TAM Po Chi, Pansy 譚寶芝

Po-Chi is an assistant professor at the Hong Kong Institute of Education and specializes in drama and early childhood education. She is currently the coordinator of the Doctor of Education Programme (ECE). Her research interests mainly lie in using the sociocultural and also post-structural theoretical framework to understand the practice of drama education in language and literature education. She has published numerous peer refereed journal articles, regionally and internationally. 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.

Chinese language and literacy education,drama pedagogy,ethnography,Dialogism

Member, International editorial board,Research in Drama Education: The Journal of Applied Theatre and Performance (SSCI, Routledge/Taylor& Francis, UK) (2009- )

Member, Editorial board,The Journal of Drama and Theatre Education in Asia (2010- )

Academic Advisor(Drama Education), Chung Ying Theatre Company (2011- )

Visiting Lecturer,Department of Early Childhood Education, Oslo and Akershus University College of Applied Sciences, Oslo (15-19October 2012)

Co-Editor, The Journal of Drama and Theatre Education in Asia (2014-)

Specialist (Education, Teacher Training and Sports Science) , Hong KongCouncil for Accreditationof Academic and Vocational Qualifications (HKCAAVQ) (2014-2017)