Dr Wong Ping Ho had served as a secondary school teacher for ten years, teaching various subjects, before moving into teacher education by joining the Hong Kong Technical Teachers' College in 1988. He moved over to the Hong Kong Institute of Education when it was established in 1994 by amalgamating the Colleges of Education. Dr Wong's interest in religious and spiritual education began when he attended the HKU MEd programme on Moral and Religious Education. He continued to pursue his study of spiritual education through a PhD from the University of Hull, and children's spiritual development and spiritual education have remained his main area of research. With this background, he was involved in the establishement of the Institute's Centre for Religious and Spirituality Education in 2006, and he is currently its Director.

Human development, Learning and teaching, Spiritual education

2014- Member, Organizing Committee, National Competition of Secondary Students Essay Writing (Hong Kong Region) (「中國中學生作文大賽 (香港賽區) 」 籌委會籌委)

2014- Academic Advisor, Play Therapy Department, Committee on Psychological Health, Chinese Social Work Association (中國社工協會心理健康工作委員會遊戲治療學部學術顧問)

2013- Chief Executive’s Award for Teaching Excellence (CEATE) Steering Committee Member

2013- Standing Committee member, Executive Committee, Life Education Committee of the National Tao Xingzhi Research Association (中國陶行知研究會生命教育專業委員會常務理事)

2012- Member, Hong Kong Examinations and Assessment Authority HKDSE Ethics and Religious Studies Subject Committee

2010-11 Member, Chief Executive’s Award for Teaching Excellence (2010/2011) Assessment Panel on Moral and Civic Education

2010- Adviser, Association for Holistic Life Education (Hong Kong)

2009- Executive Committee member, Association for Children’s Spirituality (headquartered in UK)

2004- Consulting Editor, International Journal of Children’s Spirituality