Research
The following projects are currently being implemented.
Feel free to get in touch with us if you wish to learn more or to participate.
Examining the Antecedent Role of Movement Proficiency in Child Development
This project will test whether training of movement skills (e.g., jumping, running, ball skills) will lead to improvements in cognitive and social skills. Children at K1 and K2 levels are involved. This project is funded by the Research Grants Council of Hong Kong (General Research Fund 18607020).
If you want to know more about this project, and how it can benefit your child, or how your kindergarten can participate, feel free to contact us here.
Evaluation of a school-based dissemination of the movement guidelines for young children in Hong Kong
This project disseminates knowledge and activity plans to teachers and parents of kindergarten children, to help them meet the guidelines for physical activity, screen time, and sleep. We are interacting directly with kindergartens so that the dissemination is situated in the context of the local kindergartens. This project is funded by the Food and Health Bureau of Hong Kong (Health and Medical Research Fund 17180131)
If you want to know more about this project, and how a kindergarten can participate, feel free to contact us here.
Character strengths measurement tool for Hong Kong children
Children’s character development has received increasing attention because many pieces of research show the importance of character strengths in children’s well-being and academic performance. Measurement of character strengths in early childhood is an area that was addressed only recently. This study was designed to cross-cultural adapt and validate a specific parent/teacher-report assessment tool to manifest the characters of children, ages 3-6 years.
If you want to know more about this project, and how a kindergarten can participate, feel free to contact us here.