研究影响力专题

Department of Early Childhood Education holds 6 Research Impact Clusters (RICs) funded by the Faculty of Education Human Development. These RICs aim to extend our research and knowledge exchange benefiting various stakeholders in the community including children, parents, schools, and organizations locally, regionally, and internationally. Throughout collaboration initiatives and community connections building, our RICs engage the members within the Department, across departments in the Faculty, and also in the community.

Research Impact Clusters (RICs) are formed in the below 5 areas:

Arts and Creativity
Children development
Family and Community
Health Promotion and Well-being
Pedagogy and Professional Development

Arts and Creativity Arts and Creativity

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Children Development Children Development

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Published articles 1 Link to article	Cheung, S. K., Siu, T.‑S. C., & Caldwell, M. P. (2023). Mathematical ability at a very young age: The contributions of relationship quality with parents and teachers via children’s language and literacy abilities. Early Childhood Education Journal, 51, 705-715. doi: 10.1007/s10643-022-01338-x
Published articles 2 Link to download	Siu, T.-S. C., Caldwell, M. P., Cheung, S. K., & Cheung, H. (2022). Deliberating on group sizes and child-adult ratios in infant-toddler care and education: Voices of practitioners and parents from Hong Kong. The First Years Ngā Tau Tuatahi, 24(1), 4-10.
Poster presentation 1	Society for Research in Child Development 2023 Biennial Meeting (Salt Lake City, USA) Interactive effects of teacher- child relationships and early childhood learning experiences on children’s pre-academic skills
Poster presentation 2	International Society for the Study of Behavioral Development 26^th Biennial Meeting (Rhodes, Greece) Gendered pathways to socioemotional competencies and behaviors in very young children: The roles of parent- child closeness and teacher- child closeness
Poster presentation 3	Hong Kong Educational Research Association and Asia- Pacific Educational Research Association International Conference 2021 (Virtual) Evaluating structural and process qualities of infant and toddlers rooms in Hong Kong
Poster presentation 4	Hong Kong Educational Research Association and Asia- Pacific Educational Research Association International Conference 2021 (Virtual) Relations of parent-child and teacher-child relationships to very young children’s mathematical abilities: The mediating role of receptive vocabulary

Family and Community Family and Community

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Knowledge Transfer Booklet

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Health Promotion and Well-being Health Promotion and Well-being

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Published articles 1 Link to article Link to download	Wan AWL, Chung KKH, Li J-B, Xu SS and Chan DKC (2024) An assessment tool for the international healthy eating report card for preschool-aged children: a cross-cultural validation across Australia, Hong Kong, Singapore, and the United States. Front. Nutr. 11:1340007. doi: 10.3389/fnut.2024.1340007
Published articles 2 Link to article Link to download	Wan, A. W., Chung, K. K., Li, J., & Chan, D. K. (2024). Healthy Eating Report Card for Pre-school Children in Hong Kong. Hong Kong Medical Journal. https://doi.org/10.12809/hkmj2210649
Press Release Link to download	A healthy eating report card for pre-school children in Hong Kong grades children’s eating behaviours and family home food environment (21 May 2024)
Published articles 3 Link to article Link to download	Chiu, R. M. Y., Capio, C., Hagger, M. S., Yung, P. S., Ip, P., Lai, A. Y. K., & Chan, D. K. C. (2023). Grandparent Caregivers’ Adherence towards Preventing Childhood Domestic Injuries: A test of the Integrated Model of Self-Determination Theory and Theory of Planned Behaviour. SSRN. https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.4330164

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Published articles 1

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Cheung, S.K., Chan, W.W.L. & Fong, R.Wt. Parents’ perfectionistic tendencies and children’s early numeracy competence: the mediating roles of children’s executive functions and numeracy interest. Eur J Psychol Educ 38, 1185–1200 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10212-022-00640-x

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Resource Portal Website

https://www.hkidsmove.info/

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Mak TCT, Chan DKC, Capio CM. Strategies for Teachers to Promote Physical Activity in Early Childhood Education Settings-A Scoping Review. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2021 Jan 20;18(3):867. doi: 10.3390/ijerph18030867. PMID: 33498374; PMCID: PMC7908495.

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Leung, F.Y.W., Chan, D.K.C., Mak, T.C.T., Capio, C.M. Early Childhood Educators’ Physical Literacy Predict Their Self-Efficacy and Perceived Competence to Promote Physical Activity. Early Education and Development. doi: 10.1080/10409289.2023.2243187

Pedagogy and Professional Development Pedagogy and Professional Development

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Poster Presentation 1

The Society for Research in Child Development Biennial Meeting, Salt Lake City, United States.

Sun, J., & Wang, Y. (2023, March 23-25). From professional experiences and qualifications to professional practices: The case of early childhood mathematics education [Poster presentation].

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