Editorial

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Acknowledgements

Apart from the support from distinguished authors and reviewers, the increasing popularity and academic stature of Educational Psychology would not be possible without the collective efforts of the following people. I would like to take this opportunity to pay tribute to them. Firstly I would like to thank the Founding Editors Professor Kevin Wheldall and Professor Richard Riding. Their continuous support and advice paved the road for my editorship. Their wholehearted and passionate dedication to the development of the education community makes them the role model for me as Editor. I thank our Associate Editors, Professor Scott G. Paris and Professor Li-fang Zhang, and members of the Editorial Advisory Board for their hard work. This year, Professor Paris will step down as a result of his retirement. Professor Paris was Vice President of Research in the Research & Development division of Educational Testing Services. An expert in cognitive development, reading, assessment, metacognition, learning in museums and self-regulated learning, Professor Paris has authored 12 books and more than 130 chapters and research papers from which we have learned so much. Since he agreed to my invitation to be Associate Editor of Educational Psychology in 2012, his expertise has nurtured the growth of the journal. I am privileged to have collaborated with him and would like to wish him a happy retirement. I am also indebted to members of the Editorial Review Committee. These eminent scholars generously assume a heavier review duty, but there is never any compromise in the quality of their reviews. Several staff members of The Hong Kong Institute of Education have served as dedicated editorial assistants for Educational Psychology. They have toiled unremittingly to make sure that the review and publication process has been able to keep up with the pace of the growing number of manuscripts submitted to the journal. I would like to express my gratitude to them: Michael Y. W. Wong, Sze Ming Lam, Michael R. Su, Olivia Tsz Yan Yeung and Ka Wing Kwok. Last but not least, I thank Routledge/Taylor and Francis for adding artistic beauty to the intellectual beauty of the articles published in Educational Psychology. Their craft magically turns academic reading into an aesthetically pleasing experience.