RESEARCH STRENGTHS
Children’s literature; How to use literature to develop children’s literacy; Children’s language development; Early childhood development; Teaching second language; Learning second language at early ages; STEAM in Early childhood Education
PUBLICATIONS / WORK SUBMITTED / WORK IN PROGRESS
Funding research
Vu, T.T. (Co-author) (2021), Research project “Children’s right and their abilities in preschools Vietnam”- granted by HNUE
Books
Vu, T.T. (Joint author)"Early Childhood Education - Innovative Pedagogical Approaches in the Post-modern Era", published by IntechOpen (Work in progress)
Vu, T.T. (Joint author) & Nguyen, T. M. L. (compiler) (2021). Vietnam encyclopedia. Book number 31B- Education, Vietnam Encyclopedia Publishing House, Vietnam.
Vu, T.T. (Joint author) & La, T.B.L. (compiler) (2015). Adventure genre and a famous work "Cricket's adventure" (To Hoai), Children's literature in schools, National Education Publication in Vietnam, Vietnam, p. 106-110.
Vu, T.T. (Joint author) & La, T.B.L. (compiler) (2015). Nguyen Nhat Anh - who carries the verse through all memories, Nguyen Nhat Anh- A knight of childhoods, (p.126-130), Publish House of Vietnam National University, p.126-130.
Vu, T.T. (Joint author) & La, T.B.L. (compiler) (2015). Nguyen Nhat Anh - who carries the verse through all memories, Nguyen Nhat Anh- A knight of childhoods, (p.126-130), Publish House of Vietnam National University, p.126-130.
Journal articles
Vu, T.T.; Lee Hammond, L.; McConney, A. (2021)"Exploring relationships between Vietnamese teachers’ beliefs and professional backgrounds and teaching a second language in preschool", Journal of Early Childhood Research (under review)
Vu, T.T. (2020). Early Childhood Education in Vietnam: History, and Development. International Journal of Child Care and Education Policy, https://doi.org/10.1186/s40723-020-00080-4
Vu, T.T. (2014, 2015). Helping children to develop their early literacy skills through the creation of environmental communication and reading at home. Early Childhood Education Journal, No. 4/2014, p28-31 & No.1/2015, p26-27.
Vu, T.T. (2014). Kind of animal characters and diversity of genre children stories. Magazine of Criticism of Literature and Arts. ISSN 0866-7349 Vol.21- May 2014, p 59-63
Vu, T.T. (2012). Using creative study corner to help upper kindergarten children actively approaching literature works for children. Educational review. ISSN 21896 0866 7476. Vol.9-2012, p.27-30
Vu, T.T; Dinh, T. T. (2015). Survey on students, who watched DVDs made by JAMCO, in Faculty Early childhood of education, Hanoi National University of Education, The 2014 JAMCO Online Symposium - “The Current Status of Understanding about Japanese Television Programs in Asia and the Middle East” http://www.jamco.or.jp/en/symposium/23/4/
(The article is available both online and hardcopy)
Vu, T.T. (2012). A few thoughts about the personality characteristics required of preschool teachers in nowadays. Presentation at the scientific conference of Competence Model of preschool teacher in Vietnam nowadays, Faculty of Early Childhood Education, HNUE, Publish House of Hanoi National University of Education, p.141-147
Vu, T.T. (2010). The valid foundations for the development of emergent literacy in preschool children. Proceedings of the International Conference “Training Early childhood teacher in the integrated period”, Publish House of Hanoi National University of Education, Vietnam, p. 131-135.
Vu, T.T. (2010). Argument for introducing a foreign children's literature in Vietnam. Scientific Conference for The Young Lecturers- Hanoi National University of Education, 2010, Publish House of Hanoi National University of Education, p. 332-339
INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS
Vu, T.T. (Keynote speaker) Theoretical frameworks have been used to explain children’s language development. Conference Early Literacy for Young Children taken by Department of Preschool Education – Ministry of Education and Training Vietnam (20th June, 2016)
Vu,T.T. (Keynote speaker) Second Workshop on Pre-primary Teacher development in South-East Asia, Unesco Thailand, Bangkok, March,16-18,2015
Vu,T.T. (Keynote speaker) First Workshop on Pre-primary Teacher development in South-East Asia, Unesco Thailand, Bangkok, July ,1-3, 2014
Vu, T.T. (Keynote speaker) Early childhood education system in Vietnam- at “An integrative approach to Early childhood development and Education”, Israel, December 2013
PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS
Pacific Early Childhood Education Research Association (PECERA) - Membership number: 190020