Draft:Jason Chen (composer)

• Comment: Does anyone know the citation volume typical for music to see if Chen might meet N:PROF? This is when I miss DGG. Star Mississippi 15:42, 18 December 2025 (UTC)

• Comment: A substantial part of this draft features copypasted text from sources with copyright. Also the tone is clearly promotional. NeoGaze (talk) 13:02, 23 November 2025 (UTC)

---

Dr. Jason Chen- Hong Kong music education scholar and composer. He is currently an Assistant professor at The Education University of Hong Kong.

As a scholar, Chen specializes in music technology, jazz and popular music, mobile Learning and motivation. He had published more than over 20 academic publications and more than 400 times of citation cited by other scholar. On the other hand, as a composer, Chen composed over 40 music compositions included instrumental music, commercial jingles, popular music and jazz arrangements. His instrumental music "Global Warning" for 12 acoustic guitar has been selected by the Hong Kong Composers' Guild to represent the Radio Television Hong Kong (RTHK) at the 62nd International Rostrum of Composers (IRC) in 2015.

Academic Publications

Journal Article

• CHEN, C. W. (2024). Mobile learning as deep learning: Content analysis of in-service primary school music teachers’ lesson plans in mobile music creation. International Journal of Music Education, 42 (4), 660-673

• POON, T. W. P. & CHEN, C. W. (2023). Sing by Ear project: Multiple-case studies of popular music education in Hong Kong. Music Education Research, 25 (3), 305-318

• CHEN, C. W. & O’NEILL, S. A. (2020). Computer-mediated composition pedagogy: Students’ engagement and learning in popular music and classical music. Music Education Research, 22 (2), 185-200

• CHEN, C. W. (2020). Mobile composing: Professional practices and impact on students’ motivation in popular music. International Journal of Music Education, 38 (1), 147-158

• CHEN, C. W. & LO, K. M. J. (2019). From teacher-designer to student-researcher: A study of attitude change regarding creativity in STEAM education by using Makey Makey as a platform for human-centred design instrument. Journal for STEM Education Research, 2 (1), 75-91

• CHEN, C. W. (2018). Group creativity: Mapping the creative process of a cappella choirs in Hong Kong and the United Kingdom using the musical creativities framework. Music Education Research, 20 (1), 59-70

• CHEN, C. W. (2015). Mobile learning: Using application Auralbook to learn aural skills. International Journal of Music Education, 33 (2), 244-259

• CHEN, C. W. & LEE, H. W. (2013). A pilot study of using jazz warm up exercises in primary school choir in Hong Kong. Music Education Research, 15 (4), 435-454

• CHEN, C. W. (2012). A pilot study mapping students’ composing strategies: Implications for teaching computer-assisted composition. Research Studies in Music Education, 34 (2), 157-171

Book Chapters

• CHEN, C. W. (2023). Group creativities: Mapping the creative process of mobile music creation. In RANDLES, C. & BURNARD, P. (eds.), The Routledge companion to creativities in music education (pp. 198-205). New York: Routledge.

• CHEN, C. W. (2020). AI in music education: The impact of using artificial intelligence (AI) application to practise scales and arpeggios in a virtual learning environment. In MA, W. W. K., TONG, K.-W. & TSO, W. B. A. (eds.), Learning environment and design: Current and future impacts (pp. 307-322). Singapore: Springer.

• CHEN, C. W. (2018). Compositional thinking in classical music within a computer-mediated composition environment. In Dubai 8-13 July 2018. ORMAN, E. K. (ed.), Proceedings of the 27th International Seminar of the International Society for Music Education Research Commission (pp. 48-57). Dubai: Canadian University Dubai.

• CHEN, C. W. (2017). Mobile learning in music education. In RUTHMANN, S. A. & MANTIE, R. (eds.), The Oxford handbook of technology and music education (pp. 163-170). New York: Oxford University Press.

• CHEN, C. W. (2016). Glocal group creativity: Mapping the creative process of a cappella in Hong Kong and the United Kingdom using the musical creativities framework. In London 18-22 July 2016. Boal-Palheiros, G. (ed.), International perspectives on research in music education: Proceedings of the 26th International Seminar of the ISME Commission on Research (pp. 62-74). International Music Education Research Centre.

• CHEN, C. W. (2016). Mobile learning: The effectiveness of using the application iReal pro to practice jazz improvisation for jazz studies minor students at HKIEd, Multiple approaches in E-learning (pp. 21-28). Hong Kong Institute of Education, Department of Cultural & Creative Arts.

• CHEN, C. W. (2013). The new awareness of canto-jazz in the jazz arrangement project. In LEONG, S. & LEUNG, B. W. (eds.), Creative arts in education and culture: Perspectives from greater China (pp. 69-81). Dordrecht: Springer.

• CHEN, C. W. (2008). Between popular and classical music: The creative process of a digital film scoring project in Hong Kong. In LEUNG, C. C., YIP, L. C. R. & IMADA, T. (eds.), Music education policy and implementation: International perspectives (pp. 195-207). Hirosaki, Japan: Hirosaki University Press.

• CHEN, C. W. (2006). A comparative analysis between the creative process of computer-assisted composition and multi-media composition. In SIMS , W. L. & TAHIR, R. (eds.), Proceedings of the 27th World Conference of International Society for Music Education (pp. 420-435). Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia: International Society for Music Education.

• CHEN, C. W. (2006). Building the gap between popular and classical music in the use of musical styles in a "Digital Film Scoring Project". In SIMS, W. L. & TAHIR, R. (eds.), Proceedings of the 27th World Conference of the International Society for Music Education (pp. 15-24). Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia: International Society for Music Education.

• CHEN, C. W. (2005). Pedagogical framework and students' perceptions in the creative process of multi-media composition: Visual stimulus and musical accent. In FORREST, D. (ed.), Australian Society for Music Education (ASME) XV National Conference Proceedings: A Celebration of Voices (pp. 55-62). Parkville, Victoria: Australian Society for Music Education.

• CHEN, C. W. (2004). The policy and interrelationship of the supporting organizations in music composition in Hong Kong. In FORREST, D. (ed.), The Puerto Papers (pp. 33-44). Nedlands, Western Australia: International Society for Music Education.