Alfredo Bautista
Biographic Data
| ID | 4599488 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Alfredo Bautista |
| GIVEN NAMES | Alfredo |
| FAMILY NAME | Bautista |
| SIGNATURE | BAUTISTA A |
| AFFILIATIONS | Education University of Hong Kong |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-5878-1888 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 38 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 13 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 38 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2008 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Visual distraction, inhibitory control, and children’s math performance
Introduction Although the relation between aspects of executive functioning and math performance is well established, the role of children’s inhibitory abilities remains controversial. In this study, we examined whether children’s arithmetic estimation performance is related to their performance on a set of inhibitory control tasks that included visual distractors. Methods The children ( N = 321; 41.1% boys) were from 3rd grade and recruited from…
Scoping review of kindergarten research involving the Classroom Assessment Scoring System (CLASS) in Mainland China
Like many countries, Mainland China is committed to improving process quality in kindergartens (children aged 3 to 6), specifically the quality of teacher–child interactions. The Classroom Assessment Scoring System (CLASS; Pianta, 2008, in Classroom Assessment Scoring SystemTM: Manual K-3, Paul H Brookes Publishing, Baltimore) is a widely used tool to assess and potentially improve interactional quality. While CLASS has been increasingly used by …
Reimagining Teachers’ Professional Development and Teaching Practices in Early Childhood Education
Today, the field of education faces unprecedented challenges that necessitate innovative approaches to teacher education and teaching practices (Darling-Hammond, 2017; Hussein, 2025; West & Bautista, 2022) [...]
Importance Attributed to Music Education by Hong Kong Parents and Prediction of Children’s Music Participation
Parents play a crucial role in facilitating their children’s participation in extracurricular music activities. Guided by the framework of concerted cultivation, this survey study conducted with Hong Kong parents investigates (1) the types of extracurricular music activities in which their three- to eight-year-old children participate, (2) the importance parents attribute to music education and its correlation with key demographic factors, and (3…
Bridging the research–practice divide in exploring early childhood education quality
Drawing on a growing body of international literature that conceptualises early childhood education (ECE) quality as a culturally constructed rather than a universal notion, this colloquium discusses how quality is being investigated in China, a country where ECE research has grown exponentially in recent years. The colloquium is structured into two main sections, highlighting the differing approaches to quality inquiry among Chinese academic res…
Exploring the impact of a music-social project in primary education on students’ social well-being and levels of satisfaction
Understanding the influence of music-social projects on students’ well-being is a growing area of research. This study examines the effects of Musiquem , a school-based music-social initiative implemented in a primary school in Spain, with the aim of (1) analysing its impact on students’ social well-being and (2) exploring the factors influencing students’ satisfaction with the programme. Seventy-five students (33 girls and 42 boys) from third to…
Effectiveness of Online Music Professional Development
Few studies have analyzed the effectiveness of online music professional development (OMPD) on teachers’ pedagogical competencies. We evaluated the effectiveness of an OMPD designed to train kindergarten teachers in a music-and-movement intervention, drawing on the notion of implementation fidelity (i.e., level of accuracy with which an intervention is delivered). In addition, we investigated teachers’ perspectives on the factors that facilitated…
Individual versus heterogeneous collaborative learning mediated by online teaching video cases
Previous research has highlighted self-efficacy as a core driving belief influencing teachers’ pedagogies and, ultimately, children’s achievement. However, scarce research has explored how video-mediated learning activities can be organized to improve the self-efficacy beliefs of pre-service preschool teachers. This study investigated the impact of two learning paradigms mediated by online teaching video cases, namely Individual Learning and Hete…
Examining the effectiveness of a video-based parent–child program on executive functions for children 5 to 6 years old
This study evaluates the effectiveness of the Parent–child Brain Camp, a 4-week video-based executive functions (EFs) training program for children ages 5–6, through a randomized controlled trial with a pre- and post-test design with 173 Hong Kong children (intervention ni = 79, 48.7% girls, Mage = 69.16 months; control n = 94, 56.4% girls, Mage = 68.58 months) in 2022. Results from the two-way mixed ANOVA revealed that while the main effect of t…
Hong Kong Kindergarten Teachers’ Satisfaction and Engagement in a Music-and-Movement Online Professional Development Course
Online professional development (PD) can be a sustainable and easily scalable alternative to provide early childhood teachers with training opportunities. However, there is limited research on teachers’ levels of satisfaction and engagement in online PD initiatives. Understanding teachers’ levels of satisfaction and engagement is crucial, as these may influence the effectiveness of online PD in benefiting teachers and ultimately young children. T…
Fundamental Movement Skills in Hong Kong Kindergartens
Fundamental movement skills (FMSs) are essential building blocks for children’s physical development and future participation in physical activities. While early childhood curriculum frameworks recognize the importance of teaching FMSs, little research has been conducted to explore actual teaching practices in center-based programs and their variations across different grade levels. The goals of this study were to investigate (1) the frequency of…
Quality Assessors’ Feedback and Recommendations on Music Education in Hong Kong Kindergartens
In Hong Kong, quality assessors from the Education Bureau (EDB) visit kindergartens to conduct Quality Review (QR) assessments. Their written reports, therefore, reflect the official local perspective of quality kindergarten education. We conducted a content analysis of 323 QR reports focusing on the positive and negative feedback and recommendations for improvement regarding music education. Two coding schemes were developed using an inductive a…
Learning with Online Teaching Video Cases
Extensive empirical research has emphasized the benefits of integrating Online Teaching Video Cases (OTVCs) into pre-service preschool teacher education. However, there is a research gap concerning the perceptions and needs of pre-service preschool teachers regarding OTVCs. This cross-sectional study, therefore, investigated pre-service preschool teachers’ perceptions of usefulness and need pertaining to OTVCs and examined potential differences a…
Physical activities in Hong Kong kindergartens
In Hong Kong, the Education Bureau (EDB) is responsible for the quality assurance of kindergarten education services. EDB inspectors regularly conduct school visits to monitor kindergartens’ performance and publish a Quality Review (QR) report for each kindergarten. Given the limited research on pedagogical practices pertaining to physical activities in Hong Kong kindergartens, the current study analyzes the content concerning this learning area …
Preschool teachers’ music-specific professional development preferences
The purpose of this study was to investigate Hong Kong preschool teachers’ music-specific professional development (PD) preferences and analyze the potential differences among teachers with varying levels of teaching experience (beginning, experienced, and advanced). A survey was developed to assess four music-specific PD preferences: content, facilitators, types, and activities/resources. We found that respondents ( N = 1,019) preferred PD that …
Learning Satisfaction with Online Teaching Video Cases Among Pre-Service Preschool Teachers in China
Research Findings: Online Teaching Video Cases (OTVCs) are an increasingly utilized digital learning resource for training pre-service preschool teachers (PPTs). This study employed an integrated framework integrating the Technology Acceptance Model (TAM) and the Expectation Confirmation Model (ECM) to examine the factors that influence PPTs’ perceived learning performance and satisfaction, as well as the interactive relationships among these fac…
Protecting children from Covid-19
OBJECTIVES: This longitudinal study applied the integrated model of self-determination theory (SDT) and the theory of planned behaviour (TPB) to explain COVID-19 preventive behaviours among parents of young children in the United States. DESIGN: = 681) completed self-report questionnaires related to measures of SDT and the TPB constructs and behavioural adherence at baseline and after one month. We used standardised residual change scores to test…
Developing young children’s computational thinking through programming with a hybrid kit / Desarrollo del pensamiento computacional infantil a través de la programación con un kit híbrido
Fostering young children’s computational thinking (CT) has garnered global interest as it aligns with the cultivation of twenty-first-century skills. Previous studies have focused on physical, virtual and hybrid kits with virtual programming blocks, but rarely explored the use of hybrid kits that combine virtual sprites and physical programming environments. We conducted a quasi-experimental study to investigate the effect of using a hybrid progr…
A YouTube video club for teacher learning
A lack of evidence bridging the chasm between professional learning practices and commonly used, publicly available resources such as YouTube videos, remains a long‐term challenge in both research and practice. The study introduced a YouTube video club for female early childhood teachers in Hong Kong ( N = 29) to view, analyse and discuss STEM teaching videos. The participants wrote reflections and discussed with peers to exchange views on teachi…
Musical activities in preschool education
The purpose of this study was to investigate the types of musical activities carried out in preschools for children aged 3–6 years in two contrasting cultural settings: Spain, a Mediterranean European country, and Hong Kong, a special administrative region in China. Participants were 398 teachers in preschools, 199 in each location. We administered a survey in which we asked how often they carried out 19 musical activities. In our analysis, we co…
Professional Learning Communities in Chinese Preschools
In the education field, professional learning communities (PLCs) are regarded as an effective method for fostering professional development for teachers, enhancing student learning and achievement, and promoting school reform. Quality leadership and management are understood to be essential for schools to become effective PLCs. Mainly proposed by Western scholars, existing PLC frameworks explicitly or implicitly assume that PLCs should be initiat…
Shadow education
Shadow education research has expanded rapidly worldwide in the past decades. Whilst most studies have focused on somewhat broad dimensions of shadow education (for example, its prevalence, nature and characteristics at different educational levels, or its impact on social inequalities), there are various important micro dimensions of this phenomenon that have received limited scholarly attention. In fact, the field lacks research on topics such …
What research is important today in human development, learning and education? JSED Editors’ reflections and research calls ( ¿Qué investigación es importante hoy día en desarrollo humano, aprendizaje…
‘In your opinion, what are some important research questions, problems or challenges that scholars in your field of specialization should address in the coming years? What types of studies should be conducted to move your field further? Please justify’. This prompt was posed by the incoming Editor of JSED to the new team of Deputy and Associate Editors in the journal’s three thematic areas (human development, learning and education), who were inv…
Kindergarten teachers’ knowledge of and beliefs in the influence of music and movement on children’s self-regulation
Un número creciente de estudios indica que la exposición temprana a la música y el movimiento (M&M) impacta positivamente en la autorregulación infantil. Sin embargo, se ha prestado poca atención a lo que las y los docentes de infantil saben y creen sobre la relación entre M&M y la autorregulación, y menos aún a cómo sus propias experiencias de M&M se relacionan con sus conocimientos y creencias. El presente estudio investiga dichos temas utiliza…
Actividades musicales en escuelas infantiles de Hong Kong
In Hong Kong, the Education Bureau (EDB) assesses the quality of services provided to children in local kindergartens. Quality Review (QR) reports of kindergartens that pass the assessment are published on EDB’s website. We conducted a content analysis of 164 QR reports to examine the alignment between the music activities alluded to and the curriculum objectives established for music in official policies. A coding scheme was developed using both…
Piano Students’ Conceptions of Musical Scores as External Representations
Musical scores are some of the most important learning tools for musicians’ acquisition of musical knowledge. However, despite their educational relevance, very little is known about how music students conceive of these cultural external representations. Given that these conceptions might act as mediators of students’ learning approaches, the importance of knowing these conceptions seems evident in order to eventually change them. The general aim…
Qué consideran los profesores de instrumento que deben enseñar en sus clases
Se investigaron las concepciones de profesores de piano acerca de la selección de contenidos, en la enseñanza de partituras musicales, de acuerdo a dos variables: curso en que se enseña y años de experiencia docente. En el estudio participaron 45 profesores de Grado Elemental y/o Medio. Los datos fueron recogidos mediante un cuestionario escrito y analizados mediante lexicometría y análisis categorial. Los resultados indicaron que la «Concepción …
Arts-related pedagogies in preschool education
El aprendizaje y la enseñanza de la interpretación musical
En los últimos años, la enseñanza de la interpretación musical en los conservatorios viene estando sometida a exigencias de cambio, tanto por las propias reformas curriculares que han tenido lugar como por el desarrollo de la propia investigación en este dominio. Sin embargo, esas demandas de cambio hacia una enseñanza basada en un modelo constructivista apenas han alcanzado la realidad de las aulas. Este artículo propone que una de las razones d…
Qué consideran los profesores de instrumento que deben enseñar en sus clases
Se investigaron las concepciones de profesores de piano acerca de la selección de contenidos, en la enseñanza de partituras musicales, de acuerdo a dos variables: curso en que se enseña y años de experiencia docente. En el estudio participaron 45 profesores de Grado Elemental y/o Medio. Los datos fueron recogidos mediante un cuestionario escrito y analizados mediante lexicometría y análisis categorial. Los resultados indicaron que la «Concepción …
El aprendizaje y la enseñanza de la interpretación musical
En los últimos años, la enseñanza de la interpretación musical en los conservatorios viene estando sometida a exigencias de cambio, tanto por las propias reformas curriculares que han tenido lugar como por el desarrollo de la propia investigación en este dominio. Sin embargo, esas demandas de cambio hacia una enseñanza basada en un modelo constructivista apenas han alcanzado la realidad de las aulas. Este artículo propone que una de las razones d…
Piano Students’ Conceptions of Musical Scores as External Representations
Musical scores are some of the most important learning tools for musicians’ acquisition of musical knowledge. However, despite their educational relevance, very little is known about how music students conceive of these cultural external representations. Given that these conceptions might act as mediators of students’ learning approaches, the importance of knowing these conceptions seems evident in order to eventually change them. The general aim…
Primary school music teachers’ professional development motivations, needs, and preferences
There is widespread agreement that one-size-fits-all professional development (PD) has limited potential to foster teacher learning and that PD should be ‘responsive’ to the demands of teachers with different profiles. The purpose of this exploratory study was to analyze the PD motivations, needs, and preferences of Singapore primary school music teachers according to their level of specialization in music education. This variable has been relati…
Arts-related pedagogies in preschool education
Gross motor teaching in preschool education
Fostering the development of gross motor (GM) skills is important in itself and beneficial for the holistic development of children. While early childhood curriculum frameworks for GM teaching have been recently articulated, there is limited research on actual pedagogical practices. This study explored GM teaching practices in Singapore Kindergarten 1 classrooms (4–5 years), focusing on where (indoors vs outdoors), what (types of GM skills) and h…
Lorenzo, O., López, R.N. y Latorre, I.S. (2016). Contexto Profesional de los Maestros de Música
El presente libro desarrolla un completo, sistemático y original análisis crítico sobre el perfil profesional del maestro de Música en Educación Primaria, abordando aspectos clave como su formación inicial, su inducción a la docencia e inserción socio-profesional, su empleabilidad, su formación continua y desarrollo profesional, o su imagen y reconocimiento social. Dicho análisis adopta una perspectiva internacional, describiendo y contrastando s…
Mala Praxis en las Enseñanzas Instrumentales
Aunque la investigación sobre praxis docente es amplia, pocos estudios se han interesado por la mala praxis, es decir, por prácticas docentes incongruentes con los principios aceptados en marcos curriculares, pedagógicos y/o didácticos. El marco teórico de mala praxis docente propuesto por Herrán y González, centrado en la influencia del egocentrismo, presenta gran potencial para explicar ciertas problemáticas que tradicionalmente se han observad…
Ideas de los profesores de instrumento de conservatorio sobre las funciones y finalidades de la evaluación
La mayor parte de la investigación sobre las ideas del profesorado acerca de la evaluación proviene de estudios realizados con profesores de educación general (p.ej. primaria, secundaria, universidad). En contraste, existen pocos trabajos realizados con profesores de enseñanzas artísticas, específicamente de interpretación musical en conservatorios. El objetivo de este estudio fue describir las ideas de profesores de instrumento acerca de las fun…
“That’s just impossible in my kindergarten.” Advocating for ‘glocal' early childhood curriculum frameworks
As a result of globalization, kindergarten curriculum frameworks in Asia have been strongly influenced by Western theories, pedagogies, and values. In this article, we argue that Singapore’s Nurturing Early Learners and Hong Kong’s Kindergarten Education Curriculum Guide present key notions that are inconsistent with cultural values that are deeply rooted in these two societies. To overcome the challenges these inconsistencies trigger for teacher…
Play in Asian preschools? Mapping a landscape of hindering factors
This article investigates the variety of factors that hinder the implementation of play (as defined by western scholars) in Asian preschools. Drawing on the theoretical frameworks of policy borrowing, enactment and glocalisation, we analyse three jurisdictions that illustrate distinctive problematics: India, Mainland China and Hong Kong. The methodology involves a bibliographic review. Each jurisdiction is presented as a narrative portrait, inclu…
STEAM education
While the acronym STEAM — Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, Mathematics — has become a buzzword in educational settings, STEAM education is still at an early stage in its development. In fact, many consider the promotion of STEAM education as being based on relatively weak empirical grounds. This special issue responds to the need for additional evidence regarding STEAM’s validity and effectiveness. In the first part of this article, the ST…
Actividades musicales en escuelas infantiles de Hong Kong
In Hong Kong, the Education Bureau (EDB) assesses the quality of services provided to children in local kindergartens. Quality Review (QR) reports of kindergartens that pass the assessment are published on EDB’s website. We conducted a content analysis of 164 QR reports to examine the alignment between the music activities alluded to and the curriculum objectives established for music in official policies. A coding scheme was developed using both…
Classroom video in early childhood teacher education
We reviewed the empirical research literature in which videos of classroom practice had been used to foster the learning of pre-service and/or in-service early childhood education (ECE) teachers. The first goal was to identify research trends and gaps to inform the work of ECE researchers. Most studies have been conducted with in-service teachers within professional development programmes and stand-alone projects. No research has investigated how…
Professional Learning Communities in Chinese Preschools
In the education field, professional learning communities (PLCs) are regarded as an effective method for fostering professional development for teachers, enhancing student learning and achievement, and promoting school reform. Quality leadership and management are understood to be essential for schools to become effective PLCs. Mainly proposed by Western scholars, existing PLC frameworks explicitly or implicitly assume that PLCs should be initiat…
Shadow education
Shadow education research has expanded rapidly worldwide in the past decades. Whilst most studies have focused on somewhat broad dimensions of shadow education (for example, its prevalence, nature and characteristics at different educational levels, or its impact on social inequalities), there are various important micro dimensions of this phenomenon that have received limited scholarly attention. In fact, the field lacks research on topics such …
What research is important today in human development, learning and education? JSED Editors’ reflections and research calls ( ¿Qué investigación es importante hoy día en desarrollo humano, aprendizaje…
‘In your opinion, what are some important research questions, problems or challenges that scholars in your field of specialization should address in the coming years? What types of studies should be conducted to move your field further? Please justify’. This prompt was posed by the incoming Editor of JSED to the new team of Deputy and Associate Editors in the journal’s three thematic areas (human development, learning and education), who were inv…
Kindergarten teachers’ knowledge of and beliefs in the influence of music and movement on children’s self-regulation
Un número creciente de estudios indica que la exposición temprana a la música y el movimiento (M&M) impacta positivamente en la autorregulación infantil. Sin embargo, se ha prestado poca atención a lo que las y los docentes de infantil saben y creen sobre la relación entre M&M y la autorregulación, y menos aún a cómo sus propias experiencias de M&M se relacionan con sus conocimientos y creencias. El presente estudio investiga dichos temas utiliza…
Hong Kong Kindergarten Teachers’ Satisfaction and Engagement in a Music-and-Movement Online Professional Development Course
Online professional development (PD) can be a sustainable and easily scalable alternative to provide early childhood teachers with training opportunities. However, there is limited research on teachers’ levels of satisfaction and engagement in online PD initiatives. Understanding teachers’ levels of satisfaction and engagement is crucial, as these may influence the effectiveness of online PD in benefiting teachers and ultimately young children. T…
Fundamental Movement Skills in Hong Kong Kindergartens
Fundamental movement skills (FMSs) are essential building blocks for children’s physical development and future participation in physical activities. While early childhood curriculum frameworks recognize the importance of teaching FMSs, little research has been conducted to explore actual teaching practices in center-based programs and their variations across different grade levels. The goals of this study were to investigate (1) the frequency of…
Quality Assessors’ Feedback and Recommendations on Music Education in Hong Kong Kindergartens
In Hong Kong, quality assessors from the Education Bureau (EDB) visit kindergartens to conduct Quality Review (QR) assessments. Their written reports, therefore, reflect the official local perspective of quality kindergarten education. We conducted a content analysis of 323 QR reports focusing on the positive and negative feedback and recommendations for improvement regarding music education. Two coding schemes were developed using an inductive a…
Learning with Online Teaching Video Cases
Extensive empirical research has emphasized the benefits of integrating Online Teaching Video Cases (OTVCs) into pre-service preschool teacher education. However, there is a research gap concerning the perceptions and needs of pre-service preschool teachers regarding OTVCs. This cross-sectional study, therefore, investigated pre-service preschool teachers’ perceptions of usefulness and need pertaining to OTVCs and examined potential differences a…
Physical activities in Hong Kong kindergartens
In Hong Kong, the Education Bureau (EDB) is responsible for the quality assurance of kindergarten education services. EDB inspectors regularly conduct school visits to monitor kindergartens’ performance and publish a Quality Review (QR) report for each kindergarten. Given the limited research on pedagogical practices pertaining to physical activities in Hong Kong kindergartens, the current study analyzes the content concerning this learning area …
Preschool teachers’ music-specific professional development preferences
The purpose of this study was to investigate Hong Kong preschool teachers’ music-specific professional development (PD) preferences and analyze the potential differences among teachers with varying levels of teaching experience (beginning, experienced, and advanced). A survey was developed to assess four music-specific PD preferences: content, facilitators, types, and activities/resources. We found that respondents ( N = 1,019) preferred PD that …
Learning Satisfaction with Online Teaching Video Cases Among Pre-Service Preschool Teachers in China
Research Findings: Online Teaching Video Cases (OTVCs) are an increasingly utilized digital learning resource for training pre-service preschool teachers (PPTs). This study employed an integrated framework integrating the Technology Acceptance Model (TAM) and the Expectation Confirmation Model (ECM) to examine the factors that influence PPTs’ perceived learning performance and satisfaction, as well as the interactive relationships among these fac…
Psychology (29 works) · Pedagogy (21 works) · Diverse Music Education Insights (17 works) · Mathematics education (17 works) · Early Childhood Education and Development (14 works) · Computer Science (12 works) · Sociology (12 works) · Medicine (9 works) · Music education (8 works) · Political science (8 works)