宋呈澔 博士

🙋Introduction

Dr. Cheng-Hao Sung is an Assistant Professor at the Institute of Education and the Teacher Education Center, National Sun Yat-sen University (NSYSU), Taiwan. From his undergraduate studies through his doctoral training, Dr. Sung has devoted himself to research and practice in the fields of counseling, guidance, and educational psychology. Before joining academia, he served as a full-time school counselor at the junior high school level, gaining substantial frontline experience that continues to inform his research and teaching, ensuring their close connection to educational and counseling practice. 

📗Research Interests

Dr. Sung’s research interests can be broadly categorized into three major areas:

1. Current Status of School Counseling and Guidance

• Examining the role positioning, professional challenges, and dilemmas faced by full-time school counselors within the school system.

• Focusing on institutional design, organizational mechanisms, and the integration of counseling resources to support the sustainable implementation of counseling services in schools.

2. Training and Professional Development of Counseling and Guidance Personnel

• Promoting pre-service and in-service training programs, and developing consultation models for teachers.

• Utilizing clinical simulation-based teaching methods to enhance counseling competencies in addressing adolescent developmental and psychological issues.

• In recent years, paying particular attention to the development and application of AI-assisted tools for professional counseling and guidance training.

3. Students’ Psychological Mechanisms and Counseling Processes

• Using qualitative, quantitative, and mixed-methods research to investigate a wide range of student issues, including school dropout, special educational needs, trauma experiences, internet addiction, school bullying, and gender diversity.

• Placing special emphasis on counseling support and professional responses for transgender students within the broader context of gender diversity in schools.

📈Academic Service, Peer Review, and Project Leadership

Dr. Sung has made extensive contributions to the academic community through editorial work, project leadership, peer reviewing, and international collaboration:

• Editorial Roles:
  Associate Editor of the Journal of Counseling and Guidance (TSSCI)
  Associate Editor and Executive Editor of the Tsing Hua Journal of Education

• Research Project Leadership:

He has served as Principal Investigator or Co-Investigator on numerous national projects funded by the Ministry of Education, Ministry of Health and Welfare, Control Yuan, and National Science and Technology Council. Representative projects include:

-Exploring School Counselors’ Experiences in Working with Transgender Students
-Enhancing School Counselors’ Consultation Competencies
-School Bullying Prevention Investigation and Research
-Mental Health Initiatives During the COVID-19 Pandemic
-Investigation of Inappropriate Disciplinary Practices by Teachers

• International Engagement:

Dr. Sung has served as a Visiting Scholar at KU Leuven (Belgium) and actively participates in international collaborative research and academic exchange.

• Professional Training and Supervision:

Dr. Sung has long provided professional supervision and led training programs for counseling and guidance practitioners, supporting their professional development and ethical reflection.

• Peer Review Experience:

Dr. Sung serves as a reviewer for multiple national and international academic journals in the fields of counseling, psychology, and education.

🚩Please refer to Dr. Sung's CV for more details.

🚩More academic websites: Researchgate & Google scholar