Research

Research Expertise

Research Expertise

Our research has extensive implications for teaching practice, school policies and educational reforms locally and internationally.

Research interests fall broadly into ten areas: 

Arts and Creativity

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

Child Development

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)

Curriculum and Pedagogy

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

Family and Community

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

Health Promotion and Well-being

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

Language and Literacy

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

Leadership, Policy and Professional Development

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

Play and Growth

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

Special Needs Education

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

Teacher Education

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