Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology, 29(2),\u00a0<\/em>144-165. [SSCI; 2013 IF=1.411; 5-YEAR IF=2.00]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
\nConference Presentations<\/strong><\/p>\n\n- Ng, M. H.,\u00a0Mak<\/strong>, M. C. K., Leong, K. I. Q., Cheng, P. W., Ho, G. W. S., Chan, A. O. K., & Tse, T. P. M. (2021, December).\u00a0Monitor or On-site? Macau kindergartener parents\u2019 learning experience in face-to-face and online parent education seminars.<\/em>\u00a0Paper presented in an oral session at The International Conference on Learning and Teaching 2021 (ICLT 2021), Hong Kong (held online).<\/li>\n
- Mak<\/strong>, M. C. K., Leong, K. I. Q., Ho, G. W. S., Cheng, P. W., Chan, A. O. K., Ng, M. H., & Tse, T. P. M. (2021, July).\u00a0Does school closure during the COVID-19 pandemic have an effect on Macau kindergarteners\u2019 literacy development in Chinese?<\/em>\u00a0Poster to be presented in a poster session at The 28th Annual Conference for the Society for the Scientific Study of Reading (SSSR 2021), USA (held online).<\/li>\n
- Mak<\/strong>, M. C. K., Cheng, P. W., Ho, G. W. S., Chan, A. O. K., Leong, K. I. Q., Ng, M. H., & Tse, T. P. M. (2021, March).\u00a0To Zoom or not to Zoom: Macau kindergartener parents\u2019 perception of the effectiveness of parent education program for early literacy development using face-to-face and online methods<\/em>. Paper presented in an oral session at The 5th Annual Conference for the Association for Reading and Writing in Asia (ARWA 2021), Taipei, Taiwan (held online).<\/li>\n
- Mak<\/strong>, M. C. K., & Cui, T. X. (2019, July).\u00a0A study on the relationship among maternal parenting styles, gender role orientation, and subjective well-being (\u63a2\u8a0e\u6bcd\u89aa\u6559\u990a\u65b9\u5f0f\u6027\u5225\u89d2\u8272\u5b9a\u4f4d\u548c\u4e3b\u89c0\u5e78\u798f\u611f\u4e4b\u9593\u7684\u95dc\u4fc2)<\/em>. Paper presented in a paper session at The 6th Cross-Strait, Hong Kong and Macau Conference on Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health 2019 (2019 \u5e74\u300e\u7b2c\u516d\u5c46\u6d77\u5cfd\u5169\u5cb8\u66a8\u6e2f\u6fb3\u5730\u5340\u9752\u5c11\u5e74\u6027\u8207\u751f\u6b96\u5065\u5eb7\u8ad6\u58c7\u300f), Taiwan.<\/li>\n
- Li, M. H., &\u00a0Mak<\/strong>, M. C. K. (2015, June).\u00a0An exploratory study of the association between parent-adolescent relationship and family sex communication in Chinese context<\/em>. Paper presented in a paper session at The 4th Cross-Strait, Hong Kong and Macau Conference on Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health 2015 (2015 \u5e74\u300e\u7b2c\u56db\u5c46\u6d77\u5cfd\u5169\u5cb8\u66a8\u6e2f\u6fb3\u5730\u5340\u9752\u5c11\u5e74\u6027\u8207\u751f\u6b96\u5065\u5eb7\u8ad6\u58c7\u300f), Macau.<\/li>\n
- Mak<\/strong>, M. C. K., Han, Y. M. Y., You, J. N., Jin, M. X., & Bond, M. H. (2008, July).\u00a0Early attachment and life satisfaction across two cultures<\/em>. Paper presented in a paper session at The 19th International Congress of the International Association for Cross-Cultural Psychology, Bremen, Germany.<\/li>\n
- Mak<\/strong>, M. C. K., Bond, M. H., Simpson, J., & Rholes, S. (2008, June).\u00a0Adult attachment, perceived support, and depressive symptoms in two cultures<\/em>. Paper presented in a symposium at The 6th Chinese Psychologist Conference, Hong Kong.<\/li>\n
- Mak<\/strong>, M. C. K., Bond, M. H., Friedman, M., Rholes, S., Simpson, J., & Chan, C. (2007, July).\u00a0The association between attachment styles to parent and lover, and its effect on current relationships<\/em>. Paper presented in a symposium at The 7th Biennial Conference of Asian Association of Social Psychology, Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
\nCurrent major research project\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n2021-2022. GEG Chinese Literacy Education And Research Project (\u300c\u8a9e\u6587\u7ae5\u6a02\u300d\ufe55\u9280\u5a1b\u8b80\u5beb\u652f\u63f4\u53ca\u7814\u7a76\u8a08\u5283\u300d). Role: Co-Principal Investigator<\/p>\n
Summary:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\nThe Domingos Lam Centre for Research in Education and the GEG Foundation work together to promote the GEG Chinese Literacy Education and Research Project (The GEG CLEAR Project). An initiative led by Professor Cheng Pui-wan, the long-term goal of the project is to build a research and evidence based literacy education model, to provide professional development for teachers, to develop small-group learning support programs for students, and to organize seminars on language and literacy acquisition for parents.<\/p>\n
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- Develop program-based assessment tools (including screening test, pre-post measures on key indicators of preschool literacy skills, and progress monitoring measures) to identify students with needs for literacy support and review the effectiveness of the support groups in order to assist schools to establish a regular literacy support policy and system.<\/li>\r\n \t
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- Launch a support-group program teaching kit for teachers\u2019 use, including a teacher\u2019s manual, a series of supplementary teaching materials (e.g., vocabulary cards, character cards, picture cards, character structure card, nursery rhymes, etc.), recommended lesson plans and teaching strategies, and online resources.<\/li>\r\n \t
- Produce a series of basal readers with vocabularies and syntactic features suitable for young readers in Macau and Hong Kong with suggestions for the series to be used in the regular classroom, small-group settings or for parent-child share reading, thereby creating an environment conducive to reading, enhance language skills, and cultivate reading interest and habit in young children.<\/li>\r\n \t
- Publish a guidebook for children\u2019s picture books to assist parents in their selection of high-quality picture books and offer guidance to parents in parent-child shared reading strategies.<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n \r\n\r\nB. <\/strong>Education and Training<\/strong>\r\n
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- Offer a series of parent seminars with topics on Language Enhancement, Reading Enrichment, and Literacy Acquisition.<\/li>\r\n \t
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