Jessie WongHong Kong Metropolitan University | hkmu · School of Education and Languages
Jessie Wong
BA (Cum Laude) UCLA, MSW (Distinction) HKU, PhD HKU
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Introduction
Dr Jessie Wong is the Programme Leader of sub-degree and undergraduate programmes in Early Childhood Education (distance learning) at Hong Kong Metropolitan University. A two-time grantee of the Faculty Development Scheme of the Hong Kong Research Grant Council, she has published research in prestigious academic journals. Her research focuses on early childhood development and education policies. Currently, she is the Secretary of OMEP-Hong Kong.
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Almost all 3- to 6-year-olds attend preschool programmes in Hong Kong; however, early childhood education (ECE) had been relatively neglected by the Hong Kong government until 2000 when the reform of school education system was initiated. Since then, notions of ‘child-centredness’ and holistic development have been promulgated as the core values of...
This paper critically examines parents’ and service providers’ reception of the Pre-primary Education Voucher Scheme (PEVS), which was designed to enhance the quality of early childhood education in Hong Kong. The PEVS was a universal voucher policy that was designed to harness market forces and increase direct governmental control of quality in a...
A long-neglected sector in education, early childhood education (ECE) in Hong Kong has generated much attention in recent years following the government's heavy promotion as laying the foundation for lifelong learning and all-round development. Enhancing 'teacher professionalism' by raising qualifications and remuneration is seen as a vehicle to ac...
https://www.eoc.org.hk/Upload/files/funding%20programme/1_R-202021-116_Research%20Report_with%20Executive%20Summary_Final_update_v.pdf
Since the 2019/20 academic year, the Government has subsidized kindergartens under the Kindergarten Education Scheme (KES) to encourage local kindergartens to admit ethnic minority (EM) students. In order to evalua...
In the face of the rising tension between Hong Kong and mainland China, Hong Kong’s Chief Executive Carrie Lam blamed the city’s education system for its inability to develop a sense of ‘I am Chinese’ national identity and vowed to step up ‘national education’ from preschool. This article explores how 188 young preschool teachers perceived their na...
This article presents a pilot group intervention to assist end-stage renal disease (ESRD) patients in developing a regular exercise lifestyle, enhance their wellbeing, and promote mutual support. Sixteen patients with ESRD aged between 45 and 65 participated in the five-week group intervention based on the Eastern Body-Mind-Spirit model with Tai Ch...
分享有關「招收少數族裔幼稚園學生：克服挑戰 確認機遇」調查結果
卓越大獎得獎者經驗分享：
- 基督教香港信義會南昌幼稚園
- 東涌天主教幼稚園
- 保良局莊啟程幼稚園幼兒園
https://www.hkmu.edu.hk/el/tc/news-events/racial-care-a-kindergarten-award-scheme/
Chronic diseases can be physically and mentally disabling, not only for the patients but also for the caregivers (Caap-Ahlgren, Lena, & Ove, 2002; Ho, Collins, Davis, & Doty, 2005; Schubert, Boustani, & Callahan, 2008). Family caregivers often suffer from health hazards, such as infectious diseases, depression, sleep deprivation, and premature agei...
In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, all education and training actors had to adapt to a new reality overnight. Trainee teachers, in particular, face additional uncertainties as in-person placements are often impossible. This paper discusses the experience of ‘online pre-service teacher placements’ in Hong Kong. Through the words of various traine...
Self-esteem is crucial to children's psychological health. However, several factors can impact the development of self-esteem, including families' income. The purpose of this article is to describe the development, implementation, and preliminary evaluation of a pilot play-based group intervention that aimed at enhancing the self-esteem and social...
The practice of documentation has been a "hard to reach place" for many preschool teachers despite the fact that it has largely been encouraged and used as a tool in early childhood settings to assess young children's learning. Recent policy changes in Hong Kong have also called for the continuous documentation and authentic assessment of children'...
世界幼兒教育聯會香港分會（OMEP-Hong Kong）自2005年起成立幼兒國情教育工作小組。作為推動本港幼兒國情教育的先鋒，本會積極提升幼師和幼兒對祖國的認識，籌備和實施幼兒國情教育教師培訓計劃，並將成果輯錄成《薪火相傳 始於幼兒教育：幼兒國情教育教材彙編》。時光荏苒，隨着香港與內地聯繫和合作交流機會增多，社會對中華文化的了解和參與有了更高的要求。為進一步推動在新時代背景下優秀中華傳統文化的學習和傳承，OMEP-Hong Kong喜獲香港教育局優質教育基金贊助，於2018年12月起舉辦「中華傳統文化教學幼師培訓計劃」。
「中華傳統文化教學幼師培訓計劃」旨在通過教師培訓、搭建交流平台與改良教學資源，全面提升香港幼稚園中華傳統文化教學質素，希望借此長遠增進香港幼兒、家庭和社區對中華傳統文化...
Toys are an important part of every child’s life. Toys are defined as any objects that children used in their play (Trawick-Smith, Wolff, Koschel, & Vallarelli, 2015). They may be items designed for such use or materials that are usually intended for other purposes. Research in early childhood settings has revealed that 90% of young children’s play...
The term early childhood development (ECD) refers to a period of development, the process of early human development, and to programs that promote development during the early years of life. In this entry, the term is used to refer to a period of development and not to processes and programs. Developmental psychologists often divide the early years...
https://phco.ntunhs.edu.tw/ezfiles/13/1013/attach/23/pta_20656_7323090_68924.pdf
This review assembles extant evidence that will help determine how, why and under what conditions Early Childhood Development (ECD) interventions in developing-country contexts are effective in promoting cognitive development. Typical cognitive development can be defined broadly as expected gains in language, thinking and understanding. Atypical de...
This study investigated question acquisition in Cantonese-speaking young children with a focus on the development of interrogative forms and functions. Data from a child Cantonese corpus (492 children aged 36, 48 and 60 months) were analysed. The main results were that: (1) all the interrogative forms and functions were produced by the three age gr...
The Pre-primary Education Voucher Scheme (PEVS) of Hong Kong has generated considerable controversy since its first announcement due to its unconventional nature. Though previous research showed that stakeholders generally expected the policy to promote the “3As” of early childhood education (ECE) — affordability, accessibility, and accountability,...
Two waves of reform have been conducted in China since the 1980s to transform its early childhood curriculum into a Western-style, progressive model. Western curricula and programs such as the Montessori method, the project approach, the Reggio Emilia method, and the high/scope method have been imported and adopted all over the country. But the top...
Until recently, the Hong Kong government adopted a laissez‐faire policy orientation
towards pre‐primary education, as reflected by insufficient regulatory measures and
monetary support since the colonial period. As a result, pre‐primary education in Hong
Kong became extremely expensive yet teachers were often under‐trained. The introduction of the...
The use of Web 2.0 applications as a Web-based environment for collaboration, sharing, and knowledge exchanges has been recognized as one of the important global trends in education by Hong Kong educational authorities (Education Bureau, 2007). Although Web 2.0 applications seem to fit well with the constructivist learning and progressive education...
Hong Kong launched the Pre-primary Education Voucher Scheme (PEVS) in 2007 to promote the “3A's” of early childhood education (ECE): affordability, accessibility, and accountability. The PEVS has three unique features: discriminating against profit kindergartens, promoting teacher professional development, and limiting parents’ choice to only non-p...
The Pre-primary Education Voucher Scheme (PEVS), launched by the government of HKSAR in 2007, has led to a lively exchange among the stakeholders of early childhood education. Against this background, a large-scale survey of stratified random sampled respondents was conducted to tap the public views of the PEVS. The results indicated that: (1) the...
Educational authorities in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) of China introduced an early childhood education voucher system in 2007 with two implicit goals: To turn profit kindergartens into non-profit ones and to curtail parental choice. This initiative has caused a great deal of controversy locally and internationally, so the d...
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Projects (5)
To develop an instrument for the measurement of the use of digital skills for pre-service early childhood teachers
Funded by Research Grants Council (UGC/FDS16/H17/21).
Since the 2019/20 academic year, the Government has introduced a five-tiered subsidy for kindergartens joining the Kindergarten Education Scheme (KES) according to the number of non-Chinese speaking students admitted. Thus, the School of Education and Languages, Hong Kong Metropolitan University, and the Hong Kong Child-Rity Association were funded by the Equal Opportunities Commission to conduct this research project on “Admitting Ethnic Minority Kindergarteners: Overcoming Challenges and Identifying Opportunities” to:
- explore the reasons for kindergartens admitting/not admitting ethnic minority (EM) children in the face of the changing policy;
- understand the strengths of kindergartens in admitting and supporting EM students, in terms of their Capability, Aspirations, Resources, and Engagement; and
- identify the strategies and opportunities of kindergartens of different subsidy tiers in working with EM students
