江肇衡博士

• Qualifications

  PhD (Hong Kong Baptist University)

  MA (Hong Kong Baptist University)

  PGDE (The Chinese University of Hong Kong)

  BSc (Hong Kong University of Science and Technology)

• Areas of Teaching

  Sociology of Music Education

  Psychology of Music Education

  Musicianship for Early Childhood Educators

  Music Pedagogy

  Digital Music Performance

• Research Interests

  Sociology and Psychology of Music Education

  Music in Early Childhood Education

  Teacher Education

  Comparative Education

• Selected Outputs

  • Wang, Y., Wu, L., Jiang, Y., & *Kong, S.-H. (2026). The applications and roles of generative artificial intelligence in school-aged student creativity development: A systematic review. Journal of Educational Computing Research. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1177/07356331261486315
  • Xiong, X., & *Kong, S.-H. (2026). Reproducing cultural capital through music education: parental support for children’s music learning in China. Early Years, 1–15. https://doi.org/10.1080/09575146.2026.2726825
  • Jiang, Y., Zhou, M., & *Kong, S. H. (2026). Multiculturalism and moral education in Asian school curricula: a scoping review. Cogent Education, 13(1). https://doi.org/10.1080/2331186X.2026.2728278
  • Zhou, M., Jiang, Y., & *Kong, S.-H. (2026). Teacher education initiatives for developing creativity among early childhood and primary educators: A scoping review. Frontiers in Education, 11, 1867643. https://doi.org/10.3389/feduc.2026.1867643
  • Zhou, M., Jiang, Y., & *Kong, S.-H. (In press). Teacher education initiatives for developing creativity among early childhood and primary educators: A scoping review. Frontier in Education.
  • *Kong, S.-H., & Ho, W.-C. (2026). Cultural capital, social capital, and parental support for children's out-of-school instrumental study in China. Frontier in Education, 11, 1868074. https://doi: 10.3389/feduc.2026.1868074
  • *Kong, S.-H. (2026). Confidence in music teaching: The impact of instrumental training, teaching experience, and pedagogical skills on early childhood educators. International Journal of Early Childhood, 58, 123–140. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13158-025-00447-z
  • *Choi, W., Lai, V. K. W., Kong, S.-H., & Bautista, A. (2026). Chinese word reading advantage in musically trained children: The role of segmental phonological awareness but not tone awareness. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology.
  • Jon, H. S., & *Kong, S. H. (2026). Exploring teacher challenges in conducting moral education in Hong Kong kindergartens: an exploratory study. Journal of Early Childhood Teacher Education, 1–17. https://doi.org/10.1080/10901027.2026.2642138
  • *Kong, S.-H., Chiu, M.M., Choi, W., & Bautista, A. (2026). Investigating the impact of Music-Speech Integration Pedagogy (MSIP) on children’s music aptitude: A registered report. Revista Electrónica Complutense de Investigación en Educación Musical. 23. 153–165. http://dx.doi.org/10.5209/reciem.100735
  • Xiong, X., & *Kong, S.-H. (2026). The role of maternal influence on children’s extra-curricular music learning in China. Early Childhood Education Journal. 54. 3227–3238. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10643-025-02087-3
  • Kong S.-H. (2026, June 13–14). The harmonic brain: Architecting cognitive potential through music-speech integration [Keynote address]. China-ASEAN Academic Seminar on Early Childhood Education & Innovation Exchange on Early Childhood Music Education 2026, Guangxi, China.
  • Kong, S.-H. (2026, February 3). Translating cognitive Science into Music Pedagogy: Unlocking children’s musical potential through effective music education [Keynote address]. GPEX Partner Conference 2026, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
  • *Ho, W.-C., & Kong, S.-H. (2025). Soundscapes of education: Nurturing creativity through music and the arts (1st ed.). Springer Nature Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-96-8241-6
  • *Kong, S.-H. (2025). Developing musical competence and self-confidence through a pilot music professional development workshop for preservice kindergarten teachers in Hong Kong. In A. Bautista (Eds.), Arts and creativity in East and Southeast Asian preschools: Towards ‘Glocal’ pedagogies (pp. 333–350). Springer.
  • *Choi, W., Bautista, A., Kong, S.-H., & Lai, V. K. W. (2025). Comparing the phonological, musical, and general cognitive profiles of early-emerging poor, average, and good readers of Chinese. Frontiers in Psychology, 16, 1563491. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1563491
  • *Cabedo-Mas, A., Moliner-Miravet, L., Kong, S.-H., & Bautista, A. (2025). Exploring the impact of a music-social project in primary education on students’ social well-being and levels of satisfaction: A mixed-method study. Research Studies in Music Education. Advance online publication.  https://doi.org/10.1177/1321103X251392435
  • *Kong, S.-H. (2025). Music education training for kindergarten teachers: A workshop integrating Shulman’s pedagogical content knowledge and pedagogical reasoning and action model. Journal of Early Childhood Teacher Education, 46(1), 85–102. https://doi.org/10.1080/10901027.2024.2410399
  • *Kong, S.-H., & Xiong, X. (2025). Pre-service kindergarten teachers’ confidence and beliefs in music education: A study in the Chinese context. Education Sciences, 15(6), Article 772. https://doi.org/10.3390/educsci15060772
  • *Pan, Y., Bautista, A., & Kong, S.-H. (2025). Importance attributed to music education by Hong Kong parents and prediction of children’s music participation. Education Sciences, 15(2), Article 250. https://doi.org/10.3390/educsci15020250
  • *Choi, W., Lai, V. K. W., Kong, S.-H., & Bautista, A. (2025). Examining the cognitive and perceptual perspectives of music-to-language transfer: A study of Cantonese–English bilingual children. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology. 249. Article 106069.
  • Wong, J., *Bautista, A., Ho, Y. L. & Kong, S.-H. (2024). Preschool teachers’ music-specific professional development preferences: Does teaching experience matter? Research Studies in Music Education. 46(1), 80–97. https://doi.org/10.1177/1321103X221139992
  • *Kong, S.-H. (2023). Cultural capital and parental involvement: A comparison of students’ music participation between Beijing and Hong Kong. Springer.
  • *Kong, S.-H., & Wong, W. K. (2022). Stressors and psychological distress from COVID-19: Music as a coping strategy during a pandemic. International Journal of Music Education, 40(2), 260–275.
  • *Kong, S.-H. (2021). A study of students’ perceptions of parental influence on students’ musical instrument learning in Beijing, China. Music Education Research, 23(3), 287–299.
  • *Kong, S.-H. (2019). Influences of cultural capital on junior secondary school students' musical preferences in Hong Kong, China. In R.V. Nata (Ed.), Progress in education: Volume 55 (pp. 143–165). Nova Science Publishers, Inc.
  • *Kong, S.-H. (2019). Influences of cultural capital on junior secondary school students’ musical preferences in Hong Kong, China. Current Politics and Economics of Northern and Western Asia, 28(1), 1–22.
  • *Kong, S.-H. (2018). A study of young students’ musical preferences in contemporary Hong Kong. In R. Kyros & M. Lott (Eds.), Public policy and social change: Perspectives, challenges and future directions (pp. 89–116). Nova Science Publishers, Inc.
  • *Kong, S.-H. (2017). Influence of parental cultural capital and support for students’ participation in music activities: A study of junior secondary school students in Hong Kong. Music Communication, (1), 63–71.
  • *Kong, S.-H. (2016). A study of parental support for junior secondary school students’ musical activities in Hong Kong. Journal of Youth Studies, 19(1), 119–133.
  • *Kong, S.-H. (2016). Parental cultural capital and parental support for students’ participation in music listening and instrumental learning: A study of junior secondary school students in Beijing, China. In R.V. Nata (Ed.), Progress in education: Volume 42 (pp. 169–192). Nova Science Publishers, Inc.

• Research Projects:

  Arts-Based Performances (ABPs) in Hong Kong Kindergartens: Stakeholders’ Attitudes and Self-Reported Practices (Co-I)

  Source: GRF, UGC

  Amount: $511,500

   

  Comparing aural and notation-led instruction in early childhood music education (PI)

  Source: Seed Funding Grant, EdUHK

  Amount: $174,951.5

  Project Period: Jun 2026 - Jun 2027

   

  Pitch-based and Rhythm-based Music Training Programs for Improving Phonological and Reading Abilities in Cantonese ESL Kindergarteners: A Randomized Controlled Trial (Co-I)

  Source: GRF, UGC

  Amount: $767,085

  Project Period: Jan 2025 - Oct 2027

   

  Exploring the Role of Cultural and Social Capital in Inequalities of Children’s Arts Education: A Comparative Study in the Greater Bay Area (PI)

  Source: ECS, UGC

  Amount: $703,382

  Project Period: Jan 2025 - Oct 2027

   

  Wearable speech training device for children with Autistic Spectrum Disorder (PI)

  Source: Fund for Innovation, Technology, and Social-wellbeing (Supported by the Social Innovation and Entrepreneurship Development Fund)

  Amount: $390,600

  Project Period: Jul 2024 - Jun 2025

   

  Enhancing Student Teachers’ Musical Subject Knowledge and Teaching Competence through the Integration of Musicianship and Pedagogical Training: Informed by Shulman’s Theory of Teaching (PI)

  Source: ECE Innovative Teaching Grants, EdUHK

  Amount: $100,000

  Project Period: Feb 2024 - Feb 2025

   

  Parent and community engagement in supporting academic and non-academic learning beyond the classroom among underprivileged young learners (PI)

  Source: EdUHK- Virtual Interdisciplinary Research Centre

  Amount: $1,606,000

  Project Period: Jan 2024 - Jun 2027

   

  Empowering University Students’ Academic Literacy through Critical and Ethical Use of AI (PI)

  Source: Teaching Development Grant, EdUHK

  Amount: $362,992

  Project Period: Jan 2024 - Dec 2024

   

  Moral Education in Arts Education: Pedagogical Implications in the Greater Bay Area (PI)

  Source: EdUHK- Research Impact Cluster

  Amount: $600,000

  Project Period: Oct 2023 - Sep 2025

   

  Enhancing Tonal-rhythmic Sensitivity in Early Childhood Education: A Quasi-experimental Investigation of a Novel Music-pedagogical Methodology (PI)

  Source: Research Matching Grant Scheme, UGC/EdUHK

  Amount: $40,000

  Project Period: Jul 2023 - Mar 2025

   

  Influences of parental cultural and social capital on children’s music activities: A comparative study of Chengdu and Hong Kong (PI)

  Source: Start-up Research Grant, EdUHK

  Amount: $149,776

  Project Period: Jan 2023 - Dec 2023

   

  Developing pre-service teachers’ musical competence and teaching confidence: A training programme for transforming musicianship into pedagogy (PI)

  Source: ECE Innovative Teaching Grants, EdUHK

  Amount: $59,400

  Project Period: Jan 2023 - Dec 2023

   

  The effect of language-learning-devised music-pedagogical methodology on the reinforcement of acoustic sensitivity (PI)

  Source: Departmental Research Grant, EdUHK

  Amount: $99,145

  Project Period: Feb 2023 - Feb 2024

• Prizes and Awards

  Academic Awards:
  July 2026	FEHD Top 10% Teaching Award 2025/26
  July 2025	FEHD Top 10% Teaching Award 2024/25
  July 2024	FEHD Top 10% Teaching Award 2023/24
  2023	Dean’s Research Award: Books 2022/23 (Finalist)
  2017	Twice received the Postgraduate Student Incentive Award by the Faculty of Arts, HKBU

• External Appointments

  Professional Services:
  2026–present	Associate Editor, Cogent Education (Arts Education Section)
  2026- Present	Editorial Board of Journal Humanities and Social Sciences Communications (Ranking: 1/408 in Humanities)
  2026- Present	Appointed Committee, Council for the Promotion of Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Cooperation (廣東省粵港澳合作促進會)
  2022	Technical Program Committee, 3rd International Conference on Modern Education and Information Management 2022, Chengdu, China
  2020-2021	Scientific Committee, the 16th Annual Education and Development Conference, Bangkok
  2019-2020	Scientific Committee, the 15th Annual Education and Development Conference, Bali

• Major External Research Grants

  Arts-Based Performances (ABPs) in Hong Kong Kindergartens: Stakeholders’ Attitudes and Self-Reported Practices (Co-I)

  Source: GRF, UGC

  Amount: $511,500

   

  Pitch-based and Rhythm-based Music Training Programs for Improving Phonological and Reading Abilities in Cantonese ESL Kindergarteners: A Randomized Controlled Trial (Co-I)

  Source: GRF, UGC

  Amount: $767,085

  Project Period: Jan 2025 - Oct 2027

   

  Exploring the Role of Cultural and Social Capital in Inequalities of Children’s Arts Education: A Comparative Study in the Greater Bay Area (PI)

  Source: ECS, UGC

  Amount: $703,382

  Project Period: Jan 2025 - Oct 2027

   

  Wearable speech training device for children with Autistic Spectrum Disorder (PI)

  Source: Fund for Innovation, Technology, and Social-wellbeing (Supported by the Social Innovation and Entrepreneurship Development Fund)

  Amount: $390,600

  Project Period: Jul 2024 - Jun 2025

   

  Enhancing Tonal-rhythmic Sensitivity in Early Childhood Education: A Quasi-experimental Investigation of a Novel Music-pedagogical Methodology (PI)

  Source: Research Matching Grant Scheme, UGC/EdUHK

  Amount: $40,000

  Project Period: Jul 2023 - Mar 2025