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.

Drama education, creative teaching and learning, children literature, literacy education, qualitative inquiry

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)

Drama education, emergent literacy, early childhood pedagogies, qualitative study methods