LAU Wing Chi, Margaret 劉永慈

Lau Wing Chi, Margaret joined in the Institute in 1995. She holds a doctorate from Queensland University of Technology in Brisbane. Her research areas are mainly on early childhood music and child development. Dr. Lau has published about ten journal articles regionally and internationally. She is at present invited as a consultant to provide consultancy services in the area of early childhood music to national projects in various pre-primary educational organizations since Sept 2007.

Early Childhood music,  Child Development and Early Education

Dr. Lau Wing Chi Margaret is at present invited as a consultant by the Centre of Early Childhood of Research Development with the collaboration of Education Department of Bureau (EDB) to provide professional consultancy of School-based Quality Improvement Scheme to various educational organizations and local kindergartens since 2007 to promote teachers' professional development on music teaching pedagogy. Dr. Lau is invited as the consultant of Creative Children Choir since 2001. She is currently invited as the music conductor of the North Point Methodoist Children's Choir since 1985. Dr Lau was invited as the External Course Assessor of the course Early Childhood Education: Music and Movement by the Open University of Hong Kong from Oct 2010 to Sept 2011.