext-align:center;\n}\n<\/style>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-ld46vgto-33b5cccf0721f38048bce982deb59ad3'  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><p>Students created \u201cA Day in the Life\u201d videos to explore everyday well-being practices.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-ld46suf2-8b8f24c3737da81c1c85d191b4d8b060'  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Data generated through this project showed that food, interests, interpersonal relationships, relaxation, and personal time were critical components of students\u2019 well-being in both cultural contexts. For example, HKU students identified that the lack of accessible food amenities and long wait times during lunch affected their ability to attend class, which had flow-on effects on their well-being. Students also highlighted the importance of cultural identity and belonging for international students, who may struggle with adjusting to a new culture and establishing a sense of community on campus. In addition to traditional methods of supporting well-being, the study also found how digital technologies can boost positive emotions and support healthy well-being. Furthermore, individuals\u2019 multidimensional well-being may be affected by lived experiences of inequality, identity, and positionality. In summary, students intuitively understood that well-being is associated with seemingly mundane practices, but would benefit from deliberately cultivating these everyday routines and habits.<\/div>\n<\/div><\/section>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-8jmv8-30bb31dfafc3d6fa73090f22f45224b4\">\n#top .hr.hr-invisible.av-8jmv8-30bb31dfafc3d6fa73090f22f45224b4{\nheight:20px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='hr av-8jmv8-30bb31dfafc3d6fa73090f22f45224b4 hr-invisible  avia-builder-el-13  el_after_av_textblock  el_before_av_textblock '><span class='hr-inner '><span class=\"hr-inner-style\"><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-ld46xmag-a4e4b3d7841fc3b4bbd63873678bb271'  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">A garden is an applicable metaphor to describe this SaP research project, as each student partner drew on their backgrounds, experiences, biases, and perspectives to make unique contributions, with each plant adding to the overall composition, beauty, and function of the garden to cultivate a rich, nuanced, and complex understanding of student wellbeing. However, like any garden, successful SaP projects also need time, attention, and co-ordination to sustain and thrive. Some of the struggles we encountered included the difficulties of collaborating virtually, the time constraints on top of heavy course loads and time commitments, and how to encourage students to \u2018accept\u2019 greater autonomy. These issues were partially mitigated through carefully designed activities and setting time aside to foster socialisation and collaboration, and building flexibility into the programme. The students\u2019 outputs, feedback, and challenges served as a framework for identifying sustainable improvements for transformative pedagogical and curriculum design and the next steps of actioning the students\u2019 research findings of future related offerings.<\/div>\n<\/div><\/section>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-2ase04-6f9b8b670d9d48e51a097abb4fe2402e\">\n#top .hr.hr-invisible.av-2ase04-6f9b8b670d9d48e51a097abb4fe2402e{\nheight:20px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='hr av-2ase04-6f9b8b670d9d48e51a097abb4fe2402e hr-invisible  avia-builder-el-15  el_after_av_textblock  el_before_av_textblock '><span class='hr-inner '><span class=\"hr-inner-style\"><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-ld46xw3a-2fd57b06b928ca1c6ddcfdaf4d33293d'  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Overall, this IVE project highlights the value of including students as partners in reflecting and co-creating a more supportive and inclusive well-being environment on campus that nurtures students\u2019 socio-emotional skills and needs. The power and flexibility of SaP methodology can also develop undergraduate research competencies and graduate future readiness attributes around communication, collaboration, intercultural competence, and tackling ill-defined problems enshrined in HKU\u2019s University Educational Aims.<\/div>\n<\/div><\/section>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-2gmng4-cadbeb6840ecfa1b048fc1eea2c6d68c\">\n#top .hr.hr-invisible.av-2gmng4-cadbeb6840ecfa1b048fc1eea2c6d68c{\nheight:20px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='hr av-2gmng4-cadbeb6840ecfa1b048fc1eea2c6d68c hr-invisible  avia-builder-el-17  el_after_av_textblock  el_before_av_image '><span class='hr-inner '><span class=\"hr-inner-style\"><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-ld471mlh-64148d72f7233d053943dafe9a7ad01a\">\n.avia-image-container.av-ld471mlh-64148d72f7233d053943dafe9a7ad01a img.avia_image{\nbox-shadow:none;\n}\n.avia-image-container.av-ld471mlh-64148d72f7233d053943dafe9a7ad01a .av-image-caption-overlay-center{\ncolor:#ffffff;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='avia-image-container av-ld471mlh-64148d72f7233d053943dafe9a7ad01a av-styling- avia-align-center  avia-builder-el-18  el_after_av_hr  el_before_av_textblock '   itemprop=\"image\" itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\" ><div class=\"avia-image-container-inner\"><div class=\"avia-image-overlay-wrap\"><img decoding=\"async\" class='wp-image-3030 avia-img-lazy-loading-not-3030 avia_image ' src=\"https:\/\/er.talic.hku.hk\/sap\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/projectStudentsAsResearchers_img2.jpg\" alt='' title='projectStudentsAsResearchers_img2'  height=\"574\" width=\"904\"  itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\" srcset=\"https:\/\/er.talic.hku.hk\/sap\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/projectStudentsAsResearchers_img2.jpg 904w, https:\/\/er.talic.hku.hk\/sap\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/projectStudentsAsResearchers_img2-300x190.jpg 300w, https:\/\/er.talic.hku.hk\/sap\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/projectStudentsAsResearchers_img2-768x488.jpg 768w, https:\/\/er.talic.hku.hk\/sap\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/projectStudentsAsResearchers_img2-705x448.jpg 705w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 904px) 100vw, 904px\" \/><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-ld471xnr-03d2fa2c7f2f9295076a158396dae43a\">\n#top .av_textblock_section.av-ld471xnr-03d2fa2c7f2f9295076a158396dae43a .avia_textblock{\ntext-align:center;\n}\n<\/style>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-ld471xnr-03d2fa2c7f2f9295076a158396dae43a'  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><p>\u201cBodymapping\u201d exercise by the students<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"categories":[],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/er.talic.hku.hk\/sap\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3028"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/er.talic.hku.hk\/sap\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/er.talic.hku.hk\/sap\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/er.talic.hku.hk\/sap\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/er.talic.hku.hk\/sap\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3028"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/er.talic.hku.hk\/sap\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3028\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3042,"href":"https:\/\/er.talic.hku.hk\/sap\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3028\/revisions\/3042"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/er.talic.hku.hk\/sap\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3028"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/er.talic.hku.hk\/sap\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3028"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/er.talic.hku.hk\/sap\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3028"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}