幼儿教育学习课程主要研究方向为以下7个方向：
儿童发展： 卡皮欧·凯瑟琳·玛麦德博士：运动发展，运动学习，体育素养； 陈炎美博士：文化与儿童发展；叙事探究与儿童发展 张三桂博士：智力发展，社会情感发展 冯永佳博士：游戏行为，基于游戏的评估和学习，社交情感发展； 李嘉理教授：工作记忆，执行功能，数学成就，认知发展心理学，纵向数据分析。 李建斌博士：儿童和青年自我控制的前提，后果，机制和发展；文化，家庭和个人对儿童和青少年心理社会适应的影响； 萧锡诗博士：婴幼儿的社会认知发展；对音乐的早期敏感性；学习阅读； 孙进博士：幼儿发展和教育的国际比较；评估早期学习和发展；对社会和经济弱势儿童的干预；早期自我调节发展；中国社会化； 黄门博士：童年的压力和应对；家长，老师和孩子在帮助孩子应对学校压力中的作用。
创造力（艺术/音乐/体育）： 包蒂萨·阿雷拉诺·阿尔弗雷多博士：教师专业发展，课堂实践，幼儿教师教育，音乐教育，师生互动； 张丽霞博士：视觉艺术课程与评估； 李国扬博士：音乐教育；音乐教育中的ICT；
课程与教学法： 陈慧玲博士：过渡; 婴幼儿课程； 郑婉玲博士：ECE背景下的ICT； 冯诗云女士：当代幼儿教学方法； 胡新云博士：信息通信技术；基于游戏的学习；课程； 许来平博士：学与教；课程计划； 太音仪女士：欧洲经委会的当代教学方法；课程发展；
家庭和社区： 张元敏博士：儿童发展的文化和家庭过程；发展性心理病理学； 刘宜鸿博士：父母参与；家庭学校合作；学校过渡；
领导，政策和专业发展
语言和读写能力： 蔡浚文博士：阅读，言语感知，双语； 钟安琪女士：早期使用多种语言 ； 林浩昌博士：学习汉字；现象学与变异理论；学习设计技术； 梁丽美博士：提高学生的第二/外语水平； 吴美利博士：第二语言习得；家庭扫盲；母语为英语的教师（NET）与本地教师的合作； 周艳玲博士：早期扫盲发展，汉语作为L1和L2，英语作为L1和L2；
特殊教育： 朱成华博士：自闭症谱系障碍和阅读障碍 ； 钟建华教授：学习困难，特别是诵读困难；读写能力；评估和指导；认知，社会和情感发展；幼儿发展和教育，以及心理语言学。 方一智博士：阅读理解困难； 刘展伟博士：高功能自闭症，自闭症谱系障碍，融合和特殊教育，学与教儿童的语言特征； Mari Anneli Nislin博士：幼儿特殊教育，支持儿童压力调节和社会情感发展的教学实践，教师的专业发展和职业健康； 聂玲凯女士：如何帮助有特殊教育需要的学生接受培训；
教师的教育： 谭美恩博士：情绪化； 黄兆文博士：教师发展；
其他： 林美承博士：早年的过渡； 吴秀民博士，卡塔琳娜：儿童健康与心理健康 。
我们的研究对改革本地及国际的教学、学校政策和教育改革有广泛影响。
研究方向大致可分为以下十个方面：
| 职员 | 研究领域 |
|---|---|
| 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 Cheung Lai Ha Lily | Curriculum and Assessment of Visual Arts |
| 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 |
| 职员 | 研究领域 |
|---|---|
| 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 |
| 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 Siu Tik Sze Carrey | Infants and young children’s social-cognitive development; early sensitivity to music; learning to read |
| Dr Wu Dandan | Early Spatial Cognition and Language; Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience; Early Language Acquisition; Developmental Psycholinguistics; Constructive Play (early STEM) |
| 职员 | 研究领域 |
|---|---|
| Dr Chan Wai Ling | Transition; Infants and Toddlers Curriculum |
| Dr Cheng Yuen Ling Elaine | ICT in ECE setting |
| Ms 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 |
| Ms Mou Wai Pik Peggy | ECE Curriculum |
| 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 |
| 职员 | 研究领域 |
|---|---|
| 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 |
| 职员 | 研究领域 |
|---|---|
| Dr Capio Catherine Mamaid | Motor development, motor learning, physical literacy |
| 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 |
| 职员 | 研究领域 |
|---|---|
| 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 |
| 职员 | 研究领域 |
|---|---|
| Dr Saxena Anika | Computational Thinking in ECE; ICT in ECE as developmentally appropriate practice. |
| Dr Han Chung Wai Christina | Leadership and Management; Technologies and Innovative Pedagogies; Early Childhood Education |
| 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 |
| 职员 | 研究领域 |
|---|---|
| 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 |
| Ms 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 |
| 职员 | 研究领域 |
|---|---|
| Ms Cheng King Hin Catherine | Art Therapy |
| 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 Dai Wai Tong Darren | Executive function, Emotional and behavioural difficulties, Parenting, Prevention and early intervention |
| Dr Fong Yui Chi Cathy | Reading Comprehension Difficulties |
| Mr Lau Chin Wai Eugene | Linguistic Characteristic of Children with High Functioning Autism, Autism Spectrum Disorder, Inclusive and Special Education, Learning and Teaching |
| 职员 | 研究领域 |
|---|---|
| 侯颖欣女士 | Non-Chinese Speaking Students, Ethnic Minorities, Multicultural and Intercultural Education |
| Ms Leung Tuen Yung Iris | Teacher's soft skill |