Name FUNG Wing Yee, Melody
Present Post Lecturer
School of Humanities and Languages 
Caritas Institute of Higher Education 
Office Address Room 911
Telephone (852) 3702 4317
Email wyfung@cihe.edu.hk

Biography

Ms FUNG obtained a Bachelor's degree and a Master's degree from the Hong Kong Institute of Education, majoring in early childhood education. She worked as a kindergarten teacher and as a lecturer and programme coordinator of early childhood education at various tertiary institutions.

Ms FUNG specialises in early literacy, child development, design curriculum for young learners, child assessment, children play, story approach for language learning. She also conducts research on and promotes quality early childhood education.

Education

Master of Education (Early Childhood Education), Bachelor of Education (Hons) (Early Childhood Education) and Certificate in Early Childhood Education (Hong Kong Institute of Education); Certificate course for Kindergarten Principals (Hong Kong Baptist University)

Professional Qualifications/Memberships

- Registered Child Care Centre Supervisor
- Qualified Kindergarten Teacher
- Registered Child Care Worker
- Member of Pacific Early Childhood Education Research Association [PECERA(HK)]

Community Participation and Achievement/Public Service

- External Advisor of Certificate in Early Childhood Playgroup Tutor by Universal College of Higher Education (UCHE)
- Member of expert panel in the Competitive Research Funding Schemes for the Local Self-financing Degree Sector 2015/16 (Project title: Teacher knowledge of early childhood teachers in Hong Kong, with a focus on mathematics in early childhood education)

Teaching

- Early language development and early literacy
- Emotion and moral education
- Child development
- Child assessment and observation
- Transition in early years

Research

- Teacher professionalism
- Child assessment
- Children play

Publication/Teaching Material 

- "Teaching package on a research project for kindergarteners" of Center for Child Development of Hong Kong Baptist University
- Regular contributor to the school magazine of School Channel
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