Back to
Professor Jae Jung

Professor Jae Jung

Professor

BCom Sydney, BABEd (H1M) UNSW, PhD UNSW, CA

Arts, Design & Architecture (ADA)
School of Education

Dr Jae Yup Jared Jung is a Professor in the School of Education. His primary research focus is on the decision-making of adolescents (including gifted adolescents) on topics such as careers (and career development), university entrance and friendships, usually incorporating motivational and cultural perspectives.
Phone
+61 2 9385 8629
E-mail
jae.jung@unsw.edu.au
Location
Morvern Brown G27
  • Books | 2019
    Jung JY, 2019, The Career Decisions of Gifted Students and Other High Ability Groups, Routledge, Oxon, U.K., http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9780429487712
  • Book Chapters | 2021
    Jung JY; Koo TTR; Hay PK; Smith SR, 2021, 'The Predictors of the Decisions by Gifted Students to Pursue STEM Careers: The Case of Brazilian International Students in Australia', in Handbook of Giftedness and Talent Development in the Asia-Pacific, Springer Singapore, pp. 1343 - 1365, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-3041-4_71
    Book Chapters | 2021
    Jung JY, 2021, 'The Career Decisions of Gifted Students: An Asian-Pacific Perspective', in Handbook of Giftedness and Talent Development in the Asia-Pacific, Springer Singapore, pp. 1367 - 1384, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-3041-4_65
    Book Chapters | 2021
    Ryu J; Lee Y; Kim Y; Goundar P; Lee J; Jung JY, 2021, 'STEAM in Gifted Education in Korea', in Handbook of Giftedness and Talent Development in the Asia-Pacific, Springer Singapore, pp. 787 - 808, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-3041-4_35
    Book Chapters | 2021
    Townend G; Hay PK; Jung JY; Smith SR, 2021, 'Supporting Australian Gifted Indigenous Students’ Academic Potential in Rural Settings', in Handbook of Giftedness and Talent Development in the Asia-Pacific, Springer Singapore, pp. 709 - 726, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-3041-4_73
    Book Chapters | 2020
    Jung J, 2020, 'Career Development of Twice-Exceptional Individuals: Present and Future Issues', in Careers for Students with Special Educational Needs Perspectives on Development and Transitions from the Asia-Pacific Region, Springer Nature, pp. 67 - 79, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-4443-9_5
    Book Chapters | 2020
    Jung J, 2020, 'Career decisions and development', in Critical Issues and Practices in Gifted Education A Survey of Current Research on Giftedness and Talent Development, Sourcebooks, Inc., pp. 89 - 102
    Book Chapters | 2019
    Jung J, 2019, 'The Career Development of Gifted Students', in Athanasou J; Perera HN (ed.), International Handbook of Career Guidance, Springer, pp. 325 - 342, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-25153-6_15
    Book Chapters | 2018
    Jung JY; Hay P, 2018, 'Identification of gifted and twice-exceptional students', in Jolly JL; Jarvis JM (ed.), Exploring Gifted Education: Australian and New Zealand Perspectives, Routledge, Oxon, U.K., pp. 12 - 31, http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9781351227704
    Book Chapters | 2017
    Jung JY; Worrell FC, 2017, 'School psychological practice with gifted students', in Thielking M; Terjesen MD (ed.), Handbook of Australian school psychology: Integrating international research, practice, and policy, Springer, Cham, Switzerland, pp. 575 - 593, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-45166-4_29
    Book Chapters | 2016
    Jung JY; Evans PA, 2016, 'The career decisions of child musical prodigies', in McPherson GE (ed.), Musical Prodigies: Interpretations from psychology, music education, musicology and ethnomusicology, Oxford University Press, Oxford, England, pp. 409 - 423, https://global.oup.com/academic/product/musical-prodigies-9780199685851?cc=au&lang=en&
    Book Chapters | 2015
    Jung JY; Gross MUM, 2015, 'Radical acceleration', in Assouline SG; Colangelo N; VanTassel-Baska J; Lupkowski-Shoplik A (ed.), A nation empowered: Evidence trumps the excuses holding back America's brightest students, The Connie Belin and Jacqueline N. Blank International Center for Gifted Education and Talent Development, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, pp. 199 - 208
    Book Chapters | 2014
    Jung JY; Gross MUM, 2014, 'Highly gifted students', in Plucker JA; Callahan CM (ed.), Critical issues and practices in gifted education: What the research says, Prufrock Press, Waco, TX, pp. 305 - 314, http://www.prufrock.com/Critical-Issues-and-Practices-in-Gifted-Education-What-the-Research-Says-2nd-ed-P1902.aspx
  • Journal articles | 2024
    Jung JY; Lee J, 2024, 'Teacher Attitudes Toward Gifted Students and Gifted Education: The Typologies of Attitudes and Their Predictors', Exceptional Children, 91, pp. 74 - 92, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/00144029241271135
    Journal articles | 2023
    Clark T; Jung JY; Roberts J; Robinson A; Howlin P, 2023, 'The identification of exceptional skills in school-age autistic children: Prevalence, misconceptions and the alignment of informant perspectives', Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 36, pp. 1034 - 1045, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jar.13113
    Journal articles | 2023
    Jung JY, 2023, 'Editorial', Australasian Journal of Gifted Education, 32, pp. 4, http://dx.doi.org/10.21505/ajge.2023.0011
    Journal articles | 2023
    Lee SY; Matthews M; Jung JY; Kim J; Park H, 2023, 'A comparative study of teachers’ beliefs about gifted students’ leadership talent', High Ability Studies, 34, pp. 131 - 158, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13598139.2022.2081964
    Journal articles | 2023
    Lim SA; Jung JY; Kalyuga S, 2023, 'Effectiveness of invention tasks and explicit instruction in preparing intellectually gifted adolescents for learning', Instructional Science, 51, pp. 921 - 952, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11251-023-09616-w
    Journal articles | 2022
    Jackson RL; Jung JY, 2022, 'The identification of gifted underachievement: Validity evidence for the commonly used methods', British Journal of Educational Psychology, 92, pp. 1133 - 1159, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/bjep.12492
    Journal articles | 2022
    Jung JY; Jackson RL; Townend G; McGregor M, 2022, 'Equity in Gifted Education: The Importance of Definitions and a Focus on Underachieving Gifted Students', Gifted Child Quarterly, 66, pp. 149 - 151, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/00169862211037945
    Journal articles | 2022
    Jung JY; Townend G; Hay PK; Smith SR, 2022, 'The State of Knowledge in Rural Gifted Education: A Systematic Literature Review', Journal of Advanced Academics, 33, pp. 315 - 363, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1932202X221076385
    Journal articles | 2022
    Jung JY, 2022, 'Editorial', Australasian Journal of Gifted Education, 31, pp. 4 - 4, http://dx.doi.org/10.21505/ajge.2022.0001
    Journal articles | 2022
    Jung JY, 2022, 'Editorial', Australasian Journal of Gifted Education, 31, pp. 4, http://dx.doi.org/10.21505/ajge.2022.0011
    Journal articles | 2022
    Jung JY, 2022, 'Physical giftedness/talent: A systematic review of the literature on identification and development', Frontiers in Psychology, 13, http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.961624
    Journal articles | 2022
    Yup Jung J, 2022, 'Miraca U. M. Gross: June 30, 1944, to January 28, 2022 Obituary', GIFTED CHILD QUARTERLY, 66, pp. 330 - 331, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/00169862221113348
    Journal articles | 2021
    Cao H; Jung J; Smith S, 2021, 'Career intentions of gifted English as a Foreign Language high school students in Vietnam', Gifted Child Quarterly, 65, pp. 262 - 286, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0016986221991166
    Journal articles | 2021
    Jung JY; Lee J, 2021, 'After the International Mathematical Olympiad: The Educational/Career Decisions and the Development of Mathematical Talent of Former Australian Olympians', Gifted Child Quarterly, 65, pp. 235 - 261, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0016986221991160
    Journal articles | 2021
    Jung JY, 2021, 'Editorial', Australasian Journal of Gifted Education, 30, pp. 4, http://dx.doi.org/10.21505/ajge.2021.0001
    Journal articles | 2021
    Jung JY, 2021, 'Editorial', Australasian Journal of Gifted Education, 30, pp. 4, http://dx.doi.org/10.21505/ajge.2021.0011
    Journal articles | 2021
    Palacios Gonzalez P; Jung JY, 2021, 'The predictors of attitudes toward acceleration as an educational intervention: Primary school teachers in Mexico', High Ability Studies, 32, pp. 27 - 49, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13598139.2019.1692649
    Journal articles | 2020
    Jung JY, 2020, 'Editorial', Australasian Journal of Gifted Education, 29, pp. 4 - 5, http://dx.doi.org/10.21505/ajge.2020.0001
    Journal articles | 2020
    Jung JY, 2020, 'Editorial', Australasian Journal of Gifted Education, 29, pp. 4, http://dx.doi.org/10.21505/ajge.2020.0011
    Journal articles | 2019
    Jung JY; Young M, 2019, 'The Occupational/Career Decision-Making Processes of Intellectually Gifted Adolescents From Economically Disadvantaged Backgrounds: A Mixed Methods Perspective', Gifted Child Quarterly, 63, pp. 36 - 57, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0016986218804575
    Journal articles | 2019
    Jung JY, 2019, 'Editorial', Australasian Journal of Gifted Education, 28, pp. 4 - 5, http://dx.doi.org/10.21505/ajge.2019.0001
    Journal articles | 2019
    Mullen C; Jung JY, 2019, 'Teachers' attitudes towards gifted programs and provisions: An Australian study of primary and secondary school teachers', Australasian Journal of Gifted Education, 28, pp. 24 - 35, http://dx.doi.org/10.21505/ajge.2019.0003
    Journal articles | 2018
    Jung JY, 2018, 'Editorial', Australasian Journal of Gifted Education, 27, pp. 4 - 4, http://dx.doi.org/10.21505/ajge.2018.0001
    Journal articles | 2018
    Jung JY, 2018, 'Occupational/career amotivation and indecision for gifted and talented adolescents: A cognitive decision-making process perspective', Journal of Psychologists and Counsellors in Schools, 28, pp. 185 - 196, http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/jgc.2016.33
    Journal articles | 2017
    Cao TH; Jung JY; Lee J, 2017, 'Assessment in Gifted Education: A Review of the Literature From 2005 to 2016', Journal of Advanced Academics, 28, pp. 163 - 203, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1932202X17714572
    Journal articles | 2017
    Jung JY; Young M, 2017, 'OCCUPATIONAL/CAREER INDECISION FOR ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS OF HIGH INTELLECTUAL ABILITY: A MIXED-METHODS COGNITIVE PROCESS MODEL', Psychology in the Schools, 54, pp. 718 - 735, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/pits.22023
    Journal articles | 2017
    Jung JY, 2017, 'Editorial', Australasian Journal of Gifted Education, 26, pp. 4, http://dx.doi.org/10.21505/ajge.2017.0001
    Journal articles | 2017
    Jung JY, 2017, 'Editorial', Australasian Journal of Gifted Education, 26, pp. 4, http://dx.doi.org/10.21505/ajge.2017.0011
    Journal articles | 2017
    Jung JY, 2017, 'Occupational/career decision-making thought processes of adolescents of high intellectual ability', Journal for the Education of the Gifted, 40, pp. 50 - 78, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0162353217690040
    Journal articles | 2016
    Jung JY, 2016, 'Editorial', Australasian Journal of Gifted Education, 25, pp. 4, http://dx.doi.org/10.21505/ajge.2016.0001
    Journal articles | 2015
    Jung J, 2015, 'Editorial', Australasian Journal of Gifted Education, http://dx.doi.org/10.21505/ajge.2015.0011
    Journal articles | 2015
    Jung JY; Young M; Gross MUM, 2015, 'Early college entrance in Australia', Roeper Review, 37, pp. 19 - 28, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/02783193.2014.976323
    Journal articles | 2015
    Jung JY, 2015, 'Unfulfilled potential: The adult careers of former musical prodigies Ervin Nyiregyházi, Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel, and David Helfgott', Australasian Journal of Gifted Education, 24, pp. 6 - 12, http://dx.doi.org/10.21505/ajge.2015.0002
    Journal articles | 2015
    Mulholland SM; Cumming TM; Jung JY, 2015, 'Teacher Attitudes Towards Students Who Exhibit ADHD-Type Behaviours', Australasian Journal of Special Education, 39, pp. 15 - 36, http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/jse.2014.18
    Journal articles | 2014
    Jung JY, 2014, 'Modeling the Occupational/Career Decision-Making Processes of Intellectually Gifted Adolescents: A Competing Models Strategy', Journal for the Education of the Gifted, 37, pp. 128 - 152, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0162353214529045
    Journal articles | 2014
    Jung JY, 2014, 'Predictors of Attitudes to Gifted Programs/Provisions: Evidence From Preservice Educators', Gifted Child Quarterly, 58, pp. 247 - 258, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0016986214547636
    Journal articles | 2013
    Jung JY, 2013, 'Adolescent decision-making processes regarding university entry: A model incorporating cultural orientation, motivation and occupational variables', Tertiary Education and Management, 19, pp. 97 - 111, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13583883.2012.747107
    Journal articles | 2013
    Jung JY, 2013, 'Amotivation and indecision in the decision-making processes associated with university entry', Research in Higher Education, 54, pp. 115 - 136, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11162-012-9267-2
    Journal articles | 2013
    Jung JY, 2013, 'The cognitive processes associated with occupational/ career indecision: A model for gifted adolescents', Journal for the Education of the Gifted, 36, pp. 433 - 460, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0162353213506067
    Journal articles | 2012
    Jung JY; McCormick J; Gross MU, 2012, 'The forced choice dilemma: A model incorporating idiocentric/allocentric cultural orientation', Gifted Child Quarterly, 56, pp. 15 - 24, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0016986211429169
    Journal articles | 2012
    Jung JY, 2012, 'Giftedness as a developmental construct that leads to eminence as adults: Ideas and implications from an occupational/career decision-making perspective', Gifted Child Quarterly, 56, pp. 189 - 193, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0016986212456072
    Journal articles | 2011
    Jung JY; Barnett K; Gross MU; McCormick J, 2011, 'Levels of Intellectual Giftedness, Culture, and the Forced-Choice Dilemma', Roeper Review A Journal on Gifted Education, 33, pp. 182 - 197, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/02783193.2011.580501
    Journal articles | 2011
    Jung JY; McCormick J; Gregory G; Barnett K, 2011, 'Culture, Motivation, and Vocational Decision-Making of Australian Senior High School Students in Private Schools', Australian Journal of Guidance and Counselling, 21, pp. 85 - 106, http://search.informit.com.au/documentSummary;dn=210324274986448;res=IELHEA
    Journal articles | 2011
    Jung JY; McCormick J, 2011, 'Occupational Decision-Related Processes for Amotivated Adolescents: Confirmation of a Model', Journal of Career Development, 38, pp. 275 - 292, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0894845310367638
    Journal articles | 2011
    Jung JY; McCormick J, 2011, 'The occupational decision: A cultural and motivational perspective', Journal of Career Assessment, 19, pp. 75 - 91, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1069072710382616
    Journal articles | 2010
    Jung JY; McCormick J, 2010, 'Amotivation and the occupational decision: An investigation of Australian senior high school students', British Journal of Guidance and Counselling, 38, pp. 441 - 458, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/03069885.2010.503697
  • Conference Abstracts | 2017
    Cao TH; Jung JY; Smith S, 2017, 'Familial influences on the career decision-making processes of gifted EFL high school students in Vietnam', Sydney, Australia, presented at World Gifted Conference, Sydney, Australia, 20 July 2017 - 23 July 2017
    Conference Abstracts | 2017
    Hay PK; Jung JY; Koo T, 2017, 'Predictors of STEM career intentions for gifted international exchange students with Australian educational experiences', Sydney, Australia, presented at World Gifted Conference, Sydney, Australia, 20 July 2017 - 23 July 2017
    Conference Abstracts | 2017
    Jung JY, 2017, 'The state of gifted education in Australia: A SWOT analysis', Sydney, Australia, presented at World Gifted Conference, Sydney, Australia, 20 July 2017 - 23 July 2017
    Conference Abstracts | 2016
    Cao TH; Jung JY; Smith S, 2016, 'Career choice intentions of gifted high school EFL students: A grounded theory analysis', Sydney, Australia, presented at Australian National Gifted Conference, Sydney, Australia, 29 September 2016 - 01 October 2016
    Conference Abstracts | 2016
    Jung JY, 2016, 'The process of forming career intentions: Evidence from gifted adolescents of low SES backgrounds', Sydney, Australia, presented at Australian National Gifted Conference, Sydney, Australia, 29 September 2016 - 01 October 2016
    Conference Abstracts | 2015
    Jung JY; Young M, 2015, 'Cognitive processes that lead to career indecision for highly able adolescents from low socioeconomic backgrounds: A mixed methods approach', Chicago, USA, presented at Annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Chicago, USA, 16 April 2015 - 20 April 2015
    Conference Abstracts | 2015
    Jung JY; Young M, 2015, 'The career decision-making processes of economically disadvantaged gifted adolescents: A mixed methods investigation', Chicago, USA, presented at Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Chicago, USA, 16 April 2015 - 20 April 2015
    Conference Abstracts | 2014
    Jung JY; Young M, 2014, 'The career decision making processes of high ability adolescents from low socio-economic status backgrounds: A grounded theory approach', Coimbra, Portugal, presented at Society for Vocational Psychology Biennial Conference, Coimbra, Portugal, 14 July 2014 - 16 July 2014
    Conference Abstracts | 2013
    Jung JY, 2013, 'Amotivation and indecision in the occupational/career decision-making processes of high ability adolescents.', San Francisco, USA, presented at Annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, San Francisco, USA
    Other | 2013
    Jung JY, 2013, The ingredients of challenge, ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD, , http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00131911.2011.634150
    Conference Abstracts | 2012
    Jung JY; Gross MU, 2012, 'Early college entrance programs in Australia', Denver, USA, presented at National Association for Gifted Children Annual Convention, Denver, USA
    Conference Abstracts | 2011
    Jung JY, 2011, 'Predictors of attitudes toward special gifted programs: Support vs. Perceptions of elitism among pre-service teachers.', New Orleans, presented at National Association for Gifted Children Annual Convention, New Orleans
    Conference Abstracts | 2010
    Jung JY; McCormick J, 2010, 'Culture, motivation and occupational decisions', in Culture, motivation and occupational decisions, Melbourne, Australia, presented at 27th International Congress of Applied Psychology, Melbourne, Australia
    Conference Abstracts | 2010
    Jung JY, 2010, 'Reasons for the experience and non-experience of the forced choice dilemma: The case of Asian Anglo-Saxon/Celtic background students in Australia', in Reasons for the experience and non-experience of the forced choice dilemma: The case of Asian Anglo-Saxon/Celtic background students in Australia, Sydney, Australia, presented at Asia-Pacific Conference on Giftedness, Sydney, Australia
    Conference Abstracts | 2009
    Jung JY; McCormick J; Gregory G; Barnett K, 2009, 'A new model of amotivation with the occupational decision.', Sydney, presented at Industrial and Organisational Psychology Conference, Sydney
    Conference Posters | 2009
    Jung JY; McCormick J; Gregory G; Barnett K, 2009, 'Amotivation and the Occupational Decision: An Investigation Using Structural Equation Modeling.', San Diego, USA, presented at Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association, San Diego, USA
    Conference Abstracts | 2009
    Jung JY; McCormick J; Gregory G; Barnett K, 2009, 'Culture, motivation and vocational choice: A mixed method investigation.', San Diego, USA, presented at Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association, San Diego, USA
    Conference Posters | 2009
    Jung JY; McCormick J, 2009, 'The roles of culture and motivation on vocational choice.', Toronto, Canada, presented at Annual convention of the American Psychological Association, Toronto, Canada
    Conference Abstracts | 2008
    Jung JY; McCormick J; Gregory G; Barnett K, 2008, 'Culture, motivation and vocational decision-making of senior high school students.', Gothenburg, Sweden, presented at European Conference on Educational Research, Gothenburg, Sweden
    Conference Posters | 2006
    Jung JY; Barnett K; Gross MU; McCormick J, 2006, 'Attitudes of academically gifted students toward friends and school.', Sydney Australia, presented at NSW Institute for Educational Research Conference, Sydney Australia

Award for Excellence in Research, Mensa Education and Research Foundation(USA) (2024)

Award for Excellence in Research, Mensa Education and Research Foundation(USA) (2023)

Pathbreaker Award, Research on Giftedness, Creativity and Talent SIG - American Educational Research Association (2023)

Award for Excellence in Research, Mensa Education and Research Foundation(USA) (2022)

Arc Postgraduate Council Supervisor Award (2016)

Award for Excellence in Research, Mensa Education and Research Foundation(USA)/Mensa International (2015)

Dean's Award for Achievements by an Early Career Researcher, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, UNSW (2013)

Outstanding Dissertation Award in Counseling, American Educational Research Association (2011)

Beth Southwell Award (2010)

Graduate Student Research Award, Society for Vocational Psychology (American Psychological Association) (2009)

Neil Johnson Award (2009)

Australian Postgraduate Award (2007-2009)

Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences APA Top Up Scholarship, UNSW (2007-2009)

 

Vice President, Asia Pacific Federation on Giftedness (APFG)

President, Australian Association for the Education of the Gifted and Talented (AAEGT)
Member, American Educational Research Association (AERA)
Member, Society for Vocational Psychology (SVP), American Psychological Association (APA)
Member, US National Association for Gifted Children (NAGC)

Editor, Australasian Journal of Gifted Education
Member of the Editorial Review Board, Gifted Child Quarterly
Member of the Editorial Board, Journal of Employment Counseling
Reviewer, American Educational Research Journal
Reviewer, Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences
Reviewer, Australian Research Council (ARC)
Reviewer, British Journal of Guidance and Counselling
Reviewer, Educational Review
Reviewer, International Journal for Educational and Vocational Guidance
Reviewer, Journal for the Education of the Gifted
Reviewer, Journal of Advanced Academics
Reviewer, Journal of Career Development
Reviewer, Journal of Personality Assessment
Reviewer, Journal of Psychologists and Counsellors in Schools
Reviewer, Learning and Individual Differences
Reviewer, Roeper Review
Reviewer, Tertiary Education and Management

My Teaching

Undergraduate
EDST4096 Responding to Gifted and Talented Students

Postgraduate
EDST5103 Survey Research Design and Analysis
EDST5800 Current Issues in the Education of Intellectually Gifted Children