Dr Vicente Reyes
Honorary Associate Professor & Honorary Associate Professor
School of Education
Researcher biography
Dr Vicente Chua Reyes, Jr. is with the School of Education, University of Queensland, Australia. He is co-editor of the Policy and Leadership Studies Working Papers Series of the National Institute of Education (Singapore). He is a Fellow of the Centre for Chinese Studies of the Republic of China (Taiwan), the National Taiwan Normal University and the University of Macau (China). He is also a Visiting Academic at the Institute of Education, University of London. Vicente has experience in educational settings spanning Australia, Singapore, the Philippines, Indonesia, Spain, Italy, the UK and the US. Vicente used to be a Teaching/School Principal for an elementary and high school in the Western Visayas region of the Philippines. Vicente taught humanities in high school (Philippines and Singapore) and in elementary school levels (Philippines and Spain). Trained as a political scientist, his current research interests are in comparative education. Vicente also pursues inquiries into the application of Information Communication Technology (ICT) in education, educational leadership, research methodologies as well as investigating the phenomenon of corruption alongside governance in educational reform.
Publications
Books
Reyes, Vicente (2019). Networks of (Dis)Trust: The impact of automation, corruption, and media on Philippine elections. Plymouth, United Kingdom: Lexington Books.
Reyes, Vicente Chua, Jr. (2016). Mapping the terrain of education reform: global trends and local responses in the Philippines. New York, United States: Routledge. doi: 10.4324/9781315751306
Reyes Jr, Vicente (2009). Corruption and Implementation: Case Studies in Philippine Public Administration. Philippines: National College of Public Administration and Governance, University of the Philippines, Diliman Quezon City.
Book Chapters
Chua, Vicente Reyes (2019). School leaders in the midst of reforms: Crisis and catharsis in the Philippine education system. Perspectives on School Leadership in Asia Pacific Contexts. (pp. 109-131) edited by Salleh Hairon and Jonathan Wee Pin Goh. Singapore: Springer Singapore. doi: 10.1007/978-981-32-9160-7_8
Reyes, Vicente and Tan, Charlene (2019). Assessment reforms in high-performing education systems: Shanghai and Singapore. International trends in educational assessment: emerging issues and practices. (pp. 25-37) edited by Myint Swe Khine. Leiden, The Netherlands: Brill Sense. doi: 10.1163/9789004393455_003
Reyes, Vicente Chua Jr. and Tan, Charlene (2019). PISA and self-projection in Shanghai. Understanding PISA's attractiveness: critical analyses in comparative policy studies. (pp. 161-176) edited by Florian Waldow and Gita Khamsi-Steiner. London, United Kingdom: Bloomsbury Academic. doi: 10.5040/9781350057319.ch-008
Reyes, Vicente, Reading, Christine, Rizk, Nadya, Gregory, Sue and Doyle, Helen (2018). An exploratory analysis of TPACK perceptions of pre-service science teachers: A regional Australian perspective. Teacher Training and Professional Development: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications. (pp. 1968-1983) IGI Global. doi: 10.4018/978-1-5225-5631-2.ch093
Reyes, Vicente , Charteris, Jennifer , Nye, Adele and Mavropoulou, Sofia (2018). Conclusion: Educational research in the age if the anthropocene: Uncertain and complex. Educational Research in the Age of the Anthropocene. (pp. 285-295) edited by Vicente Reyes, Jennifer Charteris, Adele Nye and Sofia Mavropoulou. Hersley, PA, United States: IGI-Global.
Reyes Jr, Vicente Chua (2018). Survival politics and electoral manipulation: Singapore’s hegemonic party, political finance and the reconstitution of the city-state. Handbook of political party funding. (pp. 507-518) edited by Jonathan Mendilow and Eric Phélippeau. Northampton, MA, United States: Edward Elgar Publishing. doi: 10.4337/9781785367977.00039
Tan, Charlene and Reyes, Vicente (2018). Shanghai-China and the emergence of a global reference society. The PISA Effect on Global Educational Governance. (pp. 61-75) edited by Louis Volante. New York, NY, United States: Routledge. doi: 10.4324/9781315440521-5
Charteris, Jennifer, Nye, Adele, Mavropoulou, Sofia and Reyes, Vicente (2018). Preface: Educational research in the age of the anthropocene: A 'wicked' epoch. Educational Research in the Age of the Anthropocene. (pp. xv-xxx) edited by Vicente Reyes, Jennifer Charteris, Adele Nye and Sofia Mavropoulou. Hersley, PA, United States: IGI-Global.
Reyes, Vicente (2018). Negotiating global and local encounters: 21st-century teacher education policy challenges in the Philippines. Navigating the common good in teacher education policy: critical and international perspectives. (pp. 41-63) edited by Nikola Hobbel and Barbara Bales. New York, NY United States: Routledge.
Reyes, Vicente Chua, Jr (2017). International NGO collaboration in addressing challenges in education: a case study of the Singapore and Philippine partnership. Educating marginalized communities in East and Southeast Asia: State, civil society and NGO partnerships. (pp. 126-148) edited by Khun Eng Kuah and Jason Eng Thye Tan. London, United Kingdom: Routledge. doi: 10.4324/9781315561998
Charlene Tan and Vicente Reyes (2016). Curriculum reform and education policy borrowing in China: Towards a hybrid model of teaching. Chinese Education Models in a Global Age: Transforming Practice into Theory. (pp. 37-50) edited by Chuing Prudence Chou and Jonathan Spangler. Singapore: Springer.
Tan, Charlene and Reyes, Vicente (2016). Neo-liberal education policy in China: issues and challenges in curriculum reform. Spotlight on China: changes in education under China’s market economy. (pp. 19-33) edited by Shibao Guo and Yan Guo. Rotterdam, The Netherlands: Sense Publishers. doi: 10.1007/978-94-6209-881-7_2
Reyes, Vicente Chua, Jr. (2016). Dysfunctional bureaucracy, corruption and weak rule of law: a case study of policy implementation in the Philippines. The role of the public bureaucracy in policy implementation in five ASEAN countries. (pp. 233-296) edited by Jon S. T. Quah. Cambridge, United Kingdom: Cambridge University Press. doi: 10.1017/CBO9781316340653.006
Tan, Charlene and Reyes, Vicente (2016). Curriculum Reform and Education Policy Borrowing in China: Towards a Hybrid Model of Teaching. Education in the Asia-Pacific Region. (pp. 37-49) Singapore: Springer. doi: 10.1007/978-981-10-0330-1_3
Reyes, Vicente and Tan, Charlene (2015). Political values in Asia, the ASEAN Political Security Community Confucius’ Philosophy. Norms, interests and values: conflict and consent in the constitutional basic order. (pp. 345-368) edited by Henning Glaser. Baden-Baden, Germany: Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft.
Reyes, Vincente (2012). Can public funding overcome corruption? A view from the Philippines. Money, corruption, and political competition in established and emerging democracies. (pp. 145-168) edited by Jonathan Mendilow. Plymouth, United Kingdom: Lexington Books.
Reyes, Vicente (2011). Critical Perspectives on Singapore Education Reform: Exploratory Case Study of Information Communication Technology. Education Reform in Singapore: Critical Perspectives. (pp. 107-127) edited by William Choy and Charlene Tan. Singapore: Prentice-Hall.
Reyes, Vicente (2010). An Example of Mixed Methods Research: Educational Reform Impact – Case Study of Nathan Hale High School. Research in Education: Towards Synthesised Paradigms. (pp. 97-112) edited by Tan, Ai Girl. Singapore: Pearson Education.
Reyes, Vicente (2010). An Example of Qualitative Research: Insights from School Stakeholders. Research in Education: Towards Synthesised Paradigms. (pp. 81-96) edited by Tan, Ai Girl. Singapore: Pearson Education.
Reyes, Vicente (2006). Background paper. Democratising access to justice in transitional countries. (pp. 130-187) edited by Bertrand Fort. Singapore: The Habibie Center ASEF, Hanns Seidel Foundation (HSF).
Vicente Reyes (2004). Research Notes: Revisiting the Asian Financial Crisis, Critical Review of the Economic Premises Entitled: The End of the Asian Myth: Why were the experts fooled?. Transformations: A Region in the Making. (pp. 244-259) edited by Vicente Reyes, Marcelino Lizaso and Tamara Shie. Manila, Philippines: The Far Eastern University Research Centre.
Reyes, Vicente (2004). Bureaucracies and Networks: Organizational Transformations in an Australian Setting. Transformations: A Region in the Making. (pp. 54-76) Manila, Philippines: The Far Eastern University Research Centre.
Journal Articles
Phillips, Louise G., Hamid, M. Obaid, Reyes, Vicente and Hardy, Ian (2024). To give: ethically storying data. Educational Review, 1-18. doi: 10.1080/00131911.2023.2293453
Reyes, Vicente Chua (2023). What is most important in education reform? The impact of leadership, innovation and partnerships. International Journal of Leadership in Education, 1-18. doi: 10.1080/13603124.2023.2281353
Reyes, Vicente, Phillips, Louise, Hamid, M. Obaidul and Hardy, Ian (2023). Navigating datascapes: mapping testing practices within andacross national and global contexts. Learning, Media and Technology, 49 (1), 1-13. doi: 10.1080/17439884.2023.2218645
Hardy, Ian, Phillips, Louise, Reyes, Vicente and Hamid, M. Obaidul (2023). Reimagining and demystifying data: a storytelling approach. Comparative Education, 59 (4), 1-18. doi: 10.1080/03050068.2023.2189677
McLay, Katherine Frances, Thomasse, Lauren and Reyes, Vicente Chua (2023). Embracing discomfort in active learning and technology-rich higher education settings: sensemaking through reflexive inquiry. Educational Technology Research and Development, 71 (3), 1-17. doi: 10.1007/s11423-023-10192-6
Chua Reyes, Vicente (2022). A Freirean analysis of the youth social movements in Hong Kong. International Studies in Sociology of Education, 32 (2), 1-19. doi: 10.1080/09620214.2022.2104337
Reyes, Vicente Chua, Hamid, Obaidul and Hardy, Ian (2021). When reforms make things worse: school leadership responses to poverty, disasters, and cultures of crises in the Philippine education system. International Journal of Leadership in Education, 25 (2), 331-344. doi: 10.1080/13603124.2021.2009038
Pons, Rosa M. and Reyes, Vicente (2021). Exploring Reliability and Factorial Validity of Responsible Talk and its Impact on Cooperative Classrooms. Frontiers in Education, 6 702013. doi: 10.3389/feduc.2021.702013
Reyes, Vicente, Clancy, Sharon, Koge, Henry, Richardson, Kevin and Taylor, Phil (2021). Decolonising globalised curriculum landscapes: The identity and agency of academics. London Review of Education, 19 (1) 26. doi: 10.14324/lre.19.1.26
Li, Yu-Chih, Lingard, Bob, Reyes, Vicente and Sellar, Sam (2021). Performative bilingual policy: an analysis of two Taiwanese White Papers on international education. Compare: A Journal of Comparative and International Education, 53 (2), 1-16. doi: 10.1080/03057925.2021.1889359
Reyes, Vicente, McLay, Katherine, Thomasse, Lauren , Olave-Encine, Karen, Karimi, Arafeh, Rahman, Modammed Tareque , Seneviratne, Lalanthi and Tran, ran Le Nghi (2021). Enacting smart pedagogy in higher education contexts: sensemaking through collaborative biography. Technology, Knowledge and Learning, 26 (4), 1153-1168. doi: 10.1007/s10758-021-09495-5
Hardy, Ian, Hamid, M. Obaidul and Reyes, Vicente (2020). The pragmatic perfectionism of educational policy: reflections on/from Singapore. Globalisation, Societies and Education, 19 (3), 1-16. doi: 10.1080/14767724.2020.1831905
Reyes, Vicente Chua (2020). Clipped wings: school leaders’ identities in ICT-enriched education landscapes – a narrative inquiry. Educational Management Administration and Leadership, 49 (5), 174114322091825-823. doi: 10.1177/1741143220918257
Reyes, Vicente and Wenbo, Zhang (2020). Chinese International Students' Learning and Post-migration Growth Experiences: An exploratory study of a foundation studies education programme in Australia. International Journal of Chinese Education, 9 (2), 194-218. doi: 10.1163/22125868-12340127
Dai, Kun, Matthews, Kelly E. and Reyes, Vicente (2020). Chinese students' assessment and learning experiences in a transnational higher education programme. Assessment and Evaluation in Higher Education, 45 (1), 70-81. doi: 10.1080/02602938.2019.1608907
McLay, Katherine Frances and Reyes, Vicente Chua (2019). Identity and digital equity: Reflections on a university educational technology course. Australasian Journal of Educational Technology, 35 (6), 15-29. doi: 10.14742/ajet.5552
McLay, Katherine Frances and Reyes Jr, Vicente Chua (2019). Problematising technology and teaching reforms: Australian and Singapore perspectives. International Journal of Comparative Education and Development, 21 (4), 277-294. doi: 10.1108/IJCED-10-2018-0045
Hamid, M. Obaidul, Hardy, Ian and Reyes, Vicente (2019). Test-takers’ perspectives on a global test of English: questions of fairness, justice and validity. Language Testing in Asia, 9 (1) 16. doi: 10.1186/s40468-019-0092-9
Hardy, Ian, Reyes, Vicente and Hamid, M. Obaid (2019). Performative practices and authentic accountabilities: targeting students, targeting learning. The International Education Journal: Comparative Perspectives, 18 (1), 20-33.
Quinn, Frances, Charteris, Jennifer, Adlington, Rachael, Rizk, Nadya, Fletcher, Peter, Reyes, Vicente and Parkes, Mitchell (2019). Developing, situating and evaluating effective online professional learning and development: a review of some theoretical and policy frameworks. The Australian Educational Researcher, 46 (3), 405-424. doi: 10.1007/s13384-018-00297-w
Hardy, Ian, Hamid, M. Obaidul and Reyes, Vicente (2018). Data for learning? Confirming and contesting performative practices of data governance. Global Studies of Childhood, 8 (4), 339-354. doi: 10.1177/2043610618814843
Quinn, Frances, Charteris, Jennifer, Fletcher, Peter, Parkes, Mitchell and Reyes, Vicente (2018). Professional Knowledge Landscapes in Online Pre-service Teacher Education: An Exploration through Metaphor. Australian Journal of Teacher Education, 43 (10), 60-80. doi: 10.14221/ajte.v43.n10.4
Reyes, Vicente Chua Jr (2018). Corruption, automation reforms, patron-client networks and new media: electoral engineering and the May 2010 Philippine elections. Studia Politica, 18 (2), 241-266.
Charteris, Jennifer, Parkes, Mitchell, Gregory, Sue, Fletcher, Peter and Reyes, Vicente (2018). Student-initiated Facebook sites: nurturing personal learning environments or a place for the disenfranchised?. Technology, Pedagogy and Education, 27 (4), 1-14. doi: 10.1080/1475939x.2018.1507924
Dai, Kun, Lingard, Bob and Reyes, Vicente (2018). ‘In-betweenners’: Chinese students’ experiences in China-Australia articulation programs. Scottish Educational Review, 50 (1) NA, 36-55. doi: 10.1163/27730840-05001004
Reyes, Vicente and Xu, Rui (2018). Desafíos en las escuelas rurales de China: Continuidad y cambio de la educación del siglo xxi. Aula de Innovacion Educativa, 270 (Marzo 2018), 35-39.
Reyes, Vicente (2017). Networks of Dis(trust) and Gaming Development in the Philippines: PAGCOR and the Entertainment City. Pacific Affairs, 90 (4), 725-742. doi: 10.5509/2017904725
Reyes, Vicente, Reading, Christine, Doyle, Helen and Gregory, Sue (2017). Integrating ICT into teacher education programs from a TPACK perspective: exploring perceptions of university lecturers. Computers and Education, 115, 1-19. doi: 10.1016/j.compedu.2017.07.009
Charteris, Jennifer, Jones, Marguerite, Nye, Adele and Reyes, Vicente (2017). A heterotopology of the academy: mapping alterior assemblages as possibilised heterotopias. International Journal of Qualitative Studies in Education, 30 (4), 340-353. doi: 10.1080/09518398.2016.1250178
Reyes, Vicente, Masters, Yvonne, Clary, Deidre, Betlem, Elisabeth C., Jones, Marguerite A., Charteris, Jennifer, Kivunja, Charles, Rizk, Nadya and Sigauke, Aaron (2016). Writing for publication group: professional development situated in the interstices of academia and performativity. Reflective Practice, 17 (4), 444-445. doi: 10.1080/14623943.2016.1169170
Reyes, Vicente, Reading, Christine, Rizk, Nadya, Gregory, Sue and Doyle, Helen (2016). An exploratory analysis of TPACK perceptions of pre-service science teachers: a regional Australian perspective. International Journal of Information Communication Technology Education, 12 (4), 1-14. doi: 10.4018/IJICTE.2016100101
Charteris, Jennifer, Quinn, Frances, Fletcher, Peter, Parkes, Mitchell and Reyes, Vicente (2016). e-Assessment for learning and performativity in higher education: a case for existential learning. Australasian Journal of Educational Technology, 32 (3), 112-122. doi: 10.14742/ajet.2595
Reyes, Vicente, Jr (2015). International aid and education reform and the paradox of implementation: a case study of the Philippines. Australian and International Journal of Rural Education, 25 (1), 37-50.
Reyes, Vicente Chua, Jr. and Kheng, Catherine Chua Siew (2015). School stakeholders experience in navigating ICT reforms in Singapore. International Journal of Information Communication Technology Education, 11 (4), 83-96. doi: 10.4018/IJICTE.2015100106
Charteris, Jennifer, Quinn, Frances, Parkes, Mitchell, Fletcher, Peter and Reyes, Vicente (2015). e-Assessment for Learning (eAfL) in higher education: is it a wolf in sheep’s clothing?. Journal of Learning Development in Higher Education (9), 1-24.
Reyes Jr., Vicente Chua and Gopinathan, S. (2015). A critique of knowledge-based economies: a case study of Singapore education stakeholders. International Journal of Educational Reform, 24 (4), 136-159. doi: 10.1177/105678791502400205
Reyes, Vicente Chua (2015). How do school leaders navigate ICT educational reform? Policy learning narratives from a Singapore context. International Journal of Leadership in Education, 18 (3), 365-385. doi: 10.1080/13603124.2014.982200
Reyes, Vicente (2014). Issues of citizenship, national identity and political socialization in Singapore: implications to the Singapore education system. Studies of Changing Societies, 2013 (1), 37-59. doi: 10.2478/scs-2014-0174,
Reyes, Vicente Chua, Jr. (2013). Sense-making of teachers in the midst of Information Communication Technology (ICT) reforms in schools: an exploratory study in a Singapore context. TMC Academic Journal, 8 (1), 14-27.
Reyes, Vicente (2013). The impact of automation on elections: case study of the May 2010 Philippine presidential contests. Journal of Developing Societies, 29 (3), 259-285. doi: 10.1177/0169796X13494276
Reyes, Vicente (2013). Social Media Networks and Tactical Globalization: An Exploratory Case Study of contesting political ‘space’ in Singapore. St. Antony’s International Review, 8 (2), 33-46.
Reyes, Vicente (2012). Review of Filipino crosscurrents: oceanographies of seafaring, masculinities, and globalization, by K. B. Fajardo. Journal of Ethnic and Racial Studies, 35 (11), 2031-2032. doi: 10.1080/01419870.2012.696672
Reyes, Vicente Chua (2010). The Philippine department of education: challenges of policy implementation amidst corruption. Asia Pacific Journal of Education, 30 (4), 381-400. doi: 10.1080/02188791.2010.519696
Goh, Jonathan, Salleh, Hairon, Ng, David, Ng, Pak Tee, Chua, Catherine, Reyes, Vicente, Choy, William, Chua, Jude, Mokhtar, Intan Azura, Boon, Zoe, Teng, Antonia, Areepattamannil, Shaljan and Lin, Tzu Bin (2010). Leadership and organizational change in Singapore schools: A baseline study. NIE Research Brief, 15 (003) 15-003, 1-4.
Reyes, Vicente Chua, Jr (2010). Systemic corruption and the programme on basic education in the Philippine department of education. Journal of Developing Societies, 25 (4), 481-510. doi: 10.1177/0169796X0902500404
Reyes, Vicente (2009). Case study of implementation amidst corruption linkages: the National Textbook Delivery Program (TDP) of the Philippine Department of Education. Journal of Education Policy, 24 (4), 515-535. doi: 10.1080/02680930902823021
Reyes Jr., Vicente Chua (2007). Corruption and policy implementation in the Philippines: a comparative analysis of the teacher training and textbook delivery programmes. Asian Journal of Political Science, 15 (1), 97-125. doi: 10.1080/02185370701315657
Reyes, Vicente (2007). Review of Islamic identity, postcoloniality and educational policy: schooling and ethno-religious conflict in the Southern Philippines by J. Mulligan. Asia Pacific Journal of Education, 27 (1), 103-106.
Reyes, Vicente (2002). Education and community partnerships: An ethnographic study of the US Coalition of Essential Schools (CES) and the Australian National Schools Network (NSN). Antropologi Indonesia (69), 63-75.
Reyes, Vicente C., Jr. (1996). An implementation analysis of the Day Care Law in the National Capital Region. Philippine Journal of Public Administration, 15 (1/2), 67-107.
Conference Paper
Alshammari, Radhi, Reyes, Vicente and Parkes, Mitchell (2016). Faculty attitudes towards the use of mobile devices in EFL teaching in a Saudi Arabian setting. 15th World Conference on Mobile and Contextual Learning, mLearn 2016, Sydney, Australia, 24-26 October 2016. Sydney, Australia: University of Technology Sydney.
Research Report
Oracion, Carmela, Louis Naidu, Vignesh, Ng, Jasmine and Reyes, Jr, Vicente (2020). Advancing the K-12 reform from the ground: a Case study in the Philippines Certificate in Educational Studies in Leadership in the Philippines. ADB Sustainable Development Working Paper Series Manila, Philippines: Asian Development Bank. doi: 10.22617/wps200105