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Projects
Consortium for Research on Early Childhood Development and Education (CORE)
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Consultancy Study on the Effectiveness of the Provision of Quality Kindergarten Education in Hong Kong under the Kindergarten Education Policy
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Funding Source
Education Bureau, The Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region
Project Period
2017–2021
Team Members
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Prof RAO, Nirmala
Principal Investigator
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Dr LAU, Carrie
Co-Principal Investigator
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Prof BACON-SHONE, John
Social Sciences Research Centre, HKU
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Prof IP, Patrick
Department of Paediatrics & Adolescent Medicine, School of Clinical Medicine, HKU
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Dr CHAN, Stephanie
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Dr RICHARDS, Ben
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Dr LEE, Diana
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Ms NG, Rita
Objectives
The study considers whether the quality of KG education has changed as a result of the implementation of the KG policy, and has 3 main objectives:
- to examine the effectiveness of the provision of quality KG education in Hong Kong under the KG policy;
- to identify good practices and areas for improvement for KGs; and
- to investigate school factors that are conducive to the development of quality KG education.
Project Information
The Hong Kong Education Bureau implemented the new kindergarten education policy starting from the 2017/18 school year with the aim to enhancing kindergarten education in Hong Kong and providing good quality and highly affordable education for kindergarten children.
A multi-method, multi-informant design was employed:
- We administered principal and teacher questionnaires in three phases: Wave 1: Jun 2018 to Sep 2018, Wave 2: Jun 2019 to Sep 2019, and Wave 3: Jun 2020 to Oct 2020 with 121 kindergartens
- A sample of 25 KGs was drawn for intensive study.
- To understand the general situation before the implementation of the KG policy, 15 K3 classes in these 25 KGs were observed in the Pre-policy phase. From Wave 1 to Wave 3, classroom observations were conducted in two class levels in 25 KGs during each Wave (Wave 1: 25 K1 and 25 K2 classes, Wave 2: 25 K1 and 25 K3 classes, Wave 3: 25 K2 and 19 K3 classes).
In the Prepolicy phase, principals from each of the 25 KGs completed a questionnaire and were interviewed. In each wave (from Wave 1 to Wave 3), individual interviews were conducted with the principals of these 25 KGs; 1 teacher from each class observed (50 interviews from 50 classes) and 1 parent from each class observed (50 interviews from 50 classes). Parents of children from classes that were observed completed questionnaires (Wave 1: 879 parents, Wave 2: 798 parents, Wave 3: 431 parents).
Publications and News
Technical report
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- Rao, N., Lau, C., Chan, S., Richards, B., Lee, D., Bacon-Shone, J. & Ip, P. (2022). Consultancy study on the effectiveness of the provision of quality kindergarten education in Hong Kong under the kindergarten education policy. https://www.edb.gov.hk/attachment/en/edu-system/preprimary-kindergarten/free-quality-kg-edu/Consultancy%20Study/Consultancy%20Study_Technical%20Report.pdf
Executive summary
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