Dr. Muhammad Hafiz
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Dr. Muhammad Hafiz
Dr. Muhammad Hafiz
Lecturer
mhafiz@hku.hk
(852) 3917 2076
CJT-501
Biography

Dr. Muhammad Hafiz holds a PhD degree specializing in adolescent’s mental health help-seeking behavior from Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. Hafiz is also a registered Clinical Member with the Singapore Association for Counselling (SAC), and a Certified Behavioural and Career Consultant. Prior to coming to Hong Kong, he was a counsellor for more than 10 years in Singapore in school counselling and in a children’s non-profit organization.  Hafiz’s area of specialties includes youth and adolescent, school counselling and social emotional support for youths with learning needs. His research interests are on adolescent mental health and help-seeking behaviours, mental health promotion, counselling issues related to ethnic minorities and using technology to enhance mental health-help-seeking and learning. He is also passionate about education and is particularly interested in technology-based enhancement of teaching and learning.

Selected Publications
  • Hafiz, M., & Kwong, T. (2019). A structured, multi-mode professional development programme on blended learning and its influences on the participants’ TPACK. International Journal of Smart Technology and Learning, 1(3), 267-280.
  • Law, L., Hafiz, M., Kwong, T., & Wong, E. (2019). Evaluating Students’ Perceptions on the Effectiveness of Online Intercultural Learning Experience via a SPOC. Current Issues in Comparative Education, 21(1), 69–92.
  • Kwong, T., Hafiz, M., Lau, P. and Chan, I., 2018. Academic Integrity and Ethics: The Influence of Culture and Prior Academic Background. Journal on Excellence in College Teaching, 29, pp.53-72.
  • Chan, I., Hafiz, M., Kwong, T., & Wong, E. Y. W. (2020). Reinforcing the importance of academic integrity and ethics (AIE) through augmented reality (AR) learning trails. In C. P. Lim & C. R. Graham (Eds.), Blended learning for quality access in Asian universities. Hong Kong: Springer Education & Language.
  • Hafiz, M.Z & Chong, W.H (2015). Empowering Students Help-Seeking Behaviour: A Contextual Approach. 5th Asian Conference on Psychology and the Behavioural Sciences, Osaka, Japan. (Accepted for Oral Presentation)
Honours
  • Clinical Member, Singapore Association of Counselling (SAC)
  • Pradap Kow Scholarship for Postgraduate Studies, Nanyang Technological University
  • Member, Golden Key International Honor Society, Monash University, Australia
  • Certified Behavioral and Career Consultant