Dr. HARRISON, Mark G.

Assistant Professor
 

 

 

 

 

School Counselling
Wellbeing in Schools
EdD (Developmental and Educational Psychology), The Education University of Hong Kong
Master of Counselling (Monash University, Australia)
Master of Chemistry (University of Oxford, UK)
Master of Education (University of Bristol, UK)
PGCE (University of Nottingham, UK)
Registered member, British Association of Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP)
SDS Accreditation in Clinical Supervisior
Associate Fellow, Higher Education Academy (UK)

Harrison, M. G., Briffett-Aktas, C., Ying, J., Tsui, G. Cheng., A. S., & Jackson, L. (2023). A comparative study of international and local school teachers’ perceptions and enactments of humility in Hong Kong. Beijing International Review of Education. https://brill.com/view/journals/bire/5/3/article-p217_003.xml.

Harrison, M. G., Ying J., Jackson L., & Fei, Y. (2023). Gratitude and its cultivation in Chinese schools: An exploratory study into the perspectives of urban teachers. Journal of Moral Education. https://doi.org/10.1080/03057240.2023.2258290.

Harrison, M. G., Cheung, J., Tam, K. Y, Cheng, A. S, & Yeung, S. S. (2023). “If they talk to the counsellor, at least I know they have some way out”: Parents’ perceptions of school counselling in Hong Kong schools. Pastoral Care in Education. https://doi.org/10.1080/02643944.2023.2233534. 

Harrison, M. G., & Hou, W. K. (2023). The subjective wellbeing of expatriate international school teachers in Hong Kong: An exploratory study into the influence of school-level factors. Journal of Research in International Education, 22(1). https://doi.org/10.1177/14752409231154531. 

Harrison, M. G., Fu, W., & Cheung, J. K. F. (2023). The experiences of school counsellors in Hong Kong: Implications for policy innovation. British Journal of Guidance and Counselling, 50(6), 847-764. https://doi.org/10.1080/03069885.2022.2164758. 

Harrison, M. G., King, R.B., & Hocson, S. M. G. (2023). The roles of school counsellors in the Philippines: Challenges and opportunities. Journal of Psychologists and Counsellors in Schools. https://doi.org/10.1017/jgc.2023.4. 

Harrison, M.G., Wang, H., & King, R.B. (2023). Satisfied Teachers are Good Teachers: How Teacher Job Satisfaction Predicts Better Instructional Quality. British Educational Research Journal, 49(3), 476-498. http://doi.org/10.1002/berj.3851.  

Harrison, M. G. (2022). School counselling in Hong Kong: A profession in need of an identity. The International Journal for the Advancement of Counselling. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10447-022-09498-6. 

Ying, J., Yan, F., Harrison, M. G., & Jackson, L. (2022). Humility and its cultivation in Chinese Schools: An exploratory study into teachers’ perspectives. The Asia Pacific Education Review. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12564-022-09800-6. 

Harrison, M. G. (2022). The professional identity of school counsellors in East and Southeast Asia. Counselling and Psychotherapy Research. https://doi.org/10.1002/capr.12546. 

Harrison, M. G., & Lim, L. (2022). Mentors’ experiences of a school-based mentoring programme in Hong Kong. The Asia-Pacific Journal of Education. http://doi.org/10.1080/02188791.2022.2074371. 

Harrison, M. G., & Young, C. (2022). Parent effectiveness training with Hong Kong Chinese parents in a school setting: An exploratory qualitative study. The Journal of Asia Pacific Counselling 12(1). 61-78. http://doi.org/10.18401/2022.12.1.4. 

Harrison, M. G., Tam, K. Y., & Yeung, S. S. (2021). Counselling support for the mental health of children in Hong Kong’s international schools during the COVID-19 pandemic: Parents’ perspectives. The Educational and Developmental Psychologist, 40(1), 86-97. https://doi.org/10.1080/20590776.2021.2001296. 

Harrison, M. G. (2021). Quiet leadership in schools: A personal reflection. Academic Praxis 1: 5-17. https://cerc.edu.hku.hk/academic-praxis/quiet-leadership-in-schools-a-personal-reflection/. 

Harrison, M. G., & Wang, Z. (2020). School counselling based on humanistic principles: A pilot randomised controlled Trial in Hong Kong. Asia Pacific Journal of Counselling and Psychotherapy 11(2), 122-138. https://doi.org/10.1080/21507686.2020.1781667. 

Harrison, M. G. (2020). Therapeutic change processes in school-based counselling: The perspectives of students and counsellors in Hong Kong. British Journal of Guidance and Counselling, 50(2), 215-229. https://doi.org/10.1080/03069885.2020.1729340. 

Harrison, M. G. (2019). Relationship in context: Processes in school-based counselling in Hong Kong. Counselling and Psychotherapy Research 19(4), 474-483. https://doi.org/10.1002/capr.12234. 

Harrison, M. G., Luk, B., & Lim, L. (2019). “You know what, this is kind of helping me”: Students’ experiences of a Hong Kong school-based mentoring programme. The Asia Pacific Education Researcher 28(2), 149-157. Published online: 29 Oct 2018. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40299-018-0421-2. 

Nalipay, M. J., Frondozo, C. E., Harrison, M. G., & King, R. B. (2023) A socially oriented gratitude intervention for young high school students in Hong Kong. In J. J. Chen & R. B. King, R. B. (Eds). Emotions in learning, teaching, and leadership: Asian perspectives. Singapore: Routledge.

Harrison, M. G. (In press). All play and no work? In J. F. Sampson (Ed.), Philosophy's Gambit: Gadamer, Play and Players in a Gamified World. Vernon Press.

Harrison, M. G., & Lam, W. Y. (2020). Understanding the perspectives of counsellors and clients in school-based counselling in Hong Kong. In B. Watson & J. Krieger (Eds.), Humanities in Asia: Expanding Horizons in Health Communications (pp. 47-66). Singapore: Springer

Harrison, M. G. (2021). School counselling in an Asian cultural context: Insights from Hong Kong and the Asia-Pacific Region. Routledge.

Harrison, M. G. (2022, 5 Mar) School counselling: An unfulfilled resource in Hong Kong’s schools. Wellbeing in International Schools Magazine. Issue 3. 24-25. https://www.schoolmanagementplus.com/publications/wellbeing-international-schools-magazine/wellbeing-in-international-schools-march-2022/.

Harrison, M. (2022, 13 Feb). How improved school counselling can address the mental health crisis in Hong Kong schools. The South China Morning Post. https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/article/3166645/how-improved-school-counselling-can-address-mental-health-crisis.

Chatelier, S., Van dermijnsbrugge, E., & Harrison, M. (2021, 24 Nov). From measuring test results to personal growth. The International Educator. https://www.tieonline.com/article/3091/from-measuring-test-results-to-personal-growth.

Chatelier, S., Harrison, M., & Van dermijnsbrugge, E. (2021, 1 Sep). Embracing democratic dissent in a data-driven age. Insightful. ECIS. https://www.ecis.org/embracing-democratic-dissent-in-a-data-driven-age/

Harrison, M.G, Chatelier, S., & Van dermijnsbrugge, E. (2021, 13 June). Why calling everything a ‘crisis’ is damaging. The TES International Schools Magazine. Times Educational Supplement. https://www.tes.com/news/why-calling-everything-crisis-damaging

Harrison, M.G, Chatelier, S., & Van dermijnsbrugge, E. (2021, 3 May). Wellbeing and international schools: The research view (Part 2). The TES International Schools Magazine. Times Educational Supplement. https://www.tes.com/news/leadership-wellbeing-management-international-schools

Harrison, M.G, Chatelier, S., & Van dermijnsbrugge, E. (2021, 17 April). Wellbeing and international schools: The research view (Part 1). The TES International Schools Magazine. Times Educational Supplement. https://www.tes.com/news/wellbeing-and-international-schools-research-view

Harrison, M., Chatelier, S., & Van dermijnsbrugge, E. (2021, 15 April). Wellbeing, relationships and teaching as a caring profession. The International Educator. Times Educational Supplement. https://www.tieonline.com/article/2925/wellbeing-relationships-and-teaching-as-a-caring-profession-

Chatelier, S., Van dermijnsbrugge, E., & Harrison, M. (2020). International school leadership during tough times: Reflecting on what matters. The EARCOS Triannual Journal (Winter 2020). East Asia Regional Council of Schools. https://issuu.com/earcosorg/docs/et-winter-2020.

Harrison, M. G. (2023, Nov 2). Counselling young people today. Singapore Counselling and Psychotherapy Symposium. Singapore

Harrison, M. G. (2023, Nov 2). Counselling and mental health in Asia (Keynote). Singapore Counselling and Psychotherapy Symposium. Singapore

Harrison, M. G., King, R. B., & Hocson, S. M (2023, 13 Jul). Building partnerships between school and family in the Philippines: The experiences of school counsellors. 15th Biennial Conference of the Asian Association of Social Psychology. Hong Kong.

Harrison, M. G., King, R. B., Yi, W., & Yeung, S.S. (2023, 26 Jun). Chinese parents’ perceptions of school counselling in Hong Kong: A mixed-methods cross-cultural comparison. XXI Annual International Conference of the Bulgarian Comparative Education Society. Sofia, Bulgaria.  

Harrison, M. G., Lim, L., & Chang, M. (2022, 8 Dec). School-based mentoring. 7th Asia-Pacific International Schools Conference (AISC). Hong Kong.

Ying, J., Jackson, L., Yan, F., & Harrison, M. (2022, 21 May) “To appreciate all”: teachers’ conceptions of educating gratitude in mainland Chinese schools. Conference of The Comparative Education Society of Hong Kong (CESHK).

Jackson, L., Harrison, M., Briffet-Aktas, C., Yan, F., Ying, J., Tsui, G., Li T., & Jiang C. (2022, 21 May). Academic Intergenerational Collaboration: From Undergraduates to Professors. Conference of The Comparative Education Society of Hong Kong (CESHK).

Ying, J., Jackson, L., Yan, F., Harrison, M., & Briffet-Atkas, C. (2022, 18-22 Apr). Chinese teachers’ conceptions of humility: implications for teacher-student relations. 66th Annual Conference of the Comparative and International Education Society (CIES). Abstract accepted.

Ying, J., Jackson, L., Briffet-Atkas, C., & Harrison, M. (2022, 25 Apr). Humility in Chinese Contexts: Implications for Education. American Educational research Association (AERA). Online.

Harrison, M. G., Cheung, J. K. F., Tam, C. K. Y., Cheng, A. S., & Yeung, S. S. (2022, 22 Mar). “If they talk to the counselor, at least I know they have some way out”: Parents’ perceptions of school counselling in Hong Kong. Second International Virtual Conference on Comparative School Counseling. Bulgarian Comparative Education Society. Online.

Ying, J., Harrison, M., Briffet-Atkas, C., & Jackson, L. (2021, 10 Dec). Teachers’ Conceptions of Humility in Hong Kong: Implications for Teaching and Learning. International Conference on Learning and Teaching 2021.

Harrison, M. G. (2021, 25 Aug). Beneficence in Practice: Where we Begin, and Brightly we Stand Out. Integrated Professional Counselors Association of the Philippines (IPCAP). 19th National Convention. Online (Keynote)

Harrison, M. G. & Fu, W (2021, 20 July). School counselling in local and international schools in Hong Kong. 32nd International Congress of Psychology. Online.

Harrison, M. G. & Fu, W (2021, 24 Mar). Inhabiting two different worlds: School counselling in local and international schools in Hong Kong. International Virtual Conference on Comparative School Counseling. Bulgarian Comparative Education Society. Online.

Harrison, M. G. (2021, 25 Jan). Mentoring: Community support for students. 12th Annual 21st Century Learning Conference. Online.

Harrison, M. G., Wailes, A., & Lim, L. (2019, 12 Dec). Models of mentoring. 5th Asia-Pacific International Schools Conference (AISC). Hong Kong.

Harrison, M. G., & Lim, L. (2019, 8 Mar). ‘You know what, this is kind of helping me’: Students’ and teacher-mentors’ experiences of a school-based mentoring programme in Hong Kong. 11th Annual 21st Century Learning Conference. Hong Kong.

Harrison M. G., & Greaves, R. (2018, 20 Sep). Fostering understanding and development of the ATLs in staff and students. Asia-Pacific ATL Symposium 2018. Hong Kong.

Harrison M. G. (2017, 3 Jul). Change processes in school-based counselling: a grounded theory study of the experiences of senior secondary students in Hong Kong. International Postgraduate Roundtable and Research Forum 2017. Education University of Hong Kong.

PSY120 Lifespan Developmental Psychology 
PSY214 Qualitative Research Methods
PSY320 Motivation and Learning 
PSY371 Research Project I
PSY372 Research Project II
PSY503 Lifespan Developmental Psychology (for MPSY & MPT)
COUN320 School Counselling COUN360 Adolescent Counselling
CP507 Clinical Seminar School Psychology and Counselling
CP530 Dissertation I
CP531 Dissertation II
 
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