2026-02-03T11:43:53+08:00

Affiliation

Faculty of Education
University of Macau

Accepting applications from PhD/EdD students

Email

jinsun@um.edu.mo

Tel

(853) 8822 4105

Fax

(853) 8822 2402

Office

Room 2025, Faculty of Education,

University of Macau, E33,

Av. da Universidade, Taipa, Macau, China

Jin SUN 孫瑾

Associate Professor
Programme Coordinator of Bachelor of Education Programme (Pre-Primary)
Faculty of Education, University of Macau

ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS

  • The University of Hong Kong, Doctor in Early Child Development and Education
  • Beijing Normal University, Master in Early Childhood Education,
  • Beijing Normal University, Bachelor in Early Childhood Education

RESEARCH AREA

  • Early mathematics learning and education
  • Early development of self-regulation and executive function
  • Chinese socialization
  • Socioeconomic gradients in early development

PUBLICATIONS

  1. Liu, J. Sun, D., Sun, J., Wang, L.H.Y. (2025). Designing a generative AI enabled learning environment for mathematics word problem solving in primary schools: Learning performance, attitudes and interaction. Computers and Education: Artificial Intelligence, 100438. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.caeai.2025.100438
  2. Zheng, P., Zhang, R., Lau, E., Sun, J., Li, J. B. (2025). Does grandparental care play a role in Chinese children’s self-control? Evidence from meta-analyses. Journal of Family Psychology. https://dx.doi.org/10.1037/fam0001334 (IF in 2023: 2.3; Q2)
  3. Liang, J., Sun, J.*, Xu, X. H., Lee, K., & Siu, T. S. (2025). Early development of visual perspective-taking: Its association with stimuli feature, child age, and family socio-economic status. Early Childhood Education Journal. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10643-025-01866-2 (IF in 2023: 2.3; Q1)
  4. Jiang, J., Zhang, Li, & Sun, J. (2025). The comparative impact of digital and print storybook reading on preschool children’s comprehension and vocabulary learning: A two-decade meta-analysis. International Journal of Early Childhood. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13158-024-00410-4 (IF in 2023: 1.3; Q1)
  5. Sun, J.*, Xu, X., Lee, K., Chow, S. S., Wang, Y., & Zhang, L. (2025). Parenting styles and children’s hot and cool self-regulation: The moderating role of parenting stress. Early Childhood Education Journal, 53, 195–207. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10643-023-01579-4 (IF: 2.7)
  6. Sun, J.*, Wang, Y. S., Li, J. J., Cheung, S. K., Zhou, Y. L., & Zhang, L. (2025). The need to go beyond “basic knowledge and basic skills”: Development and validation of the Early Mathematical Content Inventory for preschool teachers. International Journal of Early Childhood. https://doi.org/ 10.1007/s13158-024-00413-1 (IF in 2023: 1.3; Q1)
  7. Li, J. B., Xu, Y., Sun, J., Qiu, S., Zhang, R., & Yang, A. (2025). A multilevel latent profile analysis to job demands, job resources, and personal resources in early childhood educators: Implications for multidimensional well-being. Journal of School Psychology, 109, 101405. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jsp.2024.101405 (IF in 2023:3.8; Q1)
  8. Rao, N., Yang, Y., Gong, J., Su, Y., Perlman, M., Sun, J., Zhang, L., & Zhou, J. (2025). Regional disparities in family environments, preschool quality and early school attainment in China. International Journal of Early Childhood. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13158-025-00418-4 (IF in 2023: 1.3; Q1)
  9. Lee, K., Gao, X., Zhang, D., Fong, Y., Ng, C. W., Bautista, A., Sun, J., …, & Yum, Y. N. (2025). The impact of COVID-related school disruption on kindergarten children’s development. Early Child Development and Care. https://doi.org/10.1080/03004430.2025.2459918 (IF in 2023: 1.0; Q3)
  10. Cumming, T., McFarland, L., Saha, M., Bull, R., Wong, S., Ng, E.L., Sun, J., O’Hara-Gregan, J., Gould, K., & Richardson, B. (2024). Developing the WECARE cross-national research alliance for investigating early childhood educators’ wellbeing. Qualitative Research Journal. https://doi.org/10.1108/QRJ-07-2024-0148 (IF in 2023: 0.8; Q2)
  11. Xu, Y., Wang, I. Y., Chen, J. J., Sun, J., & Li, J. B. (2024). The associations between early childhood educators’ social-emotional competence and a wide range of outcomes: A three-level meta-analysis. Learning and Individual Differences, 114. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lindif.2024.102521 (IF in 2023: 3.8; Q1)
  12. Zhai, J., Chen, Y., Tian, P., Sun, D., & Sun, J. (2024). Revealing the linkage between parental perspectives on outdoor activities and the health-related quality of life in young children. Early Childhood Development and Care, 194, 1058-1077. https://doi.org/10.1080/03004430.2024.2395386 (IF in 2023: 1.0; Q3)
  13. Tao, S., Lau, Y. H., Li, J. B., & Sun, J. (2024). Short-term transactional relation between parenting behavior and preschoolers’ aggression: Disentangling the between-person and within-person effects. Journal of Family Violence. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10896-024-00702-2 (IF in 2023: 2.7; Q1)
  14. Sun, J.*, Zhang, Y., Guo, Q., Liang, M., Li, Z., & Zhang, L. (2024). Latent classes of early childhood development and their predictors in Low- and middle-income countries: Results from multiple indicator cluster surveys 2010 – 2020. Early Childhood Research Quarterly. 68, 65-75. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecresq.2024.04.006 (IF in 2023: 3.7; Q1)
  15. Ren, L.X., Chen, M. D., Hu, B. Y., & Sun, J. (2024). Parenting beliefs and practices as precursors to academic outcomes in Chinese children. Family Process. https://doi.org/10.1111/famp.13006 (IF in 2023: 2.6; Q1)
  16. Yang, Y., Nirmala, R., & Sun, J. (2024). From Pre-Service Preparation to Professional Development: Early Childhood Teachers’ Learning Experiences, ECE Quality, and Child Development in China. Early Education and Development, 1-23. https://doi.org/10.1080/10409289.2024.2336659 (IF in 2023: 2.1; Q1)
  17. Li, J. B., Deng, J., Xu, Y., Sun, J., Chen, J., Datu, J., Zhang, R., & Qiu, S. Q. (2024). Which well-being elements are fundamental for early childhood educators in the Chinese context? A network analysis. Applied Research in Quality of Life, 19, 103-134. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11482-023-10233-5 (IF in 2023: 2.8; Q1)
  18. Gao, X., Li, E., Bautista, A., Lee, K., & Sun, J. (2024). Scoping review of kindergarten research involving the Classroom Assessment Scoring System (CLASS) in Mainland China, Asia Pacific Education Review, 1-16. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12564-024-09934-9 (IF: 2.3)
  19. Jiang, W., Zhan, Y., Sun, D., Sun, J., & Tian, P. (2023). Exploring the effects of SPOC-based blended learning on students’ learning performance at higher vocational education. Interactive Learning Environment. https://doi.org/10.1080/10494820.2023.2294774 (IF: 5.4)
  20. Li, J. B., Deng J., Xu, Y., Sun, J., Chen, J., Data, J., Zhang, R., & Qiu, S. (2023). Which well-being elements are fundamental for early childhood educators in the Chinese context? A network analysis, Applied Research in Quality of Life, 19(1), 103-134. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11482-023-10233-5 (IF: 3.4)
  21. Wu, M., Sun, D., Yang, Y., Li, M. & Sun, J. (2023). Investigating students’ performance at self-regulated learning and its effects on learning outcomes in chemistry class at the senior secondary school. International Journal of Science Education, 45, 1395–1418. https://doi.org/10.1080/09500693.2023.2209693 (IF: 2.3)

HONORS / AWARDS

  1. Excellence in Publication Award (2017-2018), Department of Early Childhood Education, The Education University of Hong Kong
  2. Faculty Quality Publication Award (2016-2017), Faculty of Education and Human Development, The Education University of Hong Kong
  3. Additional Insights International Research Fellowship (2015-2016), New York University
  4. Best of UNICEF Research 2015: The Development and Validation of the East Asia-Pacific Early Childhood Development Scales (Co-PI; Group Award)

SERVICE TO PROFESSION

  • Associate Editor of Early Childhood Research Quarterly
  • Associate Editor of Journal for the Study of Education and Development

GRANTS RECEIVED

  • No Boring Drilling Anymore! Teaching and Learning Early Mathematics through Everyday Mathematics Problem Solving, The Education University of Hong Kong, 2021-2023, HKD 600,000 (Principle Investigator)
  • Early Childhood Educators’ Well-Being in the Chinese Context, The Education University of Hong Kong, 2021-2023, HKD 600,000 (Principle Investigator)
  • Cool and Hot Self-Regulation and Early Learning and Development in Chinese Children: A Longitudinal Study, The Education University of Hong Kong, 2019-2020, HKD 100,000 (Principle Investigator)
  • Early Achievement Gaps in Mathematics, Social Emotional and Motor Development: The Moderating Roles of Cool and Hot Executive Function, The Education University of Hong Kong, 2019-2020, HKD 180,000 (Principle Investigator)
  • Early Income-Achievement Gap in Hong Kong: The Role of Self-Regulation, Hong Kong Research Grants Council, 2015-2017, HKD 1,046,160 (Principle Investigator)