Our research has extensive implications for teaching practice, school policies and educational reforms locally and internationally.
Research interests fall broadly into ten areas:
| Staff | Research Areas |
|---|---|
| Dr Saxena Anika | Computational Thinking in ECE; ICT in ECE as developmentally appropriate practice. |
| Dr Bautisa Arellano Alfredo | Teacher professional development, classroom practices, early childhood teacher education, music education, teacher-child interaction |
| Dr Kong Siu Hang Eric | Music in early childhood education; Sociology of music education; Teacher education; Comparative education; Psychology of music |
| Dr Lau Wing Chi Margaret | Pre-Primary Music |
| Dr Lo Kit Mei Jammie | Creative thinking, Early Childhood Music Education |
| Dr Tam Po Chi Pansy | Drama Education |
| Dr Wu Shu Chen | Play and Learning |
| Staff | Research Areas |
|---|---|
| Dr Saxena Anika | Computational Thinking in ECE; ICT in ECE as developmentally appropriate practice. |
| Dr Bailey-Lau Po Lin Becky | Social and Emotional Development of Young Children |
| Dr Chan Po Lin Pauline | Health and Well Being |
| Dr Chan Yun-Chen Jenny | Math learning and development; Relational language; Executive function; Embodied and perceptual processes; Educational technologies |
| Dr Cheung Sum Kwing Sam | Numeracy Development, Socio-emotional Development |
| Dr GAO Xiaozi | 1. Individual differences in children’s social and cognitive abilities (e.g., executive function, theory of mind, and prosocial behaviors); 2. The influence of familial, contextual, and cultural factors on children's social and cogntive development. |
| Prof Lee Kerry | Working memory, executive functioning, mathematical achievement, cognitive developmental psychology, longitudinal data analyses. |
| Prof Li Hui | Curriculum and pedagogy; Developmental cognitive neuroscience; Developmental psycholinguistics; Early literacy and bilingualism; Educational policy; School leadership; Teacher education. |
| Dr Li Jianbin | Antecedents, consequences, mechanisms and development of child and youth self-control; Cultural, familial, and individual influences on child and youth psychosocial adjustment |
| Dr Wu Dandan | Early Spatial Cognition and Language; Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience; Early Language Acquisition; Developmental Psycholinguistics; Constructive Play (early STEM) |
| Staff | Research Areas |
|---|---|
| Dr Chan Wai Ling | Transition; Infants and Toddlers Curriculum |
| Dr Cheng Yuen Ling Elaine | ICT in ECE setting |
| Dr Cheung Chui Yee Agnes | Children's play, Co-construction in play, and Teacher-child interaction in play activities. |
| Dr Choi Ka Man Carmen | ECE Curriculum; Teaching Approaches; Positive Psychology |
| Dr Ho Joyce | Teaching Approaches |
| Dr Hu Xinyun Annie | Information Communication Technology; Play-based Learning; Curriculum |
| Dr Hui Lai Ping Dorothy | Learning and Teaching; Curriculum Planning |
| Ms Kwok Mei Mun Moon | Curriculum, Pedagogy, Teaching and learning, play |
| Mr Lai Nok Hang Edward | Learning and teaching approaches in ECE |
| Dr Leung Wai Man Vivienne | Curriculum and Pedagogy; New Technologies in Teaching |
| Mr Ng Tsz Fung Lewis | ECE Curriculum, Pedagogy |
| Dr Saxena Anika | Computational Thinking in ECE; ICT in ECE as developmentally appropriate practice. |
| Dr Valdez, Jana Patricia | Educational Technology, Positive Psychology |
| Dr Wu Dandan | Early Spatial Cognition and Language; Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience; Early Language Acquisition; Developmental Psycholinguistics; Constructive Play (early STEM) |
| Dr Yang Weipeng | School-based curriculum development, early childhood curriculum innovation, curriculum hybridisation, pedagogical interaction, design and evaluation of curricular and pedagogical programmes or approaches |
| Staff | Research Areas |
|---|---|
| Dr Chan Chung Kit Ken | Family Education, Family Therapy and Parenting; School Social Work and Counselling; Child Abuse and Maltreatment; Education and Social Welfare Policy |
| Dr Lam Chun Bun Ian | Family Relationships |
| Dr Lau Yi Hung Eva | Parental Involvement; Home-School Collaboration; School Transition |
| Dr Tao Sisi | Family and parenting practices |
| Staff | Research Areas |
|---|---|
| Dr Chan King Chung Derwin | Psychology of sport, exercise, and health |
| Dr Li Jianbin | Antecedents, consequences, mechanisms and development of child and youth self-control; Cultural, familial, and individual influences on child and youth psychosocial adjustment |
| Dr Ng Sau Man, Catalina | Child Health and Mental Health |
| Dr Valdez, Jana Patricia | Educational Technology, Positive Psychology |
| Staff | Research Areas |
|---|---|
| Dr Lam Ho Cheong | Learning Chinese Characters; Phenomenography and Variation Theory; Designing Technology for Learning |
| Dr Law Kit Ying Katie | Cantonese Development of Children(L1 and L2); Learning and Teaching of Chinese |
| Dr Leung Lai Mei Zoe | Improving students Second/foreign language proficiency |
| Dr Li Yixun Annie | Language Development and Reading Intervention in L1 and L2 |
| Dr Pang Hiu Kwan Vanessa | Early English learning, Early language and literacy development and childhood bilingualism |
| Ms Woo Yuen Shan | Language and Literacy in Early Childhood Education |
| Dr Wu Dandan | Early Spatial Cognition and Language; Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience; Early Language Acquisition; Developmental Psycholinguistics; Constructive Play (early STEM) |
| Dr Zhou Yanling | Early Literacy Development, Chinese as a L1 and L2, English as a L1 and L2 |
| Staff | Research Areas |
|---|---|
| Dr Saxena Anika | Computational Thinking in ECE; ICT in ECE as developmentally appropriate practice. |
| Ms Ho Ka Man Carman | Sustainability of Human Capital in Early Childhood Education |
| Dr Lam Pui Ching Jessie | Leadership in Early Childhood Education; Professional Development |
| Dr Leung Lai Mei Zoe | Improving students Second/foreign language proficiency |
| Dr Wong Kwok Sai Tricia | Leadership and Management, Teacher Training and Job Stress |
| Staff | Research Areas |
|---|---|
| Dr Bautisa Arellano Alfredo | Early childhood education, curriculum, pedagogy, teacher education, professional development, arts and creativity, play |
| Dr Chan Po Lin, Pauline | Children’s emotional adjustment, the professional identity change of early childhood educators, children’s learning |
| Dr Cheng Yuen Ling, Elaine | Learning and teaching in early childhood education, information technology in early childhood education, early childhood curriculum |
| Dr Cheung Chui Yee Agnes | Children's play, Co-construction in play, and Teacher-child interaction in play activities. |
| Dr Lam Pui Ching, Jessie | Educational management and leadership, teacher professional development, play-based learning, theory and practice of play work |
| Dr Wu Shu-chen | Play and learning, comparative early childhood education, teachers and parents beliefs, children’s perspectives |
| Staff | Research Areas |
|---|---|
| Dr Chu Sing Wa Steven | Autism Spectrum Disorder and Dyslexia |
| Prof Chung Kien Hoa Kevin | Learning difficulties in particular to dyslexia; Literacy acquisition; Assessment and instruction; Cognitive, social, and emotional development; Early child development and education, and Psycholinguistics. |
| Dr Fong Yui Chi Cathy | Reading Comprehension Difficulties |
| Ms. Ho Chun Yun Jenny | Language acquisition and learning difficulties |
| Staff | Research Areas |
|---|---|
| Ms Hau Wing Yan Joyce | Non-Chinese Speaking Students, Ethnic Minorities, Multicultural and Intercultural Education |
| Ms Leung Tuen Yung Iris | Teacher's soft skill |