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Po-Chi is an assistant professor at the Education University of Hong Kong and specializes in drama and early childhood education. She is currently the coordinator of the Doctor of Education Programme (ECE). She has widely published in regional and internationally research journals. The research projects she has recently involved include children’s play culture, integration of drama education into preschool curriculum and children’s aesthetic experiences in drama education. She also serves as the co-editor of The Journal of Drama and Theatre Education in Asia and member in the international editorial board of Research in Drama Education: The Journal of Applied Theatre and Performance.
Research interests
Drama education, creative teaching and learning, children literature, literacy education, qualitative inquiry
External Appointments
Chairperson (2022- ), Board of Director of the Hong Kong Drama/Theatre and Education Forum (TEFO)
Co-Editor, The Journal of Drama and Theatre Education in Asia (2014-)
Member, International editorial board, Research in Drama Education: The Journal of Applied Theatre and Performance (SSCI, Routledge/Taylor & Francis, UK) (2009- )
Academic Advisor (Drama Education), Chung Ying Theatre Company (2011- )
Specialist (Education, Teacher Training and Sports Science) , Hong Kong Council for Accreditation of Academic and Vocational Qualifications (HKCAAVQ) (2014-2017)
Professional information
Teaching Interests
Drama education, emergent literacy, early childhood pedagogies, qualitative study methods
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
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Projects
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Ploughing Drama Education for Innovating the Preschool Curriculum and Pedagogy in Hong Kong
TAM, P. C. P. (PI)
31/07/17 → 31/03/21
Project: Research project
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A School-Based Project of Using Drama for Curriculum Enhancement (Education University Early Learning Centre)
TAM, P. C. P. (PI) & NG, M. L. (CoI)
01/05/17 → 30/06/18
Project: Research project
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全球化下幼兒教師之戲劇課程在地實踐—以臺港兩地為例 (Teachers’ Globalized Action through Drama Education in Kindergarten – Comparing Taiwan and Hong Kong as Examples)
TAM, P. C. P. (CoI) & Lin, M. C. (PI)
01/08/15 → 31/07/17
Project: Research project
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A School, Theatre and Institute Partnership in Integrating Drama into Preschool Curriculum
TAM, P. C. P. (PI)
01/04/13 → 31/03/15
Project: Research project
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Framing and reframing Language Experience Approach: A self-study of enhancing Hong Kong kindergarten teachers’ literacy instruction
TAM, P. C. P. (PI)
17/10/11 → 12/01/13
Project: Research project
Research Outputs
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Minoritising process drama for teaching Cantonese to ethnic minority children in Hong Kong
TAM, P. C. P., 2024, In: Pedagogy, Culture & Society. 32, 5, p. 1393-1411Research output: Contribution to journal › Articles › peer-review
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Arts and creativity in Hong Kong Kindergartens: A document analysis of quality review reports
YEUNG, J., BAUTISTA ARELLANO, A., SIU, C.T.-S., TAM, P. C. P. & WONG, K. M. B., 01 Jun 2022, In: Creativity. 9, 1, p. 87-107Research output: Contribution to journal › Articles › peer-review
Open Access7 Citations (Scopus) -
Blurring the play–drama boundary: A case study investigating the teaching and learning of a drama-integrated curriculum in a Hong Kong kindergarten
TAM, P. C. P., 01 Dec 2021, In: Contemporary Issues in Early Childhood. 22, 4, p. 328-341Research output: Contribution to journal › Articles › peer-review
1 Citation (Scopus) -
Children’s dialogic aesthetics in the chronotopes of drama, drawing, and telling
TAM, P. C. P., Jul 2021, In: SAGE Open. 11, 3Research output: Contribution to journal › Articles › peer-review
Open Access1 Citation (Scopus) -
Transforming struggling reform implementers into effectual reform agents: Hong Kong preschool teachers’ voices
TAM, P. C. P. & SUN, C., 2021, In: Youth Theatre Journal. 35, 1-2, p. 141-154Research output: Contribution to journal › Articles › peer-review
4 Citations (Scopus)
Prizes
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Departmental Innovative Teaching Awards 2017/18
TAM, P. C. P. (Recipient), Jun 2018
Prize: Prizes / Awards
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President’s Award for Outstanding Performance in Knowledge Transfer (Individual Award)
TAM, P. C. P. (Recipient), 27 May 2021
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