Alice Shihua Yu

Ph.D. Candidate @MonashEducation @Monashuni | Science and Mathematics Teacher | Research Interest: CLIL and multimedia learning

[Monash Education @MonashEducation]

👱‍♀️ Meet Alice, a final-year PhD candidate at Monash who just submitted her thesis last month!

➗ Alice’s research explores the range of factors shaping how EAL students learn mathematics with instructional videos, such as lecture recordings in higher education.
Her findings offer valuable insights for teaching practice, video design, and future theoretical development.

🔬 Alice’s journey reflects an interdisciplinary path across science and education. She began with a Bachelor of Biomedicine (Neuroscience) at the University of Melbourne, followed by a Master’s in Vision Science. Alongside her studies, she taught and coached hundreds of international students which sparked her passion for teaching.

She completed a Master of Teaching, worked as a mathematics lecturer, and later led digital learning projects during COVID-19, which inspired her to pursue a PhD at Monash. Alice has presented at international conferences, received awards, contributed to research projects and published several papers.

🇨🇳 Alice was born in Guangzhou and having spent the past 20 years in Melbourne, she calls both cities home: one where her story began, and the other where she has grown
into herself.

🎶 Beyond academia, Alice is also a UX designer, videographer, and singer-songwriter. Her latest Mandarin single Meridian (子午线) was released this month and is out on many platforms including Spotify under the name AliceYyyyyu.

☺️ We wish Alice the very best in her future endeavours.

@AliceY0000

[Alice Shihua Yu @AliceY0000]

After 40-hour travel from Melbourne to Germany (two flights, three buses, one train), finally I’m here for the EARLI conference 2024 in Tübingen! 🇩🇪 So excited to learn more about the latest research around instructional designs with technologies!

[Alice Shihua Yu @AliceY0000]

@ho_gh_ Thank you so much!

[Alice Shihua Yu @AliceY0000]

My heartfelt gratitude goes to my wonderful supervisors @ThiKimAnhDang and @mjhenderson for their unwavering support and guidance, as well as to the amazing community of #ASCILITE ! An incredible experience!

[KimAnh T. Dang @ThiKimAnhDang]

Congratulations to @AliceY0000 , our PhD candidate @MonashEducation @MonashUni for winning the student bursary award AND the best student paper award @ascilite 2023 conference! Well done! Very proud of you! @mjhenderson

[Alice Shihua Yu @AliceY0000]

Kia ora! Day 2 starts with music and and laughters, it’s gonna be another good day ☀️#ASCILITE2023 #ASCILITE23

[Alice Shihua Yu @AliceY0000]

First poster presentation ✅ at #AARE2023!! Such an amazing experience and lots of precious moments.

[Alice Shihua Yu @AliceY0000]

“Do you know how to do it?”
“No.”
Growth mindset: “Not yet.”

[MindShift @MindShiftKQED]

When students own their learning, they view mistakes as learning opportunities 📷

Sketchnote by John Spencer

[Alice Shihua Yu @AliceY0000]

🌸Spring School 2023 at Monash: ✅
📚Another incredible workshop on CHAT by my awesome supervisor @ThiKimAnhDang ✅
🤩Meeting other fun minds from Kim’s team: ✅

Here’s to learning, laughing, and levelling up together! 🚀💡
#MonashEducation

[KimAnh T. Dang @ThiKimAnhDang]

Great 2 be in Sydney 4 #ATEA2023 Conference! Looking forward 2 sharing our research on innovative #WIL model of international partnerships where #TESOL student teachers teach displaced #Syrian students English during placement #teachereducation
@MarianneVTurner
@Kristie_W_

[Alice Shihua Yu @AliceY0000]

Hurrah! What a perfect ending to the previous chapter! Let's continue the good vibes and enjoy a well-deserved break☀️🌴🎉 !! Congrats!

[Alice Shihua Yu @AliceY0000]

Concentration = amount/volume that’s why smaller table often allows more in-depth discussion 😁! Wanna say a huge thank you for people who came and supported my first Roundtable session!! @herdsa_conf #HERDSA2023

[Alice Shihua Yu @AliceY0000]

Sam, your poster is amazing! So creative!! @samcn94

[Alice Shihua Yu @AliceY0000]

This lovely hand-drawn poster reminds me of my favourite quote “People always find their own ways to do what they really love” ❤️ @herdsa_conf #HERDSA2023

[Alice Shihua Yu @AliceY0000]

@ThiKimAnhDang @TeachinginHE @GaryJBonar Congratulations 🎉📚！Can’t wait to read it!!

[Alice Shihua Yu @AliceY0000]

Sharing knowledge and passion through publications is vital, but teaching is equally effective in spreading ideas and positivity. Let’s build teaching capacity alongside research skills in our PhD journey! ☀️

[Dr Tania Leach SFHEA @_TaniaLeach]

Exploring strategies and structures that support the building of future educators with Dr Jennifer Z. Sun
@herdsa_conf

[Alice Shihua Yu @AliceY0000]

After three years, finally being able to attend the conference in person! Hi Brisbane, and hi HERDSA #HERDSA2023! Looking forward to my 1st roundtable discussion on supporting maths learning with videos for EAL learners. Tomorrow at 1:45pm, Plaza 11 🎉🎉!! Exciting!!☺️

[Alice Shihua Yu @AliceY0000]

@Samran_da @NikolaiVeresov @MarianneVTurner Congrats!!

[Alice Shihua Yu @AliceY0000]

👏🏻👏🏻!

[Monash University @MonashUni]

We’ve achieved a record ranking of 44th globally in the Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2023, climbing 13 places to break into the top 50 for the first time in our history. Read more: https://t.co/84hdIdg3dx

#THEUniRankings #MonashUni