Doris Pui-Wah Cheng
Biographic Data
| ID | 9979897 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Doris Pui-Wah Cheng |
| GIVEN NAMES | Doris Pui-Wah |
| FAMILY NAME | Cheng |
| SIGNATURE | CHENG D P |
| AFFILIATIONS | Tung Wah College |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-4543-5473 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 10 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 4 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2001 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
The Benefits of Free Play for Children’s Attention
Research indicates that attention impacts executive function skills, which playful activities can enhance. While free play is valued in early childhood education, realising it is difficult. Using mixed methods, we examine the benefits of free play for children’s attention and explore the means to realise it as true play. This study involved 16 children aged 21–34 months. Quantitative data were collected by measuring children’s attention levels du…
Conceptions of play by children in five countries
Drawing on a mixed-methods cross-cultural study undertaken in five locations in Argentina, Denmark, Hong Kong, England and the United States in 2018, this paper explores how children (aged five and seven) conceive of playfulness. Following a card-sorting task, 387 children selected familiar activities that they felt were most representative of play and not-play and explained their reasons. The children’s justifications were fully transcribed, and…
The Relation between Early Childhood Teachers’ Conceptualization of “Play” and Their Practice
Difficulties of Hong Kong teachers’ understanding and implementation of ‘play’ in the curriculum
Difficulties of Hong Kong teachers’ understanding and implementation of ‘play’ in the curriculum
The Relation between Early Childhood Teachers’ Conceptualization of “Play” and Their Practice
Conceptions of play by children in five countries
Drawing on a mixed-methods cross-cultural study undertaken in five locations in Argentina, Denmark, Hong Kong, England and the United States in 2018, this paper explores how children (aged five and seven) conceive of playfulness. Following a card-sorting task, 387 children selected familiar activities that they felt were most representative of play and not-play and explained their reasons. The children’s justifications were fully transcribed, and…
The Benefits of Free Play for Children’s Attention
Research indicates that attention impacts executive function skills, which playful activities can enhance. While free play is valued in early childhood education, realising it is difficult. Using mixed methods, we examine the benefits of free play for children’s attention and explore the means to realise it as true play. This study involved 16 children aged 21–34 months. Quantitative data were collected by measuring children’s attention levels du…
Child Development and Digital Technology (4 works) · Early Childhood Education and Development (4 works) · Early childhood education (3 works) · Psychology (3 works) · Developmental psychology (2 works) · Early childhood (2 works) · Pedagogy (2 works) · Sociology (2 works) · Art (1 work) · Bridging (networking (1 work)