Welcome and priorities from the Head
DEPARTMENTDepartment of Early Childhood Education
Meet the Department
Faculty of Education and Human Development
Department of Early Childhood Education
Preparing teachers and leaders for the early years — in classrooms, with families and across communities.
Study with the Department
Inside the Department
Programmes & Curriculum
Degrees and short courses for early years teachers and leaders
Find your area of practice
Area of practice
Early Literacy
Early Literacy
How young children meet print, stories and their first languages.
Area of practice
Play and Learning
Play and Learning
Play-based curriculum, and what children learn while they play.
Area of practice
Families and Communities
Families and Communities
Working with parents, carers and neighbourhoods around each child.
Area of practice
Leadership in the Early Years
Leadership in the Early Years
Preparing principals and teacher leaders for kindergartens and centres.
Message from the Head
The early years shape everything that follows. The Department prepares teachers, leaders and researchers who work with young children, their families and their communities, and keeps its teaching close to real kindergartens and centres.
“Every child deserves a first classroom led by someone trained, curious and supported.”
Head of DepartmentDepartment of Early Childhood Education
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The Department in numbers
4areas of practice, each with its own teaching and research
4levels of study, from undergraduate degrees to professional development
5departments in the Faculty, together on the Tai Po campus
3languages on this website: English, Traditional Chinese and Simplified Chinese
Study with the Department
Sub-degree to doctoral study, full-time and part-time. Each level prepares you for a specific role with young children and their families.
Taught postgraduate
Master's programmes for teachers, principals and child and family professionals
Professional development
Short courses and school-based support for serving teachers
From the Department
What's on this term
Open Day — Department of Early Childhood Education
Tai Po campus · drop-in
Seminar — Play and Language in the Early Years
Tai Po campus
Public Lecture — Starting School Well
Tai Po campus
Symposium — Early Childhood Research in Hong Kong
Tai Po campus · registration opens in January
Meet our people
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See the early years at work
Working with families in the first school year
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Who we work with
Policy and curriculum
Child care services
Placement and research partners
Family engagement projects
