Name & Title
Yau Yu Chan, Assistant Professor
Contact
E-mail Address: yychan@cityu.edu.mo
Academic Qualification
PhD, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
BEd, The Education University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Teaching
MTL004 Learning theories
Research Interest
AI in education, early childhood education and development, educational equity
Research & Publication (*Corresponding Author）
*Sun, Z., & Chan, Y. Y. (2026). Exploring the relationship between executive function and L2 Chinese reading comprehension in Hong Kong learners. Chinese Journal of Applied Linguistics. (accepted).
*Sun, Z., & Chan, Y. Y. (2026). The student research experience questionnaire in Japan: Validation and structural relations among experience dimensions, skill development, and satisfaction. Higher Education Evaluation and Development. (accepted)
Chan, Y. Y., & *Ho, K. M. K. (2026). Designing genAI-mediated mathematics storybooks: Process patterns and tool affordance uptake among pre-service early childhood teachers. Education Sciences, 16(7), 1163.
*Sun, Z., & Chan, Y. Y. (2026). The role of AI literacy in Chinese L2 reading comprehension: Evidence from adolescent learners in Hong Kong. International Journal of Adolescence and Youth, 31(1), 1-14.
*Sun, Z. L., & Chan, Y. Y. (2025). Language-based social preferences of language minority children in Hong Kong. First Language, 01427237251380745.
Sun, Z. L., & *Chan, Y. Y. (2025). AI literacy development in middle school: Profiles and demographic predictors from an ABCE perspective. Computers and Education: Artificial Intelligence, 100480.
*Chan, Y. Y., & Rao, N. (2025). Reducing racial bias and encouraging cross-ethnic socializing with South Asian peers: A classroom intervention for Chinese preschoolers. Asia-Pacific Journal of Research in Early Childhood Education, 19(3), 167-189.
*Chan, Y. Y., & Rao, N. (2025). Home and school factors contributing to poor educational outcomes of South Asian minority students in Hong Kong: A systematic review. Education Journal, 53(1), 25-50.
Chan, Y. Y., & *Sun, Z. L. (2025). Enhancing assertiveness of South Asian children in Hong Kong: An online intervention. Cogent Education, 12(1), 2504221.
Chan, Y. Y., & *Tang, H. H. H. (2025). Student voices about educational inequalities and justice: Problematizing a neoliberal education system. Education and Urban Society, 00131245251314135.
*Chan, Y. Y., & Rao, N. (2024). Increasing reading motivation and vocabulary of South Asian children in Hong Kong: A home-based intervention. Early Education and Development, 1-18.
*Chan, Y. Y., & Rao, N. (2023). Home and preschool influences on early child development of Chinese and South Asian children in Hong Kong. Early Childhood Education Journal, 1-16.
*Chan, Y. Y., & Rao, N. (2023). Home and preschool influences on early literacy and numeracy development in England, Estonia, and the United States. European Early Childhood Education Research Journal, 1-17.
Cheung, S. K., *Kwan, J. L. Y., Li, Z. Y., Chan, Y. Y., & Kwan, K. T. (2023). Parents’ epistemological beliefs to children’s early numeracy abilities: Pathways through parents’ home practices and children’s numeracy interest. Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 65, 13-22.
*Chan, Y. Y., & Li, J. B. (2020). An early look at parental expectation towards early childhood education among Pakistani parents in Hong Kong: The role of culture and acculturation. Children and Youth Services Review, 119, 105652.
Conference Presentations
Sun, Z. L., & Chan, Y. Y. (2025, May). The relationship between inhibitory control and Japanese Kanji writing. Paper presented at the 16th Asian Conference on Arts & Humanities (ACAH2025) at Tokyo, Japan.
Chan, Y. Y., & Tang, H. H. H. (2025, May). Gender perspectives on future imaginaries of the academic profession among arts and humanities scholars: Exploring similarities and differences. Paper presented at the 16th Asian Conference on Arts & Humanities (ACAH2025) at Tokyo, Japan.
Tang, H. H. H., & Chan, Y. Y. (2025, May). Dancing with academic entrepreneurialism: The art of living among humanities and social sciences scholars. Paper presented at the 16th Asian Conference on Arts & Humanities (ACAH2025) at Tokyo, Japan.
Chan, S. W. Y., Lau, C., Rao, N., Li, Z., Chan, Y. Y., & Liu, J. (2025, May). Socioeconomic disparities in development across preschool years: Evidence from child assessments, parent and teacher surveys. Poster presented at the Society for Research in Child Development 2025 Conference at Minneapolis, the United States.
Sun, Z. L.. & Chan, Y. Y. (2025, May). Language based social preferences of Japanese children in Hong Kong. Poster presented at the Society for Research in Child Development 2025 Conference at Minneapolis, the United States.
Chan, Y. Y., & Rao, N. (2025, May). Promoting the inclusion of South Asian children in Hong Kong mainstream classrooms: An intervention study. Poster presented at the Society for Research in Child Development 2025 Conference at Minneapolis, the United States.
Chan, Y. Y., & Rao, N. (2024, June). Increasing reading motivation and vocabulary of South Asian children in Hong Kong: A home-based intervention. Poster presented at the 27th Biennial Meeting of the International Society for the Study of Behavioural Development (ISSBD) 2024 at Lisbon, Portugal.
Sun, Z., & Chan, Y. Y. (2024, June). Language-based social preference of South Asian Children in Hong Kong. Poster presented at the 27th Biennial Meeting of the International Society for the Study of Behavioural Development (ISSBD) 2024 at Lisbon, Portugal.
Tang, H. H. H., Lam, B. O. Y., & Chan, Y. Y. (2023, December). Making sense of educational inequalities and “justice” by youth in a competitive system: Some empirical analysis from Hong Kong. Featured symposium paper presented at the The Hong Kong Educational Research Association (HKERA)- The Asia Pacific Educational Research Association (APERA) 2023 at the Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong.
Chan, Y. Y., & Li, J. (2023, July). Perceived social hardship, institutional performance, and institutional trust among Hong Kong youth. Paper presented at the 15th Biennial Conference of the Asian Association of Social Psychology (AASP 2023) at the Education University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong.
Chan, Y. Y., & Li, J. (2023, March). Parental expectations of early childhood education in Hong Kong: Differences between Chinese and Pakistani parents. Symposium paper presented at the Society for Research in Child Development 2023 Conference at Salt Lake City, the United States.
Chan, Y. Y., Chan, S. W. Y., Perlman, M., & Rao, N. (2022, June). Home and preschool influences on early literacy and numeracy development in England, Estonia, and the United States. Poster presented at the Development 2022 Conference at Calgary, Canada.
Lam, B. O. Y., Chan, Y. Y., & Tang, H. H. H. (2021, April). Making sense of educational inequalities and “justice” by youth in a competitive system: Some empirical analysis from Hong Kong. Paper presented at The 65th Annual Conference of Comparative & International Education Society (vCIES 2021).
Cheung, S. K., Li, Z. Y., Chan, W. W. L., Chan, Y. Y., & Myat Kyaw, H. M. (2020, October). Parents’ interactive behaviors during joint play with children: What matters for children’s early mathematics ability? Poster presented at the Home Math Environment Virtual Conference.
Chan, Y. Y., & Chan, N. C. (2019, May). A Journey to professionalism: How my teaching philosophies have developed through reflective practices using eportfolio. Poster presented at 2019 Conference for Research in Early Childhood Education at the Education University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong.