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School of Arts and Humanities

Dr. Cathy HUNG On Ying (洪安盈博士)

Assistant Professor (助理教授)
Office: 6/F, School of Arts and Humanities, 136A, Nathan Road, Kowloon, Hong Kong
Telephone: (852) 3468 6705
Email: [email protected]

Biography
Cathy obtained her PhD at the University of Hong Kong. She is also a registered kindergarten teacher qualified in Hong Kong and Australia. Her research broadly focused on individual factors to learning, reading and language comprehension development among young learners at 0 – 8 years old, their family influences, and instructional approaches; that included: developing and implementing an integrated model to enhance the quality of childcare services, building quality standards and framework of early childhood education, supporting non‐Chinese speaking kindergarten students to learn Chinese as a second language, and examining reading and language comprehension development in Chinese.

Academic and Professional Qualifications
PhD, GDip(ECE), Dip(SEN), MEd, BSocSc(Hons), Registered Teacher (kindergarten)

Author Identifications
ORCID ID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4821-2099

Education

Doctor of Philosophy in Education, The University of Hong Kong

Graduate Diploma in Early Childhood Education, Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology

Diploma in Special Educational Needs, The University of Hong Kong

Master of Education in Psychology of Education, University of Bristol

Bachelor of Social Science (Hons) in Psychology, City University of Hong Kong

Teaching Areas
Literacy acquisition, Language development, Curriculum in ECE, Research methods

Research Interests
Executive functioning, literacy and language development, reading process, childcare service, quality evaluation

Projects (Selected)

Funded projects (as PI/ co-PI)

1. Examining the contributions of parental language input quality to young children’s executive function, oral language skills and listening comprehension development: A longitudinal study (PI). Faculty Development Scheme (FDS), University Grants Committee, Hong Kong SAR. HK$803,849, 2023-2024

2. Re-building Project of HKSPC Children Residential Home in 9 months (co-PI, in affiliation with YCCECE), HK$21,000,000, 2022

3. Jockey Club ‘Bright Start’ Project (co-PI, in affiliation with YCCECE), Hong Kong Jockey Club Charities Trust. HK$67,000,000, 2021-2024

4. Early Childhood Education Quality Framework and Standards in China: A Pilot Study in Shenzhen and Jiangsu (co-PI, in affiliation with YCCECE). Research Matching Grant, University Grants Committee, Hong Kong SAR. HK$4,000,000, 2021-2022

5. Age-related changes in executive functions and Chinese text comprehension among Hong Kong primary school children (PI), Faculty Research Fund. HK$3000, 2014

6. Replication of priming addition facts with semantic relations (PI), Open Science Framework. HK$9000, 2013-2015

Funded projects (as Co-I)

7. Executive function and Chinese word reading among Chinese as a second language learners and native students (Co-I), General Research Fund (GRF), University Grants Committee. HK$425,956, 2019-2021

8. A study on the challenges faced by mainstream primary schools in teaching ethnic minority students in Hong Kong (Co-I), Equal Opportunities Commission. HK$506,080, 2018

9. Evaluation of the “Story telling activities” in enhancing low SES students’ reading interests and developing parent volunteers’ story telling ability (Co-I), Bring Me a Book Foundation. HK$50,000, 2014

Publications (Selected):

Published articles

Hung, C.O.Y.*, Lin, D., & Lo, S. W. (2025). Exploring parents’ utterances during free play in Hong Kong: The associations with language complexity and lexical diversity. Early Childhood Education Journal. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10643-024-01848-w [SSCI; IF = 2.5]

Hung, C.O.Y.*, Zhang, Y., Wen, R., Zhang, D.D., Han, H., Pan, R., Shi, P., Yuen, A.H.K. (2024)Development and Validation of the Chinese Kindergarten Quality Rating Scale (CKQRS): A study based in Guangdong and Jiangsu provinces. Children and Youth Services Review. DOI:10.1016/j.childyouth.2024.107522 [SSCI; IF = 3.3]

Liao, X., Cai, M. G., & Hung, C.O.Y.* (2023). Role of Executive Function in Lexical ProcessingDuring Reading Comprehension. Reading Research Quarterly. 58(4), 755-767. DOI:10.1002/rrq.514 [SSCI; IF = 4.2]

To-Chan, S.P.T., Loh, E.K.Y.*, & Hung, C.O.Y. (2023). A longitudinal study of Chinese as asecond language kindergarteners’ orthographic awareness and its association with their lexical learning performance. Current Psychology. 42, 4543–4554. DOI: 10.1007/s12144-021-01797-2 [SSCI; IF = 2.8]

Wen, R., Zhang, Y.*, Hung, C.O.Y., & Shi, P. (2023). Development of Chinese KindergartenQuality Rating Scale: Delphi Method (in Chinese). Early Education.

Hung, C.O.Y.* (2021). The role of executive function in reading comprehension amongbeginning readers. British Journal of Educational Psychology. 91(2), 600-616. DOI:10.1111/bjep.12382. [SSCI; IF = 3.7]

Hung, C.O.Y.* & Loh, E.K.Y. (2021). Examining the contribution of cognitive flexibility tometalinguistic skills and reading comprehension. Educational Psychology. 41(6), 712-729.DOI: 10.1080/01443410.2020.1734187. [SSCI; IF = 3.2]

Loh, E.K.Y. & Hung, C.O.Y. (2020). A study on the challenges faced by mainstream schoolsin educating ethnic minorities in Hong Kong. HKSAR: Equal Opportunities Commission.

Open Science Collaboration (2015). Estimating the reproducibility of psychological science.Science, 349(6251). DOI: 10.1126/science.aac4716. [SCIE; IF = 54.5]

Hung, C.O.Y.* (2014). Higher-level cognitive processes and Chinese text comprehensionamong school-aged children: A literature review. In J. Cheung, L. Fang & L. Jiang (Eds.),Research Studies in Education (Vol. 12). Hong Kong: The University of Hong Kong.

*corresponding author

Published book

Hung, O.Y. & Tse, K.P. (2023). Residential Infants and Toddlers Educare Model: A practical handbook. Yew Chung College of Early Childhood Education.

Published resources (for families)

Tse, K. P. & Hung, O.Y. (Eds). Jockey Club Bright Start Project Parent Resources Kit Book 1: Parent-child Interaction Strategies (親子互動策略). Jockey Club Charities Trust

Tse, K. P. & Hung, O.Y. (Eds). Jockey Club Bright Start Project Parent Resources Kit Book 2:Nurturing Children of Different Temperaments (教養不同性情的嬰幼兒). Jockey Club Charities Trust

Tse, K. P. & Hung, O.Y. (Eds). Jockey Club Bright Start Project Parent Resources Kit Book 3:Parent-child Interactive Games (親子互動遊戲). Jockey Club Charities Trust

Community/ Professional Contributions (Selected)

1. Hung, C.O.Y. (2024). Exploring parent-child dyadic talk during free play in Hong Kong: Parental verbalization, lexical diversity, and language complexity. OMEP Conference and Assembly 2024.

2. Hung, C.O.Y., & Tse, R. (2024). Sustainability of Child Care Centers’ Service Quality in Hong Kong. Paper to be presented at American Educational Research Association Annual Conference 2024.

3. Tse, R. & Hung, C.O.Y. (2023). A model toward quality educare for children in residential care in Hong Kong. Paper presented at Pacific Early Childhood Education Research Association Annual Conference 2023. Bali, Indonesia

4. Hung, C.O.Y., Zhang, Y., Wen, R. (2023). Development and Validation of a Measure of Early Childhood Education Quality in China. Paper presented at Pacific Early Childhood Education Research Association Annual Conference 2023. Bali, Indonesia

5. Zhang, Y., Hung, C.O.Y., Wen, R., Zheng, D., Han, H. (2023) Development of the Chinese Kindergarten Quality Rating Scale: A Pilot Study in Shenzhen, China. Paper presented at American Educational Research Association Annual Conference. Chicago, USA

6. Tse, R. & Hung, C.O.Y. (2023). Childcare Workers' Child-Centered Practice: The Mediating Role of Beliefs in Children and Child Participation. Paper presented at American Educational Research Association Annual Conference. Chicago, USA

7. Hung, O. Y. C., Zhang, Y., Wen, R. (2022). Early Childhood Education Quality Framework and Standards in China: A Delphi Study. Paper presented at Pacific Early Childhood Education Research Association Annual Conference. Hong Kong SAR, China

8. Wen, R., Cheung, C., Hung, O. Y. C., CHERI (2021). Developing Early Childhood Education Quality Framework and Standards in China. Paper presented at The OMEP Asia Pacific Regional Conference 2021. Hangzhou, China

9. To-Chan, S.P.T., Loh, K.Y.E. & Hung O.Y.C. (2021). Learning the lexical meanings of Chinese characters among kindergarteners reading Chinese as a second language: A three-wave longitudinal study. Poster presented at Annual Meeting, Society for the Scientific Study of Reading. Virtual

10. To-Chan, S.P.T., Loh, K.Y.E. & Hung O.Y.C. (2018, June). Predictors of Chinese character acquisition as a second language among kindergarteners: a three-wave ongitudinal study. Paper presented at The Fifth International Conference on Chinese as a Second Language Research, Hong Kong SAR, China.

11. Hung, C.O.Y. & Loh, E.K.Y. (2015, July). Cognitive correlates of Chinese text comprehension. Paper presented at Twenty Second Annual Meeting, Society for the Scientific Study of Reading, Hawaii, United States.

12. Hung, C.O.Y. (2015, March). The contribution of executive functions to Chinese text comprehension: Inhibitory control, cognitive flexibility and working memory. Poster presented at International Convention of Psychological Science, Association for Psychological Science, Amsterdam, Netherlands.

13. Hung, C.O.Y. (2014, Dec.). Higher-level processes in Chinese text comprehension: Inhibitory control, working memory and inference making. Paper presented at Postgraduate Research Conference, Hong Kong.

14. Hung, C.O.Y. (2014, June). Executive function development and Chinese reading comprehension among primary school students. Paper presented at IAIMTE SIG Conference and Pre-Conference workshop Reading and Writing, Hong Kong

15. Hung, O.Y. (2011, June). Parental influences on creativity of children with developmental disabilities. Poster presented at The Hong Kong Psychological Society Annual Conference 2011, Hong Kong.

Community/Professional Contributions (Selected): Notable contributions to the community or your professional field.

1. Specialist in education, Hong Kong Council for Accreditation of Academic and Vocational Qualifications, 2024-present

2. SIG member (Working with Parents and Families), European Early Childhood Education Research Association, 2024-present

3. Editorial board, The Missouri Reader, International Literacy Association (Missouri State Council), 2015-2019

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