Jessie Ming Sin Wong
Biographic Data
| ID | 6329777 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Jessie Ming Sin Wong |
| GIVEN NAMES | Jessie Ming Sin |
| FAMILY NAME | Wong |
| SIGNATURE | WONG J M S |
| AFFILIATIONS | Metropolitan University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-1078-6073 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 10 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 11 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 10 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2009 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
From Principles to Practice
Designing Trustworthy AI for the Youngest Learners
Artificial intelligence (AI) is beginning to enter preschool and early primary classrooms, offering the potential for personalised learning, inclusive support, and reduced teacher workload. However, this nascent uptake raises acute questions regarding privacy, bias, and children’s developmental well-being. This conceptual article synthesises five foundational educational theories to evaluate AI’s potential affordances and risks for learners aged …
From tiger cubs to authoritative moms
Worlds Apart on Common Ground
Amid a policy mandate to foster national identity in Hong Kong’s early childhood education sector, this study explores the complex intersection of pedagogy, home–school collaboration, and technology integration. Navigating this value-laden topic depends fundamentally on a strong partnership between parents and educators, yet the rapid push for artificial intelligence (AI) creates additional pressures. This qualitative study investigates the share…
Cultivating Inclusive Classrooms
This article explores how Hong Kong kindergartens promote inclusive early childhood education for non‐Chinese‐speaking children within the dynamic context of China’s Greater Bay Area (GBA). It builds upon the findings of a foundational survey of 161 kindergartens from the same research project, which revealed that while new government subsidies encouraged greater inclusion, significant challenges persisted. Specifically, our survey identified sys…
A struggle of identification
In the face of the rising tension between Hong Kong and mainland China, Hong Kong’s Chief Executive Carrie Lam blamed the city’s education system for its inability to develop a sense of ‘I am Chinese’ national identity and vowed to step up ‘national education’ from preschool. This article explores how 188 young preschool teachers perceived their national identity and viewed the applicability of national education in Hong Kong preschools. Data wer…
Pursuing quality in early childhood education with a government-regulated voucher
This paper critically examines parents’ and service providers’ reception of the Pre-primary Education Voucher Scheme (PEVS), which was designed to enhance the quality of early childhood education in Hong Kong. The PEVS was a universal voucher policy that was designed to harness market forces and increase direct governmental control of quality in a private education market wherein pre-academic training and competition are emphasized. This paper pr…
The development of interrogative forms and functions in early childhood Cantonese
This study investigated question acquisition in Cantonese-speaking young children with a focus on the development of interrogative forms and functions. Data from a child Cantonese corpus (492 children aged 36, 48 and 60 months) were analysed. The main results were that: (1) all the interrogative forms and functions were produced by the three age groups and no age difference was found; (2) significant gender differences in favour of females were f…
Early Childhood Curriculum Reform in China
Two waves of reform have been conducted in China since the 1980s to transform its early childhood curriculum into a Western-style, progressive model. Western curricula and programs such as the Montessori method, the project approach, the Reggio Emilia method, and the high/scope method have been imported and adopted all over the country. But the top-down reforms and these "imported" ideas have been challenged by scholars and practitioners. Aiming …
Affordability, accessibility, and accountability
Affordability, accessibility, and accountability
A struggle of identification
In the face of the rising tension between Hong Kong and mainland China, Hong Kong’s Chief Executive Carrie Lam blamed the city’s education system for its inability to develop a sense of ‘I am Chinese’ national identity and vowed to step up ‘national education’ from preschool. This article explores how 188 young preschool teachers perceived their national identity and viewed the applicability of national education in Hong Kong preschools. Data wer…
Affordability, accessibility, and accountability
Early Childhood Curriculum Reform in China
Two waves of reform have been conducted in China since the 1980s to transform its early childhood curriculum into a Western-style, progressive model. Western curricula and programs such as the Montessori method, the project approach, the Reggio Emilia method, and the high/scope method have been imported and adopted all over the country. But the top-down reforms and these "imported" ideas have been challenged by scholars and practitioners. Aiming …
The development of interrogative forms and functions in early childhood Cantonese
This study investigated question acquisition in Cantonese-speaking young children with a focus on the development of interrogative forms and functions. Data from a child Cantonese corpus (492 children aged 36, 48 and 60 months) were analysed. The main results were that: (1) all the interrogative forms and functions were produced by the three age groups and no age difference was found; (2) significant gender differences in favour of females were f…
A struggle of identification
In the face of the rising tension between Hong Kong and mainland China, Hong Kong’s Chief Executive Carrie Lam blamed the city’s education system for its inability to develop a sense of ‘I am Chinese’ national identity and vowed to step up ‘national education’ from preschool. This article explores how 188 young preschool teachers perceived their national identity and viewed the applicability of national education in Hong Kong preschools. Data wer…
Pursuing quality in early childhood education with a government-regulated voucher
This paper critically examines parents’ and service providers’ reception of the Pre-primary Education Voucher Scheme (PEVS), which was designed to enhance the quality of early childhood education in Hong Kong. The PEVS was a universal voucher policy that was designed to harness market forces and increase direct governmental control of quality in a private education market wherein pre-academic training and competition are emphasized. This paper pr…
Worlds Apart on Common Ground
Amid a policy mandate to foster national identity in Hong Kong’s early childhood education sector, this study explores the complex intersection of pedagogy, home–school collaboration, and technology integration. Navigating this value-laden topic depends fundamentally on a strong partnership between parents and educators, yet the rapid push for artificial intelligence (AI) creates additional pressures. This qualitative study investigates the share…
Cultivating Inclusive Classrooms
This article explores how Hong Kong kindergartens promote inclusive early childhood education for non‐Chinese‐speaking children within the dynamic context of China’s Greater Bay Area (GBA). It builds upon the findings of a foundational survey of 161 kindergartens from the same research project, which revealed that while new government subsidies encouraged greater inclusion, significant challenges persisted. Specifically, our survey identified sys…
From Principles to Practice
Designing Trustworthy AI for the Youngest Learners
Artificial intelligence (AI) is beginning to enter preschool and early primary classrooms, offering the potential for personalised learning, inclusive support, and reduced teacher workload. However, this nascent uptake raises acute questions regarding privacy, bias, and children’s developmental well-being. This conceptual article synthesises five foundational educational theories to evaluate AI’s potential affordances and risks for learners aged …
From tiger cubs to authoritative moms
Parental Involvement in Education (5 works) · Early Childhood Education and Development (4 works) · Political science (4 works) · Psychology (4 works) · China (3 works) · Context (archaeology (3 works) · Early childhood education (3 works) · Pedagogy (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · Accountability (2 works)