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Research activities at Hanoi National University of Education ‐ 70 years of development

2022; Wiley; Volume: 60; Issue: S1 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1002/vjch.202200133

2572-8288

Nguyễn Văn Minh, Hoang Hai Ha, Dương Minh Lam, Nguyen Van Trao,

Global Educational Reforms and Inequalities

Hanoi National University of Education (HNUE) is one of the largest research public universities in Vietnam. With 70 years of development, the University has always promoted its pioneering role in the education and socio-economic development of Vietnam, with scientific research as the driving force for all its activities1-9 Hanoi National University of Education was officially established on 11th October 1951 by the Decree No 276 of the Ministry of National Education. However, the University's origins date back to as early as 1945 when President Ho Chi Minh ordered the formation of the Philology University Committee. On 10th October 1945 just over a month after delivering the Declaration of Independence that gave birth to the Democratic Republic of Vietnam (DRV), President Ho Chi Minh signed Decree No. 45 to establish a new University Board - the Philology University Committee in Hanoi to train teachers for secondary schools. On 8th October 1946, he issued Document 194/SL to establish an Education Branch for training teachers for the basic education levels, high schools, specialists, experimental and professional schools in the country. The University was recognized as the key national pedagogy university in October 1975, and then as one of six key tertiary institutions in Vietnam in March 1977. From 1994 to 1999, HNUE was a member of Vietnam National University. However, according to the Decision No 201/QD-TTg on 12 October 1999 by the Prime Minister, the University was separated and became one of the 14 key national universities in Vietnam. In 2000, the University began to develop into a key pedagogical university with the specific tasks of training high-quality teachers and conducting advanced scientific research, to promote the development of the pedagogical system and K-12 education. The University now consists of approximately 700 lecturers, including nearly 200 full and associate professors, and over 300 doctors. In addition to 22 faculties and 14 Research centers, five affiliated schools have become well-known in the national K-12 education system. With 70 years of development, the HNUE has trained thousands of school teachers, university lecturers and researchers for the country. The University currently provides 40 full time undergraduate programs and 40 postgraduate programs. The annual numbers of undergraduate and postgraduate enrolments are over 4000 and 1000, respectively. - Founded in 1951 - Staff: 47 (1 Prof., 17 Assoc. Profs., 18 doctors) - Research fields: Zoology, Botany, Plant Physiology and Application, Human and Animal Physiology, Genetics-Biochemistry, Biotechnology & Microbilogy, Cell Biology & Biochemistry, Theory and Teaching Methods of Biology. - Courses: 4 undergraduate, 7 master's and 6 doctoral programs - Current number of students: 482 (undergraduate, postgraduate). - Founded in 1951 - Staff: 49 (7 Prof., 8 Assoc. Profs, 45 doctors) - Research fields: Algebra, Analysis, Geometry, Probability, Statistics, Applied Mathematics, Teaching methods. - Courses: 4 undergraduate, 6 master's and 5 doctoral programs - Current number of undergraduate and postgraduate students: 1400. - Founded in 1951 - Staff: 48 (1 Prof., 16 Assoc. Profs., 17 doctors) - Research fields: Inorganic Chemistry, Organic Chemistry, Analytical Chemistry, Theoretical and Physical Chemistry, Environmental Chemistry, Chemistry Teaching Methods - Courses: 6 master's and 5 doctoral programs - Current number of undergraduate and postgraduate students: 912. - Founded in 1951 - Staff: 1 Prof., 14 Assoc. Profs., 20 doctors - Research fields: Theoretical physics, solid state physics, electrophysics, astrophysics, Physics education research. - Courses: 3 undergraduate, 3 master's and 3 doctoral programs - Current number of undergraduate and postgraduate students: 965. - Founded in 2003 - Staff: 29 (2 Assoc. Profs., 11 doctors) - Research fields: Computer Science, Algorithms, Machine Learning, Deep Learning, Software Engineering. - Courses: 2 undergraduate, 3 master's and 2 doctoral programs - Current number of undergraduate and postgraduate students: 850. - Founded in 2001 - Staff: 37 (3 Assoc. Profs., 7 doctors) - Research fields: Art education - Courses: 2 undergraduate and 1 master's programs - Current number of undergraduate and postgraduate students: 234. - Founded in 2011 - Staff: 20 (1 Assoc. Profs., 9 doctors) - Research fields: School Social Work, Health Social Work, Community Development, Community Health and Wellbeing & Social work with LGBTQ+. - Courses: 2 undergraduate and master's programs - Current number of undergraduate and postgraduate students: 400. - Founded in 2004 - Staff: 41 (5 doctors) - Research fields: Linguistics, English language teaching methodology, English language, Anglo-American Studies, Corpus Linguistics. - Courses: 2 undergraduate and 1 master's programs - Current number of undergraduate and postgraduate students: 960. - Founded in 1951 - Staff: 48 (2 Profs., 21 Assoc. Profs., 21 doctors) - Research fields: Literature, Language, Educational science - Courses: 4 undergraduate programs, 7 master programs and 07 doctoral programs - Current number of undergraduate and postgraduate students: approx. 2000. - Founded in 2004 - Staff: 11 (1 doctor) - Research fields: Linguistic, Pedagogy - Courses: 1 undergraduate programs - Current number of undergraduate and postgraduate students: 161. - Founded in 2011 - Staff: 13 (1 Assoc. Prof., 9 doctors) - Research fields: History of philosophy - Research fields: History of philosophy, East, Western philosophy and Vietnamese philosophical thought, Marxist-Leninist philosophy, teaching methods of philosophy, economic/cultural/environmental philosophy, Marxist-Leninist philosophy, teaching methods of philosophy - Courses: 1 Undergraduate, 1 master's and 1 Doctoral programs - Current number of undergraduate and postgraduate students: 186. - Founded in 1951 - Staff: 25 (2 Profs., 8 Assoc. Profs., 12 doctors) - Research fields: Vietnames history, The wold history, The Method and Teaching History - Courses: 01 undergraduate, 3 master and 03 doctoral programs - Current number of undergraduate and postgraduate students: 350. - Founded in 2005 - Staff: 20 (10 Profs., 3 Assoc. Profs., 12 doctors) - Research fields: Vietnam's culture, tourism, journalism and communication. - Courses: 2 undergraduate and 1 master's programs. - Current number of undergraduate and postgraduate students: 650. - Founded in 1956 - Staff: 25 (2 Assoc. Profs., 18 doctors) - Research fields: Physical Geography, Socio-Economic Geography, GIS, Theories and Geography teaching method - Courses: 1 undergraduate, 4 master's and 3 doctoral programs - Current number of undergraduate and postgraduate students: 573. - Founded in 2009 - Staff: 7 (3 doctors; 4 masters) - Research fields: Chinese linguistics and applied linguistics - Courses: - Courses: 1 undergraduate. - Founded in 1985 - Staff: 23 (6 Assoc. Profs., 8 doctors) - Research fields: Child psychology, Physical education in early years, Art education, Language and intellectual education. - Courses: 1 undergraduate, 1 master's and 1 doctoral programs - Current number of undergraduate and postgraduate students: approx 850. - Founded in 1976 - Staff: 28 (3 Assoc. Profs., 17 doctors) - Research fields: Political Economy, Scientific Socialism, History of the Communist Party of Vietnam - Ho Chi Minh Thought, Civic Education, Teaching Method - Courses: 3 undergraduate, 1 master's and 1 doctoral programs - Current number of undergraduate and postgraduate students: 801. - Founded in 2011 - Staff: 14 (4 Assoc. Profs., 5 doctors) - Research fields: educational institutions leadership and management, educational leadership and management models, international and national policy of education, education resources management, education system leadership and management including preschool education, K-12, vocational education, continuing education, higher education. - Courses: 1 undergraduate, 1 master's and 1 doctoral programs - Current number of undergraduate and postgraduate students: 407. - Founded in 1958 - Staff: 34 (1 Prof., 11 Assoc. Profs., 15 doctors) - Research fields: Developmental psychology, School psychology, Cross-cultural psychology, Management psychology, Social psychology, History of education, Teaching methodology and Educational assessment, Teaching and educational principles and techniques. - Courses: 2 undergraduate, 4 master's and 2 doctoral programs - Current number of undergraduate and postgraduate students: 460. - Founded in 1982 - Staff: 16 (2 doctors) - Research fields: Vietnamese history of military, military tactics and strategy, military education - Courses: 1 undergraduate program - Current number of students: approx. 90. Founded in 2001 - Staff: 26 (1 Prof., 1 Assoc. Profs., 12 doctors) - Research fields: Education of Children with Visual Impairment and Learning Disability, Education of Children with Hearing Impairment and Language Disorder, Education of Children with Intellectual Disability and Autism Spectrum Disorder - Courses: 4 undergraduate, master's and doctoral programs - Current number of undergraduate and postgraduate students: 342. - Founded in 1983 - Staff: 20 (5 Assoc. Profs, 4 doctors) - Research fields: Natural science for primary education, Social science for primary education, Psychology and Pedagogy for primary education - Courses: 1 Undergraduate, 3 master's and 3 Doctoral programs - Current number of undergraduate and postgraduate students: 870. - Founded in 1970 - Staff: 16 (2 Assoc. Profs., 3 doctors) - Research fields: mechanical-dynamics, and electrical-electronics, STEM Education, Teaching methods of Technology education - Courses: 2 undegraduate, master's and doctoral programs - Current number of undergraduate and postgraduate students: 408. - Founded in 2001 - Staff: 27 (7 doctors) - Research fields: Teaching methods of Physical Education - Courses: 1 Undergraduate, 1 master's programs - Current number of undergraduate and postgraduate students: 520. HNUE has been striving to be the leading renowned center in educational and research activities in Vietnam and the region, thereby being an active facilitator in the country's modernization and development in the 21st century. In doing so, the University currently pursues core values of creativity and pioneering research. Research is deemed of equal importance as academics to the mission of the University. In the early years of development, the HNUE set the goal of becoming "a scientific research center and an important educational science experiment center" of the new revolutionary education and science. The University determined that in order to build a leading, highly ranked University, it needed to actively conduct scientific research, and embarked on scientific research from the very beginning to build the foundation for the University. Accordingly, during Vietnam's resistance war against the US (1954-1974), science enjoyed a predominant position in the University's activities with a higher number of scientific projects, despite financial and technological shortages. The 1960s and 1970s were also the periods when many pioneering textbooks were compiled for many areas of natural sciences, social and humanities, and education in Vietnam. From 1975 to 1985, given the task of building a key and standardized pedagogical university, scientific research was directed to serve education-training and other fields in the cause of national construction and defense. During this period, although the country faced many difficulties in the post-war recovery and dealing with the wounds left by the wars, difficult research conditions, and lack of references, scientific research activities were always stressed, making proud contributions to the science sector of the country. In particular, the University focused on building "scientific spearheads" for each faculty and department; and developing educational science by combining science, nature, math with educational science. From 1986 to present, as a national leading university, the University has paid special attention to innovating methods of training, research and cooperation, marking a clear development step on the way to becoming an exemplary and active multidisciplinary research university. More recently, innovation and international integration in research and technological affairs has been strongly emphasized in the University Development Strategy. Over 70 years, the University has undertaken thousands of national and provincial funded projects and won over 100 awards for scientific achievements at the national, provincial or ministerial levels. In the last five years, the University has always been one of the 10 universities managed by Vietnam's Ministry of Education and Training producing the largest number of international publications indexed in the Web of Science list. Moreover, the University has been home to many Vietnam's leading scientists such as Prof. Le Van Thiem, Prof. Dang Thai Mai, Prof. Pham Huy Thong, Prof. Nguyen Thuc Hao, Prof. Duong Trong Bai, Prof. Nguyen Canh Toan, Prof. Le Ba Thao, Prof. Le Kha Ke, etc. The diversity of an institution's research collaborations with other institutions in different locations of the world has been expanded significantly, including partners from Australia, Belgium, China, North America, the Netherlands, France, Russia, etc. Over 70 years, the University's research priority areas have been built on existing research strengths and the main areas for Vietnam's socio-economic development. Since the 1986 Doi Moi, core research areas have been selected to address the national needs of Vietnam, in alignment with the Vietnamese Government's 5-Year-Socio-Economic Development Plans and 10-year Socio-Economic Development Strategies. In the era of Industrial Revolution 4.0, the research priorities have been decided taking into account the current strengths of research at HNUE that can be constructed upon to constitute a powerful base towards the transformation of the national economy into a knowledge-based economy. Both priority categories aim to promote interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary research as well as establish new milestones for global impact, innovation. The University has developed a number of research teams including theoretical physics, advanced materials, analytical mathematics, organic chemistry, physical chemistry, etc. These have increased their number of research topics, scientific publications, and international cooperation activities in science and technology. In particular, in 2018 and 2019, for the first time, the University's staff had their works on advanced materials published in "Science" and in "Scientific Reports" the world's prestigious scientific journals. The research entitled Origin of the bright photoluminescence of few-atom silver clusters confined in LTA zeolites published in the prestigious journal - Science (Vol. 361, issue 6403) identified the electronic states of four-atom silver clusters bound with water molecules that produce bright green emission-thus identifying candidate materials for application in lighting, imaging, and therapeutics. Some other papers published in high ranking journals that should be cited here as: "Load frequency control of power systems with electric vehicles and diverse transmission links using distributed functional observers" by Le Van Hien et al., in IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid; "Quenching of the magnetic moment of a transition metal dopant in silver clusters" by Hue Minh Thi Nguyen et al. in Physical Review Letter; "An isolated line-shape model to go beyond the Voigt profile in spectroscopic databases and radiative transfer codes" by Ngo Ngoc Hoa et al., in Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer; "High productivity of ectoines by Halomonas boliviensis using a combined two-step fed-batch culture and milking process" by Doan Van Thuoc et al., in Journal of Biotechnology; "Structural, optical and electromagnetic properties of Bi1-xHoxFeO3 multiferroic materials" by Nguyen Van Minh and Nguyen Gia Quan in Journal of Alloys and Compounds; "Use of an automatic methane potential test system for evaluating the biomethane potential of sugarcane bagasse after different treatments" by Duong Minh Lam et al., in Bioresource Technology; "Broadband microwave coding metamaterial absorbers" by Tran Manh Cuong et al., in Scientific Reports, etc. Much of the University's research in the natural sciences and technology has been applied in practical life and production such as: research on biology and ecology of mangroves to contribute to protecting and restoring many mangrove forests along the coastline; successful research and selection of three mutant rice varieties, new national varieties of DT-16, DT-21 and mutant fragrant rice; research, application and selection of strains of yeast in alcohol fermentation, bacteria in vinegar fermentation and lactic acid fermentation to produce wine and high alcohol wine, contributing to the creation of product brands such as Thang Long wine, Ong Hao wine and brandy, etc. Studies on advanced materials contribute to solving the problem of applying high technology in real life, dealing with environmental pollution and renewable energy, contributing to bringing basic and high-tech research closer to production practice. In the 1950s, the University started to conduct researches in the fields of educational science including pedagogy, psychology and teaching methods, which had never been studied by any Vietnamese universities or colleges at that time. As a leading pedagogical university in Vietnam, education research is responsive to current needs and emerging issues of Vietnam, including Education for sustainable development, STEM education, capacity development-oriented education, special education for children with autism spectrum disorders, training teachers to meet the requirements of the General Education Program in 2018, etc. Research projects on Early Childhood Education, Primary Education and Special Education have been exploring children's and teachers' knowledge and experience in these areas to create evidence based practices for optimal teaching and learning opportunities within early care and education settings. These research results have been widely applied in high schools such as: documents for supporting rehabilitation for autistic children in Vietnam; model of school psychology counseling activities in high schools, school program development, experiential activities, etc. This research has enhanced the well-being of children, youth, adults and families in the nation and the world by improving the environments in which they live and learn. Some research results are the basis for Vietnamese Ministry of Education and Training to develop national education policies on assessment, STEM education, and on coordination in education between families, schools and society. Social Sciences and Humanities. Based on the spirit: "human development is created by humans", the University has defined prioritized fields of research that are attached to Vietnam's development needs and Vietnamese historical, cultural, social, national and human traditions; to its particular model and path of development; to its role and position in regional and international relations; and its sovereignty and security, especially in and around the sea and islands, etc. Psychology, linguistics, pedagogical studies have all already produced epistemological models and strategies for analyzing specific problems in the fields of their respective disciplines as well as interdisciplinary ones which are useful for identifying the complex interrelations that exist between means of communication and cognitive processes, and in human spirit. Currently, interdisciplinary studies of literature - culture - language is the pioneering research approach, in addition to comparative literature, folklore, foetics, research on literary history theory, narrative studies, semiotics, discourse theory, literary reception, eco-criticism, etc. The University has been home to many Vietnam's leading researchers in the fields of culture, history and literature, such as: Prof. Cao Huy Dinh, Prof. Dang Thai Mai, Prof. Pham Huy Thong, Prof. Bui Van Ba, Prof. Do Huu Chau, Prof. Phung Van Tuu, Prof. Nguyen Dinh Chu, Prof. Nguyen Dang Manh, Prof. Truong Huu Quynh, etc. In particular, many studies on social sciences and humanities won the most prestigious science and technology awards of Vietnam such as the Ho Chi Minh and the National prize. These include: Critical theory, literary research methodology (written by Prof. Bui Van Ba), Natural territory and geographical regions of Vietnam (written by Prof. Le Ba Thao), Pragmatics (written by Prof Do Huu Chau), works on Nguyen Trai (written by Prof. Bui Van Nguyen), works on French novels in the second half of the twentieth century (written by Prof. Phung Van Tuu), etc. Scientific research activities have made significant contributions to improve the training and nurturing of talented young scientists and developing the academic environment and scientific potential of the University. The research results are often integrated and immediately applied to their teaching activities such as supplementing and improving teaching content, undergraduate and graduate training programs, and updating activities of training teachers and educational administrators. Therefore, scientific researches have contributed to improve teaching quality and facilitate learning at the University. Also, the research results help guiding the University in the formulation of University policies including training curricula, faculty recruitment, retention and promotion policies, course offerings, school students' profile statistics, etc. Another role is the production of developmental research in order to respond to the needs of the local, national and global community. The research role has been as important to the University's mission as the academic role, especially in theoretical research and development of theories in various disciplines. Through impactful and high-quality studies, HNUE aims to meet the research needs in the areas of national priority with objective to explore new opportunities of knowledge transfer. Also, this involves providing indispensable contextualized knowledge, relevant recommendations for local policy formulation and implementation; creating technological products; and producing new insights that aims for economic, political and social improvement. In doing so, the University strives to become a regionally recognized higher education institution that drives impact-focused interdisciplinary and multi-disciplinary researches. As a leading pedagogical university, HNUE's research topics on educational science and pedagogical science cover many theoretical and practical aspects of Vietnamese education. The University's staff have always been a key force in the reform and renovation of K-12 and tertiary education as well as textbook compilation of all subjects in high schools. In developing countries, higher education institutions are particularly valued for the contribution they can make towards comprehensive national development strategies. Within the national academic community and higher education, HNUE's strong reputation has been built upon outstanding teaching and research excellence predominantly measured by research output. In the identification of the core research areas, it has been essential to utilize various sources of data collection including HNUE strategy, nationwide and sectorial strategies, external stakeholder research needs, internal analysis of HNUE's research landscape, and international research trends. During 70 years of construction and development, the University has fostered high quality talents, carried out high level research, and thus provided high quality educational services contributing to policy making for the education sector, and promoting socio-economic development. The University was ranked among the top 10 Vietnamese universities in the QS Asian university rankings in 2021, in which the criteria for science and technology accounts for 55 % of the evaluation results. With its current position and role, the University's new Vision 2030 strategic plan is to "have outstanding results in science and technology research, especially in education science and training of high-quality teachers at the national and international levels" by 2030 (Hanoi National University of Education, 2019). By realizing these goals, the University identifies its responsibility of leading the fundamental and comprehensive renovation of Vietnamese education, in line with the humanist values ​​in the community.